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Díaz vs. Katsidis: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Juan Díaz (Baby Bull) and Michael Katsidis (The Great) are scheduled to meet in a non-world-title lightweight bout on at the Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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24
Jun 23, 2000
33-1
9
17 (50%)
168 cm
170 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Mar 8, 2008
5m, 29d
-1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Dec 1, 2001
23-1
1
20 (83.3%)
170 cm
168 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Mar 22, 2008
5m, 15d
-1
WBAIBFWBO
LT
w1
d7
LT
w1
LT
w1
d1
lightweight
Saturday, 6 Sep 2008
Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.
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Juan Díaz vs. Michael Katsidis

Date

This fight between Juan Díaz and Michael Katsidis took place on 6 September, 2008 at the Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Michael Katsidis is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Juan Díaz is 168 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Díaz has longer reach of 170 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Katsidis' 168 cm. Díaz also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Katsidis.

Díaz is coming in to this fight with a record of 33-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 29 days ago against Nate Campbell, which he lost via 12 round split decision.

Nate Campbell's boxing career

Katsidis comes in with a record of 23-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 15 days ago against Joel Casamayor, which he lost via 10th round TKO.

Joel Casamayor's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Díaz will be 24 years and 11 months old. Katsidis will be 28 years old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 63-37 in favor of Juan Díaz. Here is the prediction for Díaz vs Katsidis.

Juan Díaz is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Michael Katsidis puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Juan Díaz defeated Michael Katsidis via 12 round SD. Katsidis' losing streak continues, and Díaz gets on a new winning streak. Díaz is now 34-1, and Katsidis 23-2.

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  6. Juan Manuel Márquez knocks out Juan Díaz in the 9th round
  7. Joel Casamayor knocks out Michael Katsidis in the 10th round