Frank Warren wins Katsidis-Mitchell bid
by Scott Christ on Mar 2, 2010 5:00 PM EST
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As was expected, Frank Warren won today's purse bid for a 135-pound showdown between his fighter, Kevin Mitchell, and Australian Michael Katsidis. The fight is now figured to land in England, according to BoxingScene.
Rick Reeno says that Warren won the fight with a bid of $515,000, followed by Sampson Boxing at $501,000. The date and venue are up in the air, but London has been discussed. Because he's the titleholder and going to Mitchell's turf, Katsidis will get an 80-20 split for the bout.
The money should be solid with the fight in England. Sky Sports will be all over this one, and it might even land on pay-per-view. Katsidis and Mitchell have exciting styles, and I haven't seen anyone dislike this fight yet. The open question about the bout is whether Mitchell has the power to deal with Katsidis, who may not have the one-punch power that Mitchell successfully neutralized against Breidis Prescott, but is a much better overall fighter and a physical guy who doesn't back up.
I really like this fight. It'll tell us something meaningful about Mitchell, and I'm interested in finding out the meaningful stuff about Mitchell, such as whether or not he's got a real future past the domestic or European range.
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Any word on the date of the fight?
Dan Rafeal has reported it being sometime in May, while boxrec.com already put May 8th on their schedule without a venue. Of course boxrec jumps the gun all the time as far as that sort of thing goes. Any news or even rumours (I threw the “u” in there for the Brits) would be greatly appriciated.
I am hoping to trek across the pond and attend. If I do make the plans to go I will write a fanpost explaining why I’ve been following Mitchell closely over the last couple of years.
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80-20 Split!
That’s a huge difference. Kevin must be confident. Can’t wait for this one. The Katsidis/Earle fight was a belter. I reckon Mitchell is in a way different class to Earle.
by Phill on Mar 2, 2010 5:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Katsidis has also improved a lot since Earl
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f sky sports, bring this to HBO’s BAD
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by battle axe of doom on Mar 2, 2010 6:01 PM EST reply actions
yeah I’ll be pissed if this isn’t on BAD…they don’t travel outside the US too much though, do they?
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by BloodMeridian on Mar 3, 2010 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
not often, no
They did air Calzaghe-Manfredo live in the American afternoon. That was a real waste of money. They’d either have to air on delay or get the promoters to push the start time back ridiculously in the UK. If they could start the BAD at 9 ET, that’d be 2am in London.
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by Scott Christ on Mar 3, 2010 12:33 AM EST up reply actions
No complaints about the fight but...
both are vastly overrated IMO. Katsidis doesn’t carry his power to world level, or his power doesn’t carry with him, it’s pretty similar. Mitchell is suddenly the next Willie Pep because he defeated the retard that is Breidis Prescott, who lost to Miguel Vasquez before Mitchell, but has everybody popped a boner over Vasquez? HELL NO!
I think if Mitchell can keep his cool, it’s his fight to lose. There’s no point trading with Katsidis, he’s got retard-strength (I’ve used retard twice in the same comment, surely some kind of record?) he’s got a one-track mind, and you’d say he’s predictable.
Both fighters have a lot to prove. I’m not saying either are crap and I’m definitely not complaining about the match-up, but both are unproven against fighters like each other (same level, style etc. etc.), so all in all it should make a very interesting fight.
Potential Fight of the Year
Cannot wait for this one. Have followed both fighters closely for last few years and almost don’t want them to fight each other, I like them both that much.
It’s going to be held at Wembley, O2 or Excel with a slim chance maybe Upton Park but wherever Mitchell is going to have massive support. Also, think with Sky’s package with Khan for his 5 fight PPV deal this one will be on normal Sky.
Not going to bother calling this one!
I will be absolutely astonished if this goes ppv.
Warren will be looking to score a big tv rating for sky (probably in a 3 hour Saturday slot)
like he did with the night of champions
to be fair if Kahn was still with Warren he would have went PPV, with Amir topping the bill but now who is FW’s big star at the moment,
Cleverly? Mitchell? Brook?? lets face it, their all very good fighters with massive potential, but none of them is well known in Britain at the moment.
by Sweet science on Mar 3, 2010 7:29 AM EST up reply actions
It's not just that
Frank’s deal with Sky is up soon. There’s a fair amount of competition for those sky dates, and I’m sure Frank is going to want to do as big a figure as possible to put him in a good position to negotiate. Taking an enormous risk on PPV at this time would be very ill advised.
il be suprised if Warren loses the sky contract
with non subscribtion channels (BBC ITV) not interested in boxing, Warren will get a contract. although he has no major names, he has the 3 olympic stars plus the other 3 hugley talented boxer amongst many others and I think sky will want to make sure they stick with them.
by Sweet science on Mar 3, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
Plus he just continually adds young blood to his stable. He might not get the same deal he used to have, though.
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I think Mitchell vs Khan could happen down the line too, I’d go with Mitchell on that one.
Reckon it’d be a doozy while it lasted. Kevin appears to have a tough beard.
I don't think Mitchell would get close to Khan
He’s too fast and uses his reach very well. Perhaps a different, more experienced and better trained version of Mitchell, but not this one.
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by Drunken cutman on Mar 4, 2010 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
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