Michael Katsidis

By Allan Fox: 34-year-old lightweight Michael Katsidis (31-7, 24 KOs) is tentatively scheduled to be back in the ring two months from now on September 12th against Indonesian fighter Roy Mukhlis (27-5-3, 21 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Yu Hang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China. The fight against Mukhlis is listed by Boxrec and hasn’t yet been confirmed as of yet.

Katsidis last fought in March of this year in struggling to beat little known Rodynie Rafol (12-7-2, 5 KOs) by a 6 round unanimous decision.

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By Gav Duthie: Eddie Hearn has dubbed his October 25 card in Hull “The point of no return”. Matchroom have decided to take a huge risk with two of their promising lightweights Luke Campbell 7-0 (5) and Tommy Coyle 19-2 (8). Campbell is being matched with Argentine Daniel Brzuela 26-3-2 (8) and Coyle is facing the legendary Michael Katsidis 30-6 (24). 

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By Scott Gilfoid: In what has to be seen as an old timers fight that is 7 years too late, Michael Katsidis (29-6, 24 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch against 35-year-old Graham Earl (26-4, 12 KO’s) this Friday, July 4th in a scheduled 12 round bout for the vacant World Boxing Union light welterweight title at the Rumours International, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

The fact that there’s a minor title on the line is troubling because it makes no sense to have these two fighters battling for a minor title given that Earl hasn’t fought in the past 5 years since 2009, and Katsidis, 33, has fought only once in the past 2 years. Katsidis stopped fighting after a loss to Albert Mensah in April 2012, and then didn’t come back until March, 2014 when he beat a fighter named Eddy Comaro by a 3rd round knockout.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Michael Katsidis (29-6, 24 KO’s) will be facing the rusty 35-year-old Granham Earl (26-4, 12 KO’s) on fourth of July at the Rumours International, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. This is a rematch of their February 2007 fight, which Katsidis easily won in 5 rounds. That loss was the beginning of the end for Earl’s career, as he fought only three more times after that, losing to a young Amir Khan and Henry Castle before wrapping up his career with a win over Karl Taylor in June of 2009.

The 5’5″ Earl hasn’t fought since 2009, and it makes it very difficult to get excited about this rematch given the huge amount of time that Earl has been out of the ring. I mean, I wouldn’t mind seeing the fight just for kicks if Earl had a half dozen tune-up fights under his belt to show that he can beat at least 3rd tier opposition, but that’s not what they’re doing here. Earl is using the Ricky Hatton comeback approach by diving straight into a tough fight without any tune-ups at all. That makes me think this is just a money grab and nothing more.

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By Jim Dower: Fighting for the first time in two years, 33-year-old lightweight Michael Katsidis (29-6, 24 KO’s) halted journeyman Eddy Comaro (27-18-5, 11 KO’s) in the 3rd round on Friday night at the Rumours International, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Katsidis knocked Comara down three times in the fight in dropping him once in the 2nd and two more times in the 3rd round before the referee halted the fight. Comara appeared to lose interest in the fight after getting hit in the back of the head with a rabbit punch in the 2nd round.

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By Allan Fox: This Friday night, 33-year-old Michael Katsidis (28-6, 23 KO’s) will be making a comeback in facing super featherweight journeyman Eddy Comaro (27-17-5, 11 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Rumours International, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. At one time one of the best fighters in the lightweight division, Katsidis hasn’t fought since losing a narrow 10 round majority decision to the much bigger Albert Mensah in April of 2012.

In his bout before that, Katsidis had been beaten by then interim WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns. As it is, Katsidis has lost 4 out of his last 5 fights.

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