KATSIDIS is becoming REAAAAAAAAAAAALLY underrated on here...

[Kball15]

He has pretty poor defense, which i guess is an understatement, but he has really quick hands and his pretty accurate for such a brawler. Not to mention, he punches really hard.

I think he'll give Juan a real good run for his money. If Juan Dominates him i think its nothing short of impressive IMO

[KILLA RIGHT]

Yeah ppl hate on him for not caring about defense. But dude is a good fighter and a damn exciting one

[Salty]

apparently he's been practising his boxing going to be one awesome fight

[AntonTheMeh]

he's fun as hell to watch.

[Kball15]

apparently he's been practising his boxing going to be one awesome fight

I find it funny when katsidis "boxes"

he thinks "boxing" is when u circle ur opponent and dont do ****. lol

[ACHlLLES]

I think hes faster and strong then juan, but I think juan might be a little more accurate. Will see tonight, I'm hoping he wins.

[HARRY KNUCKLES]

yes i think that too. but think oddsmakers have it right!

[Salty]

I find it funny when katsidis "boxes"

he thinks "boxing" is when u circle ur opponent and dont do ****. lol

haha nah apparently he has been practicing boxing "for real" i'll find the article for here.

Courtesy http://www.maxboxing.com/Fischer/Fischer082708.asp - By Doug Fischer (Aug 28, 2008)

I didn't see Katsidis yesterday, but the folks at the gym say the Aussie of Greek descent has been looking pretty sharp.

"Michael looks well from what I've seen," said Dean Byrne, an 8-0 junior welterweight prospect from Ireland who has relocated to L.A. to further his career. "He definitely looks better than he did before the Casamayor fight. If he had the form he's showing now [before the Casamayor fight] I think he would have beat Casamayor."

Roach agreed with Byrne's assessment of the usually relentless slugger from Down Under.

"[Katsidis] has been boxing for this camp," he said. "He looks a lot better now than he did for Casamayor."

One of Katsidis's sparring partners, junior featherweight prospect Alejandro Perez, was in the gym while I was there.

Perez, a 22-year-old from Salinas with a 12-1 record, sparred with Katsidis a few times last year (when the Aussie thought he had a match with Joan Guzman) and went six rounds with him this past Tuesday.

"The last time I sparred with Katsidis he just stood in front of me, wanting to go toe to toe," said Perez, who now lives in Los Angeles where he trains and also attends L.A. City College. "Now he's moving more; he doesn't stand in one place. And he's also working on his counter punching.

"He's good when he boxes. I'm thinking that he can beat Diaz and I wouldn't have said that last year."

[HARRY KNUCKLES]

i'm thinking if anyone is going to be effected from their previous loss it would be diaz.

[Silencers]

Yeah, Katsidis has pretty fast hands, throws good combinations and punches hard, I wonder if he'd improved his defense in any way because Diaz is a very, very accurate puncher on the inside with his combinations.