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dapx (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis each lost their last bout, but, in a strange way, boxing fans have turned out to be the winners.
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Going into the highly anticipated lightweight showdown between Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis, many considered the fight to be pretty evenly matched. After all you have two all action, pressure fighters looking to rebound from their first loss. I mean what more do you need in motivation? The fight was a no-brainer for Golden Boy [...]
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Heading into Saturday night’s lightweight battle between Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis many people felt that the co-featured bout of the night between Rocky Juarez and Jorge Barrios had the potential to steal the show. Funny how some things come to fruition isn’t it? Prior to the bout, an impromptu poll by some of us at [...]
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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Juan Diaz won last night's battle for reclamation with a controversial split-decision win over fellow one-loss fighter Michael Katsidis. If you ask the Katsidis camp (or just Michael's delusional...
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The Age (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Australian boxer Michael Katsidis has a split-decision points loss to American Juan Diaz in their fight for the vacant International Boxing Organization lightweight title.
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Sitting here freezing ringside at the Juan Diaz-Michael Katsidis fight. Just got done watching Houston based junior middleweight prospect Roque Moreno battle four hard rounds in winning his pro debut. I like Moreno’s sold technique but his defense is a bit too porous for me to stamp him a must-watch prospect.
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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
After a long month off from boxing it's great to have the sport back, especially when we're welcomed back with a fight that's pretty much guaranteed to be fucking great. Juan Diaz recently lost his...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
So I am currently in Houston to cover the highly anticipated Juan Diaz - Michael Katsidis fight. I’ll keep try to keep everyone posted on the 411 as I see it. Stay tuned! Also, can you believe the Toyota Center (home of the fight Saturday night) does not have WiFi? What year is this? Golden Boy [...]
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
As far as losers’ bracket games go, Juan Diaz-Michael Katsidis this Saturday night on HBO is as good as it gets. Sure, the recent Phoenix Suns teams and their offensive juggernaut predecessors the Sacramento Kings circa 2002 never made it to the NBA Finals, but who wouldn’t want to see them play each other? And [...]