Article: Box: Katsidis assured of a fair fight in Houston


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 ...

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