Juan Diaz Vs Michael Katsidis September 13 Houston

[-Antonio-]

Word is that Diaz manager Willie Savannah kept thinking about the clever and frustrating style of Casamayor and that he finally told the Goldens he would prefer the simple style of Kastidis. It is believed Savannah kept asking for an opponent they could "showcase" Diaz against and that his argument was that, win, lose or draw, Casamayor could make Diaz look bad.


Diaz and the rockchinned “Rocky” from Down Under stick to their Sept. 13 date and the Houston venue.

from boxing confidential

I'm not too sure about that. Diaz has shown he has a good chin, and Katsidis lost that fight because he has no defense. Diaz can still outwork Casa in a more intelligant fashion.

Katsidis can go punch for punch, and I very much doubt he'd give up like Diaz and Freitas did. He's going to fight back like Campbell did.

[Sin City]

Katsidis by bloody TKO in the 9th after being knocked down in that round.

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[My Name Is...]

So on ****************** they say Juan Diaz will NOT fight Joel Casamayor in houston but instead Michael Katsidis here in Houston. Joel Casamayor is scheduled to fight Juan Manuel Marquez on a later date. This thread is about Diaz-Katsidis so please try to keep it on track and not stray off on talk about the other fight. Although its a meaningful and amazing fight lets put it in a new thread shall we?

anyways Katsidis-Diaz who wins?

you all already know who i think wins

Where is the fight gonna be? Are you gonna go if it does happen? i sure as hell am

[RodBarker]

I think Kat can get this one on tko , Juan is a little better boxer but not quite as strong , Ive never seen either take a backward step and somebody will have too what a great fight hope it goes ahead .

[Jim Jeffries]

Juan takes this one on points, UD in a very exciting fight. Diaz has a hell of a chin and Katsidis is not outworking him, plus Juan's defence is better.

[daggum]

Word is that Diaz manager Willie Savannah kept thinking about the clever and frustrating style of Casamayor and that he finally told the Goldens he would prefer the simple style of Kastidis. It is believed Savannah kept asking for an opponent they could "showcase" Diaz against and that his argument was that, win, lose or draw, Casamayor could make Diaz look bad.


Diaz and the rockchinned “Rocky” from Down Under stick to their Sept. 13 date and the Houston venue.

from boxing confidential

rockchinned? he was knocked down by light punching casamayor 3 times and out not to mention severerly hurt by graham earl. his chin is pretty bad.

[Kball15]

rockchinned? he was knocked down by light punching casamayor 3 times and out not to mention severerly hurt by graham earl. his chin is pretty bad.

nah he has a pretty solid chin.

He only went down in the first round against Casa because he was caught cold and nervous. It happens all the time.

In the 10th he ran right into a massive shot, his own fault. His momentum made Casa's shot like 10x harder then it actually was.

And he took plenty of other bombs from Casa and Earl and didnt budge. He just gets hit so often that some punches are just bound to hurt him eventually

[AceNguyen]

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Hells yeah.

And about Katsidis's chin: it's not what I'd consider "rock," but it's not terrible either. He just got caught off-guard a few times by a crafty southpaw and was put away because of his wild lunging. If he can develop any type of defense, he should be okay.

[KingTito]

I'd say Diaz by decision in a very entertaining fight.

[Silencers]

I'm drooling for this fight. FOTY candidate written all over it.

I'll give the slight edge to Diaz to win by decision, I don't think he has the power to knock Katsidis out but I can also see Katsidis winning.