By Sam Gemmell: Frank Warren has won the purse bid for the fight between Kevin Mitchell (31-0(23) and Michael Katsidis (26-2(21), which is expected to take place in May, 2010. The fight will be held somewhere in England, with the O2 Arena in London looking most likely.
Mitchell, 25, has looked great in his last two fights, firstly boxing the ears off Breidis Prescott in a 12 round unanimous decision win in December, 2009.
On that night Mitchell showed he was more then just a brawler in winning a points decision over Prescott. Two months later, Mitchell then knocked out Colombian tough man Ignacio Mendoza in 2 rounds in February 2010.
Katsidis is a very very tough lightweight, who has a good chin, excellent power and is very aggressive. Katsidis looked good in beating Vicente Escobedo by a 12 round split decision last time out in September 2009.
I expect the Mitchell-Katsidis bout to be a real classic. We have two real tough guys who like to brawl, but the difference will be Mitchell’s superior all round game. Mitchell has everything that Katsidis has and a little bit extra in the way of boxing ability. I see Mitchell getting put down maybe once in this fight, but so will Katsidis. Eventually, the fight will be close until the mid-late rounds when I see Mitchell knocking out Katsidis. i just feel Michael has been in too many wars.
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