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Australia’s Michael Katsidis lost his interim lightweight world title fight against American southpaw Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero on a unanimous points decision.
The taller Guerrero, 28, used his physical advantage to dominate Saturday night’s bout at the MGM Grand Casino’s Garden Arena in Las Vegas, repeatedly thundering Katsidis with straight left hands.
It was the fourth loss of the Toowoomba 30-year-old’s professional career.
Midway through the second round Katsidis hit Guerrero with a left hook, buckling the American. Guerrero’s right glove touched the canvas, but referee Russell Mora mistakenly declined to call it a knockdown.
Katsidis unleashed a ferocious body attack in the eighth round, but Mora stopped the round twice, deducting two points from Katsidis for low blows.
In the ninth round Guerrero had a point deducted for hitting Katsidis with a low blow.
Guerrero now holds the interim World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organisation lightweight belts, giving him a shot at the division’s super champion Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez.
If Marquez opts against fighting Guerrero and pursues a $10 million-plus mega fight with the world’s best boxer, Manny Pacquiao, Guerrero will likely inherit the WBA and WBA belts.
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