Michael Katsidis

Michael Katsidis
Statistics
Real name	Michael Alan Katsidis
Nickname(s)	The Great Rocky[1]
Rated at	Lightweight Light welterweight
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality	Australian
Born	15 August 1980 (1980-08-15) (age 31) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	33
Wins	28
Wins by KO	23
Losses	5
Draws	0
No contests	0

Michael Alan Katsidis (Greek: Mιχάλης Κατσίδης) (born 15 August 1980) is an Australian professional boxer of Greek descent.^[1] He is a former two-time WBO interim lightweight titleholder whose crowd-pleasing, all-action fighting style has often drawn comparisons with the late Arturo Gatti.^[2][3][4]

Amateur career

In an amateur career which began at the age of eleven, Katsidis compiled a record of 75–6.^[5] During this time he represented the Australian Olympic team in the lightweight division for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

2000 Olympic results

• First round: defeated Agnaldo Nunes (Brazil), 15:6
• Second round: lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov (Kazakhstan), 7:9

Professional career

Katsidis made his professional debut on 1 December 2001 by knocking out Danny Wilson in the third round for the Queensland State lightweight title. In his second fight on 9 March 2002, he won a twelve-round unanimous decision over James Swan for the Australian lightweight title. He would go on to score another nineteen wins (nearly all by knockout), whilst amassing a further three lower-level titles: the Australian light welterweight, WBO Asia Pacific lightweight and IBF Pan Pacific lightweight championships, respectively.

Battle with Earl

At the Wembley Arena in London, England, a title bout for the newly created and vacant WBO interim lightweight title was made between Katsidis and Graham Earl on 17 February 2007. In an action-filled and fast-paced match, Katsidis and Earl went toe-to-toe and traded many heavy blows with hardly any clinching, during which Earl was knocked down twice in the opening round, and again in the second. However, soon after getting back to his feet following the third knockdown and having the towel being thrown in seconds later (only to be thrown back out again by referee Mickey Vann), Earl managed to floor Katsidis momentarily with a heavy right hand at close quarters, rendering the latter visibly stunned and unsteady on his feet. Earl's comeback would ultimately be short-lived, as Katsidis recovered swiftly and finished the round strongly. At the very end of round three, a low blow cost Katsidis a point, but in the following rounds he went on to deliver a barrage of largely unanswered punches to Earl until the decision was made by Vann to stop the fight after the fifth round.^[6]

War against Amonsot

On 26 May 2007, Katsidis was scheduled to fight then-WBO super featherweight champion Joan Guzmán, but the latter withdrew from the fight having sustained a hand injury.^[7] Some time afterwards, a defence of Katsidis' interim title was made against Czar Amonsot on 21 July 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was Katsidis' first appearance in the United States and on HBO, as part of the pay-per-view undercard to Bernard Hopkins vs Ronald "Winky" Wright.

Following the intense and hard-hitting fight, which ended in a twelve-round unanimous decision in favour of Katsidis (with Amonsot suffering a knockdown in rounds two and ten), the latter was found to have a subdural hematoma, putting his career in serious doubt at the time.^[8] Katsidis was also seriously cut around both eyes, which had begun to bleed heavily from the third round onwards. Both men were subsequently hospitalised at the local Valley Hospital Medical Center, with Amonsot requiring an overnight stay and Katsidis multiple stitches.^[9]

First loss against Casamayor

A bout with then-undisputed lightweight champion Juan Díaz was to take place after the fight with Amonsot, but problems with HBO and Díaz's promoter Don King prevented this fight from occurring.^[10] On 22 March 2008 at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California, Katsidis fought reigning The Ring magazine lightweight and former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion Joel Casamayor in defence of his title, which saw him caught early on with two sharp left hands from the Cuban southpaw, dropping him twice in the first round.

As the fight continued, Katsidis' heavy punches and constant pressure began to find their way through Casamayor's defence; at one point sending him tumbling through the ring ropes towards the end of round six, after successive left and right hands. In the ninth round, Casamayor was deducted a point due to a low blow. All of this enabled Katsidis to gradually build up a lead on two of the judges' scorecards, until a well-placed counter left hand from Casamayor caught him on the chin and floored him in the tenth round. Barely able to stand up, Katsidis was able to carry on, but shortly afterwards a further flurry of unanswered shots from Casamayor forced referee Jon Schorle to stop the fight. This handed Katsidis his first defeat, and cost him the WBO interim lightweight title. Again, cuts and bruises were noticeable around his eyes during the fight.^[11]

