Joel Casamayor's Left Hand Stops Katsidis Cold

[King Koopa]

Especially because

A. March Madness

B. No Belt

That's just how it goes for the sport

[TyrantT316]

Guess what?

ESPN will probably not even mention any coverage of tonights fights. Not even a byline.

[USA4LIFE]

I Cheered so Loud

I liked both fighters going into this fight but not enough to call myself a fan of either fighter, but as the fight went on I was cheering more and more for Casa. Maybe b/c he's 36 and doesn't have many fights left in him. Regardless I cheered so loud when he won the fight. 36 and still looked good. It's clear he's not in his prime but WOW what a performance by Casa. Way too go Casa.

Kats impressed me as well, he's still young and has good pop in his hands to continue his career.

[SkillspayBills]

**** THAT!. I ALREADY made a title for this article!

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Joel Casamayor's Left Hand Stops Katsidis Cold

By Sammy Rozenberg - The crowd at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California saw the 36-year-old veteran, Joel Casamayor (36-3-1, 22 KOs) came from behind to stop the young lion Michael Katsidis (23-1, 20 KOs) in the tenth-round to capture the WBO interim-lightweight champion.

The fight began with a ****, Casamayor dropped Katsidis in the first round with a left that he never saw coming. Moments later, Casamayor would land a left-hook to send Katsidis down for the second time in the round. Katsidis used every trick to make it out of the round. Casamayor continued the assault in next two-rounds to badly swell the right eye of Katsidis. The fight appeared to be heading in the path of an easy win for Casamayor, or so we thought.

In the fourth, a solid hook to the body changed the entire fight. Katsidis caught Casamayor to the body and then fired off a combination to put Casamayor in trouble. Casamayor hung on to the bell. Katsidis began to apply a lot of pressure for the next few rounds with solid power punches to the head and body to damage the older fighter and often pushed Casamayor against the ropes aggressive combinations.

During the sixth, a crushing bodyshot would once again hurt Casamayor, and then a follow-up combination would send Casamayor right through the ropes. He was able to beat the count, but Katsidis would go on the attack to finish him off. Casamayor appeared to be one-punch away from being stopped, yet he managed to make it out of the round. [details]

[Dorian]

yep^ cruz deserves a rematch since casamayor didn't even win a round in their first fight

[THe TRiNiTY]

I'm glad he lost. What a moron. He has the fight and decides to resort to that WONDERFUL style he displayed in the first round where he suffered two knockdowns. Silver dollar douche bag.

[moy22487]

i won a bet of this fight. i knew katsidis would get exposed, like gatti did when he stepped up. i knew williams was going to get exposed. but im going to put a list of fighters who i feel will be exposed and post them so it doesnt look like im going with the winner

[Silencers]

I really don't think Casamayor is back, even though he won this fight, he'll be there for the taking soon. He was sharper in this fight but he did look like and old fighter at times. A rematch with Katsidis or a fight with Campbell would be something I'd like to see but Santa Cruz deserves a rematch.

[MightyMikeA]

Katsidis is a moron!!

Why leap in like an idiot like that when you have the fight in the bag!!??!! Either way, I want to see this guy fight again as soon as possible, with a little bit of polish and a hint of of denfense and a jab, he could be a lot to handle for anyone at 135.