Michael Katsidis vs. Czar Amonsot

Michael Katsidis 135 lbs beat Czar Amonsot 133 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12

• Date: 2007-07-21
• Location: Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Referee: Jay Nady
• Judge: Patricia Morse Jarman 114-112
• Judge: CJ Ross 115-111
• Judge: Ruben M Garcia 116-110

• World Boxing Organization Lightweight Title (Interim title)
• Weights: Katsidis 135 lbs, Amonsot 133 lbs

Bout Summary

Katsidis knocked Amonsot down once in the second and once in the tenth round. Following the second round knockdown, Amonsot began to pace and fight with his jab in a way that controlled the middle ground and sent Katsidis back to his stool with a cut on his left eye that would gush blood for the entirety of the fight. He faced a situation where some of the damage on his face came from punches while some came from head butts. The situation was that Nady could stop the fight on any number of cuts and create a different outcome. Katsidis began rolling for the knockout, throwing a high volume of punches in an effort to control the momentum.

Comments

• Katsidis entered with a Spartan helmet.
• The fight was the first for Katsidis in the US.
• Amonsot suffered brain injury in this fight.