Second loss to Díaz

Following the defeat, a rescheduled fight with Juan Díaz was set for 6 September 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas for the vacant IBO lightweight championship. During the event billed as No Retreat, No Surrender, Katsidis underperformed over the course of twelve rounds, enabling a determined Díaz (who had also suffered a career first loss in his previous fight against Nate Campbell) to counterpunch and time his attacks with regularity. With his face bloodied and bruised once again, Katsidis suffered his second consecutive defeat, with Díaz winning a split decision. The judges scored the fight 116–112 and 115–113 in Díaz's favour, with a somewhat controversial 115–113 for Katsidis.^[12]

Return against Ramirez

An opportunity for Katsidis to reclaim the vacant WBO Asia Pacific lightweight title was scheduled for 31 January 2009 at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City, Philippines, with Angel Hugo Ramirez as his opponent. The ten-round contest was won convincingly by Katsidis, despite appearing to be somewhat gunshy at times, coupled with Ramirez's unwillingness to engage. Nonetheless, Ramirez was knocked down four times (once in the second round and three times in the fourth). A point, however, was taken away from Katsidis for hitting Ramirez whilst he was floored from a slip later in the second round. At the end of the fight, the judges scored 96–89, 96–89 and 98–87 all in favour of Katsidis.^[13]

Eliminator bout with Chávez

On 10 April 2009, Katsidis was said to be scheduled for a return to California's Morongo Casino to fight former two-time IBF lightweight champion Julio Díaz,^[14] but this match-up was soon changed; instead, Katsidis faced former WBC super featherweight and IBF lightweight champion Jesús Chávez on 4 April 2009 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. This was part of the Lightweight Lightning event, a lightweight eliminator tournament organised by Golden Boy Promotions.^[15] After an initially tentative start on the part of Katsidis, he was soon able to pull ahead on the scorecards due to his characteristic onslaught of attack, which ultimately forced Chávez (who had sustained a bad cut on his forehead towards the end of round four) to quit in his corner before the start of the eighth round.^[16]

Second interim title

Katsidis' next opponent was Vicente Escobedo, whom he fought on 19 September 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, as part of the undercard to the Number One/Numero Uno event featuring Floyd Mayweather, Jr. against the reigning WBA, WBO and The Ring magazine lightweight champion Juan Manuel Márquez. The bout was for the WBO interim lightweight title (which had since been vacated by Joel Casamayor, some time following his victorious bout with Katsidis), with the winner receiving a guaranteed opportunity to face the WBO world lightweight champion.^[17]

In a fight similar to the one with Amonsot two years prior, Katsidis and Escobedo exchanged hard punches for the full twelve-round distance, with the former surging forward aggressively and putting constant pressure on the retreating and accurately counterpunching American. In what has seemingly become routine for Katsidis, cuts opened up around his face early on, together with a visibly swollen jaw in the closing rounds. At the end of the contest, the judges scored 118–110 and 115–113 for Katsidis, with one judge scoring 116–112 for Escobedo; the latter score regarded by some observers as questionable.^[18]

The waiting game

Having reclaimed the interim title he lost a year-and-a-half prior, Katsidis was made to wait several months to see if a mandatory title bout with the aforementioned Márquez would materialise. This was dependent on whether the latter was willing return to the lightweight division to defend his WBO world championship, or if he would voluntarily reliquish it to Katsidis.^[19][20] However, by January 2010, Márquez had expressed no desire to defend against him.

A date on 27 March 2010 against then-reigning IBF super featherweight champion Robert Guerrero was at one point confirmed for a Golden Boy Promotions event, but the latter withdrew from the fight in early February due to family matters.^[21] One day prior to Guerrero's withdrawal, Katsidis had turned his attention towards his old nemesis Juan Díaz, with both expressing an interest in a potential rematch (Díaz having himself suffered his third career loss at the hands of light welterweight Paulie Malignaggi in December 2009.^[22][23]

Back to London

On 2 March 2010, a fight between Katsidis and then-undefeated lightweight challenger Kevin Mitchell was officially confirmed by promoter Frank Warren.^[24] It was contested on 15 May 2010 at Boleyn Ground stadium in east London, England, with the WBO interim lightweight championship on the line.^[25][26]

At the opening bell, Mitchell looked to establish his jab and keep Katsidis at bay. In the first two evenly split rounds, the occasional flurry of hooks from a highly aggressive Katsidis was enough to make Mitchell fight consistently on the back foot in an attempt to keep out of range. However, in the closing seconds of both rounds, Katsidis was able to launch a charging attack and finish strongly at the bell. In the third round, Katsidis continued to charge at Mitchell and was soon able to land a combination of hooks which made the latter stumble backwards on unsteady legs. From thereon, Mitchell was unable to fully regain his composure, and less than two minutes later he was buckled by a hard left hook and a further succession of unanswered punches, at which point referee Dave Parris stopped the fight.^[27]

