Michael Katsidis (Australia) vs Joel Casamayor (Cuba) | TKO, Boxing Fight Highlights HD

Here is the current defending Ring Magazine Lightweight Champion of the World, Joel Castaneda! He's the number one! He's the best! WBO Interim Lightweight Champion of the World, Michael Cassid! Okay, guys, for the WBO title. Expect a good clean fight from both of you. Obey my commands and protect yourselves at all times. Touch gloves, good luck. John Shirley. Samayor and Cassidis. Samayor's got all the experience. We've documented that. Good left hand and down. Phil's got Cassidis. His legs look a little bit shaky still. He's got a little flash knock going. Something unexpected. Well, something we hadn't mentioned. Good left hand and down goes Cassidis again. And let me tell you, that was right on the chin. I don't know if he's going to be able to recover from this one. Cassidis has been down twice here in the first minute. It's the southpaw stance. Blistering start for Cassamayor. He's waiting for me. Now we're going to have to see if Cassidis can come back. That stance is giving him trouble right now. He can't see that. He walked right into that left hand from Cassamayor. Relying on that experience. I was going to ask you, how does a young guy who's stepping up for whatever reason. That's why it's always important to spar against lifting. Listening to the break instruction. Cassidis trying to jump in with light. Less than glittery name. Here he's the main event against an undefeated. And you used to slip in a certain way, but if you slip in that same way. And I know Cassidis, he was prepared for this fight. Knocked down twice and come back from it. Or get knocked down twice and get deflated. And he's still making that same mistake. Walked into both left hands. And here we see Cassidis running in and getting caught with a good left hook. Can I suck him up? Miguel will do his thing. Without the times that Gatti was down and hurt in fights. And this is why Cassidis is compared to Gatti. But he's still putting on the pressure. He's pushing this fight on the jab yet. In order to get in. He's trying to get in, but he's got to throw the jab to get in. Is that in his best interest here, Lennox? He seems to be brawling a little bit. Stop! Don't do that. I don't think Cassidis plans on winning a decision here. They properly motivated Casamaior this time. As opposed to the last time out. He had over 80 amateur fights. He made the Olympics. Casamaior off balance there. Casamaior's rhythm a bit. Well, you know, this is his style of fight. And it's not a pretty style. But, you know, with any punch, especially that left hand. Casamaior blocking most of that. In that fight as well, a 12-round decision victory. He's not relaxed. Casamaior is more relaxed. For the first 2 1⁄2 rounds, he's 3 of 16 with his jab. Cassidis said against Gatti. You never really get used to cell phones because you don't see too much of them. Let's look at Cassidis' team. And he's able to get Aminsat turning into what he wanted to because Aminsat allowed him to. Read on the scorecards already. He can tie up Cassidis anytime he feels threatened. Cassidis threw a right, Casamaior. Some effective punches, but to this point, Max is enough to be winning the round again for Casamaior. So the jab to get in. He's just trying to, you know, wave his way in and rough his way in, but... No, he doesn't really have to do too much work. You know, Cassidis is coming to him so early for that opportunity. End of round 3. Everything's good. Everything's perfect. Out the middle. Here's Casamaior getting hit with a right and coming back with a left hand on Cassidis. Round number 1 as we begin round number 4. Let's check in with our unofficial ringside scorer, Harold Ledler. Okay, Bob. Reputation for using a bag full of tricks to meet a dirty fighter, but it's Cassidis' field southpaw. You know, how many southpaws of the last decade or two have been bettering him to Gatti, to Arturo Gatti-Cassidis? But unlike Gatti, who would tie up Cassidis... Cassidis down twice in round 1. He hurts Casamaior. A two-punch combination. Right hand from Cassidis. ...on the break and roughhousing at least as much as Casamaior, who did hit Cassidis when he was back. He was getting hit a bit. He said he had to turn it into a kind of a wild, ugly brawl. Something wasn't working. Cassidis is pure brawl. Cassidis right at him. There's a combination that staggers Casamaior. Casamaior did some good work to sort of get into a better flow. Right now, Casamaior is dictating the turn. What he needs to do is, you know, take a step to the side, always showing him angles. Don't back up straight to the wall. Casamaior shoots a left. Shoots a left again. ...because he knows that Casamaior's money punches that left hook. When he was down in the first round. Right on the inside by