Junior middleweight Brandon Adams feels a bitter aftertaste following his loss to Andreas Katzourakis. Despite looking for and being open to whatever opportunities might be available, it is clear he wants a rematch with “Katz” in 2025.

Adams lost a split decision in November on an OTX Boxing card in Corey Studios at Corey Tower, Atlanta. The scores were 97-93 (twice) for Katzourakis and 96-94 for Adams.

Adams, 25-4 (16 KOs), feels he won the fight. The 35-year-old was not a fan of how the fight played out; from the way referee, Thomas Taylor, officiated the bout to the scoring of the fight.

“I wholeheartedly felt like I got robbed,” Adams said. “There were too many fouls for this to be a televised fight and not enough refereeing.

“I think it's up to us to be professional fighters, but it's also up to the third man in the ring to execute professionally. I just felt like they dropped the ball there, and then the scoring… I outlanded him. I outworked him. Maybe if this was a UFC fight, I could see how they would want to give him more points because he's pushing me up against the ropes, but other than that, actual skills were in my department.”

Since the loss, Adams hasn’t fought. He runs a boxing gym, Canonnation Boxing Gym in Santa Fe Springs, California. Katzourakis, on the other hand, returns on May 9 against unbeaten Roberto Cruz. Adams reflected on a conversation he had with Katzourakis, 15-0 (10 KOs), via direct messages on an unspecified social media platform.

“He told me that I was delusional and that the fight wasn't close. He thinks the only person who thought that the fight was close is me,” Adams said. “There was no controversy. He only landed a low blow on me once. This is what he said. But in all truth, the guy from the start of the first bell, low blows.”

Recently, BoxingScene talked with Katzourakis, 27, in the build-up to his upcoming main event fight on May 9 against Roberto Cruz. Katzourakis shared this while discussing his fight against Adams: “It was pure perfection. For me, I loved the fight. The game plan was exactly what you saw…To be honest, I didn't expect it to be that easy to hold him on the ropes throughout the entire fight. I expected him to try to box a little bit. I knew that he was going to try to get my respect in the first rounds, but staying on the ropes for nine rounds and not even trying to box or do something didn't make sense in my mind.”

Adams doesn’t share the same sentiment about the fight.

“I would love to fight Katzourakis again because of how he carried himself, making it seem like the fight was easy. Because this isn’t the first time I heard that,” Adams said. “Well, if the fight was so easy, let’s make it happen again. I know you have obligations. I'm not telling you to try to scratch the obligations, but let's make this fight happen.”

Katzourakis of Athens, Greece, trains in Houston with Ronnie Shields and hopes to return in the summer, around July if successful. Then he would get married and look to return at the end of the year. Adams hopes that he is one of those fights for Katzourakis.

“I'm in no position to turn down any fight,” Adams said. “I've never said ‘no’ to anything. But let’s not get it twisted. I'm a prizefighter. I do have a family, a big family, and my family's growing. I am also a mentor and inspiration. I lead by example. I wouldn't do any justice to myself if I were to get underpaid. So, I'm saying that to say, I wouldn't take a fight for peanuts.”

Another route Adams is willing to take would involve big-name fighters such as unified junior middleweight titleholder Sebastian Fundora or Vergil Ortiz Jnr. Though Adams noted Katzourakis is his first choice. 

“I love the fight with Vergil, and it's crowd-friendly,” Adams said. “I don't run. I don't back down.”

“I hate that I got to keep bringing this up, but even with Katzourakis, he had a hard fight in the first fight of the tournament. He got outworked even when he fought Kudratillo Abdukakhorov. So you won't be seeing me in fights where I'm getting outworked and getting my hand raised, unless I knock the guy out. More likely you'll see me knocking guys out,” Adams said. “You see me knocking guys out or stopping guys at the high level of the sport.” 

Adams notably knocked out Serhii Bohachuk in 2021. Since that fight, however, he has struggled with activity. Adams has fought three times; all of those fights came last year in the OTX Boxing tournament. 

“Let me make this extremely clear that little Katz, little Greece, little Spartan, is not being a real warrior,” Adams said. “He hit me at least 40 times low.”

When asked if he thought the fight was preventing him from getting future top fights, Adams smiled. He takes it as a compliment that the top contenders won’t face him.

“That will be a testament to my skills because nobody will want to fight a guy they think they will lose to,” Adams said. “You will never hear people say, ‘Oh, I am calling out Brandon Adams,’ because of my attributes. I know that there's a hindrance. Had I won, I would have been able to get calls for better fights immediately.”