Box: Katsidis assured of a fair fight in Houston

AAP Sports News (Australia), September, 2008

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 09-05-2008 Box: Katsidis assured of a fair fight in Houston By Adrian Warren SYDNEY, Sept 5 AAP - Boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya has assured Australia's Michael Katsidis he will get a fair shake from the all-American panel of officials against local Houston fighter Juan Diaz in their IBO lightweight title fight. The list of officials included two of Diaz's fellow Texans, among them referee Laurence Cole, who was suspended earlier this year. Cole, who previously refereed Australians Danny Green and Paul Briggs, was suspended and fined after he told a fighter that he was ahead on the score cards during a fight last November. Katsidis's trainer and manager Brendon Smith said at today's pre-fight press conference ...

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