World title shot: Márquez

Immediately after the Mitchell bout, the WBO mandated that Juan Manuel Márquez must face Katsidis for the 'full' version of the world lightweight title, or risk being stripped.^[28] This was reiterated some months later, following Márquez's victory over Juan Díaz in a rematch of their 2009 fight.^[29] Katsidis was in attendance for the aforementioned event in order to scout out the winner, and primarily to assert his claim to be next in line against Márquez.^[30] Meanwhile, the names of other potential opponents for Katsidis included undefeated EBU and British lightweight champion John Murray,^[31] as well as WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan^[32] (who himself was, at one point, potentially in line to face Márquez in December).^[33][34]

On 25 August, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Richard Schaefer, announced that Márquez had decided to stay at lightweight and defend his WBA, WBO and The Ring world titles against Katsidis on 27 November, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.^[35][36] Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya labelled the event as Warriors,^[37] and it was Katsidis' first time headlining an HBO World Championship Boxing broadcast (having twice previously headlined Boxing After Dark, against Casamayor and Díaz, respectively). In the action-packed fight which won HBO's fight of the year award,^[38] Márquez suffered a knockdown in round three from a hard Katsidis left hook. He nonetheless recovered swiftly, built up a lead on all judges' scorecards and went on to stop Katsidis in the ninth round after a succession of cleanly landed uppercuts.^[39]

Pay-per-view return

Katsidis' next fight took place on 9 April 2011 against Robert Guerrero, in a re-scheduling of their cancelled fight from March 2010. It formed part of the undercard to Action Heroes, a Golden Boy-promoted HBO pay-per-view event featuring Érik Morales vs Marcos René Maidana.^[40] The WBA and, once again, WBO interim titles were at stake.^[41] Despite an animated taunt of "What are you looking at?!" from Katsidis to Guerrero during the pre-fight staredown, the former would suffer a fourth career defeat in his most one-sided loss to date. Guerrero was able to maintain a safe distance by consistently landing accurate punches with his jab and straight left hand, to which Katsidis had virtually no answer at any stage in the fight.

In the second round, Katsidis seemingly scored a knockdown due to a cuffing left hook, but this was not counted by referee Russell Mora. In the fourth, both fighters exchanged punches wildly, with Guerrero maintaining the upper hand. A hard straight left hand from Guerrero wobbled Katsidis in round five and had him hurt for the remainder of the round. As the fight wore on, Katsidis would lose two points in the eighth round because of repeated low blows; Guerrero also lost a point for the same reason in the ninth. After the full twelve-round distance was completed, the judges were unanimous in scoring 118–107, 118–106 and 117–108 in favour of Guerrero.^[42]

Comeback trail: back to Australia and London

On 2 June 2011, a "verbal agreement" was said to have been made between Katsidis' team and that of Graham Earl, to stage a rematch of their 2007 fight.^[43] However, talks between both camps later broke down due to the British Boxing Board of Control refusing to grant Earl a licence to fight. Katsidis then moved up in weight to light welterweight for a fight against Michael Lozada on 13 August 2011 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Queensland. It was his first fight in Australia since 2006,^[44] as well as his first at light welterweight since that time. An outmatched Lozada was defeated via knockout in the third round.^[45]

Katsidis (right) with trainer and manager Brendon Smith (centre) and Graham Earl (left), prior to fighting Ricky Burns at Wembley Arena in 2011.

In a move back down to lightweight, Katsidis next fought former WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns, who vacated his title in order to move up in weight. The event took place on 5 November 2011 at the Wembley Arena in London, England^[46] (although Glasgow, Scotland was originally planned),^[47][48] with the WBO interim lightweight title on the line.^[49] Burns defeated Katsidis by way of unanimous decision with judges' scores of 117–112, 117–111 and 117–111.^[50]

Personal life

In February 2009, Katsidis married Japanese native Kumiko Hosako during a ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand. They had met in Los Angeles several years prior, but now reside in Las Vegas.^[51][52] On 8 December 2009, Katsidis became a father for the first time, to newborn daughter Kalia Rose.^[53]

When entering the ring, Katsidis wears a Greek Spartan helmet and in bouts his trunks often resemble a warrior's skirt; both serving as a homage to his Greek heritage.^[1] He also showcases this heritage with a tattoo on his back depicting the Vergina Sun, which is the symbol of the Greek state of Macedonia, from where his family hails.^[54]

His brother, Stathi Katsidis, was one of Australia's most prominent jockeys.^[1][55] On 19 October 2010, Stathi was found dead at his home in Brisbane.^[56][57]