Cassidis. He's boxing one in round two. I think Cassidis got through him in round three. Gotta tell you... Casamaior is in some trouble with one minute to go. Tremendous action here on the floor. And Cassidis has not yet eliminated himself from that fight. ...the punch that's always been working for him, which is that left hand. If he possibly could cut Cassidis with the beard. ...is the linear lightweight champion based on who beat who beat who. ...right hand. He got the right hand back in position of defense. And while the outcome is still very much in doubt, it seems that what's... Who's going to actually win this fight? Arturo Gatti. Casamaior. As Casamaior shoots a left to the body, Cassidis comes back. Casamaior a little low with that left hand. Certainly shifting. Good left hand on the inside by Cassidis to the body. Dropped twice early in the first round. And Casamaior, late punch there. Cassidis comes storming back. Casamaior is a bit hurt right there. There's that right hand, left hook, right hand again. Round number six. In the last round, Casamaior... ...knockout of a guy like Casamaior. It's Michael Cassidis. Cassidis drops it. Crosses. All right, Harold. You know, it's interesting. Hey, it's an honor, but I got to prove it in the ring. It's nice to hear it, but I have to prove it in the ring. Going into the Casamaior. Only 42 punches according to CompuBox's load. Left hand on the inside. That's his lowest punch output so far in the fight. Casamaior pushing his fight. I didn't want to say it. ...the authority to call any one champ. They've squandered whatever legitimacy they've had. Oh, got hurt again. Left to the body. Then a left hook. Knocked him off balance. And then a broad of punches. It was the body shot. It was the body shot that collapsed him. Yeah, that really opened it up. Let's check in with our unofficial ringside scorer, Harold Letterman. Okay, Bob. Four rounds to two. Cassidis unsportsmanlike there physically, Harold. Okay, four rounds to two. 56-55, Michael Cassidis. There are parallels here. He's fighting for the lightweight championship here, Cassidis. He's taking some excellent shots from Casamaior throughout the fight. He got up. He's on a four-round winning streak. He's won the last four rounds in a row with that body punch. That wasn't a tap on Cassidis' jaw right there. Casamaior dropped Cassidis twice in round one. Controlled round number two. By Cassidis. He is carrying this fight since the early or once great old fighter. Once in a while, a guy comes along. The sanctioning bodies have no real legitimate authority. He's a great old fighter like Casamaior. If he's going to hit you low intentionally, he'll do it where the referee can't see. So this is where Casamaior needs to be. He needs to move. Hard Cassamaior on the fourth. Dropped him in the sixth. Break. The last several rounds of this, fighting in his young career to disqualify himself from that category. The level of pressure Cassidis is exerting is really debilitating. In boxing history, the title's been passed usually in a lineal way, meaning from one guy to the next guy. Two hundred and one. Jabs. And again, Wasambo. Oh, beats a right hand. Fires back with Casamaior. Left hand by Casamaior. Cassidis steps in with a combination. Right hand from Cassidis. Not that Casamaior's necessarily won the action, landing bombs. Casamaior is the man who beat the man. He's on the far side. Doesn't have a view. And with the hand that's farthest from him. In the fight, and then finished strong. Those two rounds, Casamaior was in complete control. Cassidis is doing this well against Casamaior. He's still so early in his career. Though Nate Campbell's upset went over Juan Diaz a couple weeks ago. Blow. Oh. I thought he should've gave him a warning first. You gotta give a guy a warning. But he has given each man. Casamaior's done a better job this round of moving, staying away from him. As we were saying a few rounds ago, this one's not going the distance. Casamaior had more jabs on his lay-in. But he realizes Casamaior doesn't have the force in a fight where your legs come back. A little hit low with the far hand. And I wouldn't even call that a hit, I would call it an attack. The El Division's not always the champion. Pressure, and then there's pressure. Jab, jab, jab, jab. Which, you talk about some specter in this fight. Like, give him the stakes. Just a few seconds, guys. That's where Katsidis get his leg. He got dropped twice in the first, and here, and he stops it. What a shocking turn of events by the fourth or fifth round that Katsidis was beating the fight out of Casamaior. Ladies and gentlemen, referee John Shirley has called a stop to this contest at 30 seconds of round number 10. Declaring the winner by knockout. And now, the new WBO Interim Lightweight Champion of the World, Joel Castro!