Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz bagged a split decision verdict from the judges over Michael “The Great” Katsidis.” One of the judges saw the bout 115-113 for Katsidis, while two judges considered Diaz to have shown superior skills by 113-115 and 112-115.
The fight was a thrilling one featured by non-stop exchanges. Though Katsidis gave the more powerful punches, the former three-belted champion from Houston, Texas proved his mettle by releasing voluminous punches which neutralized the aggresiveness of the Australian slugger. No knockdown was noted in the bout but it was an exciting fight between two great warriors in the ring.
The Baby Bull improved his record to 33 wins, 1 loss with 17 knockouts, while Katsidis suffered his second loss (23-2-20) after tasting the first beating from Casamayor.
The lightweight division, where Diaz and Katsidis fought, is an interesting division featured by the best boxers in the planet such as Pacquiao, Marquez, Casamayor, Campbell, Khan, to name a few.
On the same event, Juarez won by knockout in the 11th round over Jorge Barrios on what can be considered as a sudden twist of fate. Barrios appeared to be ahead in the scorecards but a flurries of exchange blew it off when Juarez bombarded Barrios with solid shots in the chin which caused the Argentine boxer to kiss the canvas, bleeding profusely on his mouth. The referee stopped the fight at the middle of the penultimate round.
It’s official!
The dream fight between the boxing’s golden boy and the pound for pound king has turned into a reality. On the day of December 06, 2008, another mega fight event in the world of boxing will unfold— a great history in the making.
Pound for pound king Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao was chosen to be the dancing partner in the ring by Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya on what is to be considered to be one of the greatest fights of the millennium.
The much-talked about fight between the two most popular fighters in the world today will happen at the welterweight class (147 pounds). Currently considered as the best fighter in the planet, Pacquiao, a lightweight slugger, will be expected to gain at least 15 pounds comes fight night while dela Hoya is expected to go down in weight by at least 20 pounds from its usual junior middleweight division.
The clash of the two boxers will surely catch the attention of the boxing community as it promises to be a fight of two true-blooded warriors in the ring. Pacquiao, a holder of five championship belts, started in the ring as a flyweight and last fought as a lightweight when he inflicted a brutal knockout in round 9 again David Diaz to wrest the WBC lightweight belt; whereas dela Hoya, a six-time world champion last fought as a superwelterweight against Steve Forbes on what is to be regarded as a not-so-exciting bout of the boxing’s most charismatic figure.
Freddie Roach, Pacman’s trainer, and the rest of the camp of Pacquiao are confident that the Filipino sensation can defeat dela Hoya. As for dela Hoya, the fight for him has a become a personal thing, saying in one of the interviews that he is going to avenge the defeats suffered by the best of the Mexican boxers against the hands of Pacquiao.
This is the bout the world is waiting for. Should Pacquiao succeed, he would attain the feat achieved by Armstrong, a famous boxer some decades ago.
So let’s get it on!
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