Lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez proved once again why, thus far, he's been Manny Pacquiao's toughest competition. After getting put on the deck in the third round, Marquez dusted himself off and took control of the bout, using his superior boxing skills and combinations to batter and bruise a very game Michael Katsidis en route to a 9th round TKO stoppage. Relive all the action in FightHype in-depth minute-by-minute round-by-round results.
ROUND 1
Marquez comes out firing his jab. Left hook to the body and one upstairs lands for Marquez. Marquez keeping Katsidis at bay with his jab. Nice combo lands for Marquez. Katsidis fires back with one of his own. Right to the body lands for Marquez. Katsidis lands a left hook. Another left hook lands for Katsidis. Marquez lands his jab. Right and a left lands for Marquez. Hard right hand down the middle and a left hook lands for Marquez. Round to Marquez.
Marquez 10 Katsidis 9
ROUND 2
Marquez doubling up on his jab. Stiff jab from Marquez snaps the head back of Katsidis. A couple more jabs land for Marquez. Katsidis charges in and turns up the pressure. Left hook to the body lands for Marquez. Another nice right hand to the body lands for Marquez. Katsidis lands a right down the middle. Three uppercuts in a row land for Marquez. Katsidis lands a right and a left. Nice three-punch combo lands for Marquez. Katsidis lands another right down the middle. Nice right hand and an uppercut lands for Marquez. Woooo...nice left hook to the body lands for Marquez. Katsidis answers with a three-punch combo, but he eats a quick combo from Marquez in return. Nice four-punch combo lands for Marquez. Wow. Great round for Marquez.
Marquez 20 Katsidis 18
ROUND 3
Left hook lands for Marquez. Right hand lands for Katsidis. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO....HUGE left hook lands for Katsidis and Marquez is down. WOW. He's up and takes the 8 count. Katsidis jumps on him and lands a 1-2. Marquez dodging shots on the ropes. Right cross lands for Katsidis. Counter left lands for Marquez. Another. Both men trade along the ropes, but Marqeuz landing the more accurate shots. Katsidis walks through them though and lands a nice body shot. HARD left hook lands for Katsidis. 1-2 lands for Marqeuz. Another left hook lands for Katsidis, but he eats a counter left from Marqeuz. HARD left hook to the body lands for Marqeuz. Now Marqeuz lands a four-punch combo. Wow. Great round. Katsidis landed a hell of a shot, but as usual, Marquez picks himself up off the deck and battles back. Round to Katsidis though.
Marquez 28 Katsidis 28
ROUND 4
1-2 lands for Marquez. BIG uppercut from Marquez snaps the head back of Katsidis. Right hand down the middle lands for Katsidis. Left hook to the body lands for Marquez. Now Marquez looking to control the distance behind his jab. Both men trade on the inside. Nice three-punch combo lands for Katsidis. Wooooo...HARD left hook to the body lands for Marquez. Katsidis lands a right cross. A couple of jabs land for Marquez. Right to the body lands for Marquez. Another nice combo to the body lands for Marquez. Round to Marquez.
Marquez 39 Katsidis 37
ROUND 5
Another left hook to the body lands for Marquez. Now a right to the body lands for Marquez. Left hook upstairs lands for Katsidis. Now Katsidis digs a right to the body. Uppercut lands for Katsidis, but he eats a bigger one in return from Marquez. Woooo...another HARD left hook to the body lands for Marquez. Those punches sound debilitating. Nice uppercut lands for Marquez. Katsidis doing too much following right now. Both guys trade on the inside, but Marquez landing the crisper shots. HARD three-punch combo lands for Marquez. WOW...Marquez fires off a 10-punch combo that Katsidis just walks through. Good round for Marquez.
Marquez 49 Katsidis 46
ROUND 6
Marquez circling backwards looking to counter. Katsidis lands an uppercut. Left hook lands for Katsidis. Marquez answers with a nice combo of his own. Both men trading hard shots on the inside. Left hook and a right hand lands for Katsidis. Marquez digs a left to the body. Another right to the body lands for Marquez. Katsidis lands a short left hook upstairs. They trade jabs. Katsidis digs a couple of shots to the body. Right hand lands for Katsidis. Marquez lands three shots of his own. Both men trade heavy leather again to close out the round. A close round, but I gotta give this one to Katsidis.
Marquez 58 Katsidis 56
ROUND 7
More inside fighting by both guys as Katsidis backs Marquez up to the ropes. Katsidis lands a couple of left hooks. Marquez looks like he's slowing down a bit. 1-2 lands for Katsidis. Marquez lands a 1-2 of his own. Nice left to the body lands for Marquez. Katsidis just buries his head in the chest of Marquez and keeps throwing. Uppercut lands for Katsidis. Left hook lands for Katsidis. Marquez lands a BIG counter right hand. Left to the body lands for Marquez. Marquez lands a quick combo on the inside. Short right lands for Marquez. Four-punch combo lands for Marquez right at the bell. Round to Marquez.
Marquez 68-Katsidis 65
ROUND 8
Katsidis lands a left hook to the body. Short left hook lands for Katsidis. Marquez lands a stiff jab. Left to the body and an uppercut lands for Marquez. Katsidis lands a right over the top. Uppercut lands for Katsidis. They trade along the ropes. Left hand lands for Katsidis. Marquez lands a right. HARD right to the body followed by a left hook upstairs lands for Marquez. Katsidis digs to the body. Marquez lands another nice combo right at the end to try and steal the round, but it's not enough. Round to Katsidis.
Marquez 77 Katsidis 75
ROUND 9
The action has slowed a bit. Katsidis lands a couple of right hands to the body. Marquez just peppers him with his jab. Wow, nice 10-punch combo lands for Marquez. WOOOOO...HUGE uppercut from Marquez snaps the head back of Katsidis. He looks hurt. Marquez jumps on him. BIG uppercuts land for Marquez. Katsidis looks shaky as he retreats on his bike. Marquez walking him down. Right hand lead lands for Marquez.. Uppercut lands for Marquez. Everything landing for Marquez. That's it. It's over. Referee Kenny Bayless calls a halt to the action. Wow.
Marquez TKO 9
THE WINNER BY WAY OF TKO AT 2:14 OF ROUND 9....AND STILL WBA/WBO LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD...JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
COMPUBOX
Marquez total punches: 327/628
Katsidis total punches: 194/630
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