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.
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