Professional record

Result	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Ricky Burns	UD	12	2011-11-05	Wembley Arena, London, England, United Kingdom	WBO interim lightweight championship on the line.
Win	Michael Lozada	KO	3	2011-08-13	Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia
Loss	Robert Guerrero	UD	12	2011-04-09	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	WBA, WBO interim lightweight championships on the line.
Loss	Juan Manuel Márquez	TKO	9	2010-11-27	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	WBA, WBO and The Ring lightweight championships on the line.
Win	Kevin Mitchell	TKO	3	2010-05-15	Boleyn Ground, London, England, United Kingdom	Retained WBO interim lightweight championship.
Win	Vicente Escobedo	SD	12	2009-09-19	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Won WBO interim lightweight championship.
Win	Jesús Chávez	TKO	8	2009-04-04	Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas, USA	Retained WBO Asia Pacific lightweight championship.
Win	Angel Hugo Ramirez	UD	10	2009-01-31	Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City, Philippines	Won WBO Asia Pacific lightweight championship.
Loss	Juan Díaz	SD	12	2008-09-06	Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA	IBO lightweight championship on the line.
Loss	Joel Casamayor	TKO	10	2008-03-22	Morongo Casino, Cabazon, California, USA	Lost WBO interim lightweight championship.
Win	Czar Amonsot	UD	12	2007-07-21	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Retained WBO interim lightweight championship.
Win	Graham Earl	TKO	5	2007-02-17	Wembley Arena, London, England, United Kingdom	Won WBO interim lightweight championship.
Win	Jakkirt Suwunnalirt	KO	2	2006-06-02	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Win	Nonoy Gonzales	TKO	5	2006-03-03	Royal Pines Resort, Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
Win	Guillermo Mosquera	TKO	1	2006-02-11	Rumours International, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Win	Ranee Ganoy	TKO	5	2005-08-19	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Retained WBO Asia Pacific lightweight championship.
Win	Addisu Tebebu	KO	2	2005-06-08	Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
Win	Pratet Sor Thanikul	KO	2	2005-05-20	Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Sydney, Australia
Win	Eduardo Enrique Alvarez	KO	1	2005-02-23	Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia	Retained WBO Asia Pacific lightweight championship.
Win	Sergio Rafael Liendo	TKO	8	2004-11-06	University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	Won IBF Pan Pacific lightweight championship.
Win	Ivan Orlando Bustos	TKO	4	2004-09-24	Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Sydney, Australia
Win	Singsiam Eausampan	KO	1	2004-07-16	Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Sydney, Australia	Won WBO Asia Pacific lightweight championship.
Win	Singsamut Eausampan	KO	2	2004-05-05	Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
Win	Kongthawat Sorkitti	TKO	9	2004-04-08	Cathedral Centre, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	Won WBO Asia Pacific lightweight championship.
Win	Fred Kinuthia	UD	10	2004-02-20	Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club, Red Hill, Queensland, Australia	Won Australian light welterweight championship.
Win	Fred Kinuthia	TKO	5	2003-12-05	Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Sydney, Australia
Win	Daniel Hoskins	TKO	1	2003-09-19	Runaway Bay Seagulls Rugby League Club, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Win	Mohammed Jamal Khan	KO	1	2003-08-22	Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia
Win	Kevin O'Neill	TKO	4	2002-09-28	Saint Patricks Centre, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Win	Jay Washington	TKO	1	2002-07-19	Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia
Win	Johnny Sheferaw	TKO	7	2002-06-03	E.G. Whitlam Recreation Centre, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Win	James Swan	UD	12	2002-03-09	Toowoomba Cathedral, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	Won Australian lightweight championship.
Win	Danny Wilson	KO	3	2001-12-01	Saint Patricks Centre, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	Won Queensland State lightweight championship.

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External links

• Official website
• Professional boxing record for Michael Katsidis from BoxRec

Preceded by Danny Wilson	Queensland State Lightweight Champion 1 December 2001 – 3 April 2003 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Danny Wilson
Preceded by James Swan	Australian Lightwight Champion 9 March 2002 – 14 June 2002 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Naoufel Ben Rabah
Vacant Title last held by Fred Kinuthia	Australian Light Welterweight Champion 20 February 2004 – 18 March 2005 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Mick Shaw
New title	WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight Champion 8 April 2004 – 9 February 2007 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Czar Amonsot
Vacant Title last held by Joey De Ricardo	IBF Pan Pacific Lightweight Champion 6 November 2004 – 9 March 2007 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Ranee Ganoy
New title	WBO Lightweight Champion Interim title 17 February 2007 – 22 March 2008	Succeeded by Joel Casamayor
Vacant Title last held by Bobby Pacquiao	WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight Champion 31 January 2009 – 2 July 2009 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Dmitry Ganiev
Vacant Title last held by Joel Casamayor	WBO Lightweight Champion Interim title 19 September 2009 – 27 November 2010 Lost bid for undisputed WBO title	Vacant Title next held by Robert Guerrero

Persondata
Name	Katsidis, Michael
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Date of birth	15 August 1980
Place of birth	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Date of death
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