Warren: "Mitchell can beat Katsidis"

Really?

 

I dont even get that post at all. If Katsidis gets beat by Mitchell I'll not post on the Brit Forum for 2 months !

 

Taking nothing away from Mitchell in the Johannsen fight but if Carl would have trained and committed himself better he would have won that fight for sure...:yep

The the only thing that saved Mitchell that night was CJ's lack of preperation... :yepSo many in the game know that...:yep

 

Once you have worn my avatar of choice for 30 days...:yep

 

a think mitchell would beat katsidis.... graham earl dazed katsidis in there fight and if graham had the stamina to go on to finish him where would he be today.. i know he has come on alot since that fight but mitchell has come on alot to box the way he did against prescott everything was perfect a think he could even stop him within 5 rounds be a gd fight to take imo

 

I like Kevs hes a good kid and although too much has been made from the prescott ('king' khan conquerer dont ya know...) win at least he showed an abilty to stick to a sound gameplan from jimmy and mark tibbs and a sense of discipline that was lacking in his previous fights, especially the johanneson war. In the prescott fight mitchell was always ahead, able to avoid prescotts crude hooks and land telling shots so fair play boy did good and he outboxed a decent albeit 1-dimensional fighter. A couple of BIG questions would need to be answered in a katsidis fight though-

a) Ding-ding round 1 katsidis is on kev like flies to the brown stuff. High work rate and intensity suggests he'll likely win the first few rounds. Will mitchell be dragged into a scrap like he has been many a time previously? If he is, theres only 1 winner and i reckon he doesnt eat jellied eels.

b) Kev showed good power down at s/f but its debateable on whether its carried up the weight. He landed some heavy shot on prescott but never hurt him. A sound counter puncher, wich to be fair kev is, always has a good shout against a come forward warrior but look at hatton-malignaggi and see that if kev hasnt got the strength in his counters katsidis will feel he can walk through anything thrown and wear him down.

I think kev's got the boxing brain, classy combinations and quickness of feet to work katsidis out but he'd need big time positive answers to the above points for me to edge a close decsion. Controversial!

 

A reply to the others who questioned that post as well.

I think Katsidis is absolutely made for Mitchell. Relentless pressure ain't the way to beat him, imo. He needs to be outslicked and Katsidis won't do that in a million years. He'll walk on to Mitchell's punches - Mitchell counters fairly well and, more importantly (most of our best boxers share this talent these days) is accurate - which I'd wager still have plenty of sting on them even at this weight.

The Johannesson fight was an off-night, just as I think the Earl fight was for Katsidis.

Maybe I'm just not sold enough on Katsidis. I like Mitchell, but I ain't a huge fan. I'll happily avatar bet anyone on this result though, if and when this scrap comes off.

 

WTF you on? :huh Katsidis was ****ed from the shot from Earl!! He was wobblin abt for ages after that shot....If Earl had jumped on him he could have stopped Katsidis for sure.

Only watched that fight 2 days ago as I'm trying to get my gay housemate into boxing :yep

Which win of Katsidis' does Mitchells win over Prescott pale in comparison too as well? Old Jesus Chavez and Escobedo?

Katsidis is clearly favourite in this but Mitchell would have a great chance in this fight and its silly to think otherwise....

 

I am sure that Dan will have a flutter with you...:think

 

Although not a win, Katsisdis was within a whisker of beating the lineal champ, Casamayor, before the ref stopped the fight. I think that coupled with competing over the distance with Juan Diaz proves he's taken on and performed well against much better opposition than Mitchell. To add to that, that's all come at 135- a weight class Mitchell is still unproven in; as lovely as the win over Khan was for Prescott's exposure, aside from that what has he done to be considered as one of the world's premier fighters at 135?

As for Katsidis being hurt, what I was trying to say was that Katsidis' performance in the rounds to follow proved that he shook off the KD and he won in emphatic fashion.

Tell your gay housemate to watch some Hearns as well:good.

 

The Casamayor performance was pretty good especially that it was his first real foray into true world class, I dont really put that much stock in competing over the distance with Diaz though.

I just dont really agree with people painting Mitchells win over Prescott as pretty much insignificant...of course Prescott was overated but if Katsidis had beaten Prescott in a similar manner to what Mitchell did then it would have been classed as one of Katisidis' best wins.....so to say that Mitchells win paled in comparision to what Katsidis has done at 135 was wrong IMO...

Hearns is a good shout for the gay housemate :good Forced the Vazquez-Marquez trillogy and Lewis-Klit on him yesterday so I might give him a break, I will make a straight man out of him yet :yep

 

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Against Diaz, Katsidis was too timid. His trainer was trying to get him to box too much and kept telling him after each round he was doing great atsch

I'd make Mitchell-Katsidis around 60-40 in Katsidis' favour. It's definitely a winnable fight for Kev, especially after seeing him stick to a fightplan against Prescott.