THE DESERT STORM BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN JOEL CASAMAYOR AND LIBRADO ANDRADE... by Armando Cabrera
Casamayor won a technical knockout decision to retain his WBC title, adding the Ring Magazine and Katsidis' WBO title belt to his collection. 
The co-feature between Librado Andrade and Robert Stieglitz was another thriller bout that resulted in a broken jaw for Stieglitz.

ANDRADE STOPS STIEGLITZ IN 8... by George Elsasser
Saturday HBO co-feature a super/middleweight IBF eliminator saw a more durable Librado Andrade grabbing the number one challenger slot over game but outgunned Robert Stieglitz by TKO late in stanza eight.
The Andrade game plan was to overpower the expected stick, move and counter Stieglitz with a non-stop aggressive approach - and then the opening bell it’s quickly a “Katie bar the door” barn burner. Edge to Andrade in a spirited beginning to a hotly contested battle of wills and stamina. 

CASAMAYOR CLAIMS MYTHICAL CROWN - HALTS KATSIDIS IN 10... by George Elsasser

The age 36 Cuban southpaw simply had too much in all departments over a relative rookie challenger - the Casamayor 39 priors reads like a who’s who résumé - the Katsidis rap sheet a collection of no-names. 
The one and only prayer for the visitor from Toowoomba, Australia a long shot - the game plan was to make it busy from start - if lucky, ol’ Casa baby maybe arrived without legs for them proverbial championship rounds - not to be.
Opening candle finds Katsidis sitting on the canvas - not once, but twice - courtesy of the boxing basic “one-two” - the jab quickly followed by a straight left to the chin - but the visitor survives the round.
Still, Casamayor would open the door a crack when opting to save a little for the late rounds - enough for Katsidis to pick up the pace and steal some stanzas via busier work ethic - but not until stanza six was there a hint he just may pull the rabbit out of the hat.

CASAMAYOR COMES FROM BEHIND TO STOP KATSIDIS IN THE TENTH ROUND... by Oleg Bershadsky
The fight between Joel Casamayor and Michael Katsidis was termed as experience vs. youth. The question was whether an old cagy veteran could use his guile to overcome a young and hungry lion. The fight started off in the worst possible way for an overly anxious Katsidis, who ran into a Casamayor left hand only seconds into the fight. The left hand put a stunned Katsidis on the canvas; Casamayor followed up with another left as his opponent was already down, drawing no response from the referee. To his credit Katsidis jumped up quickly only to run into another straight left hand and taste the canvas for the second time in the first round. Katsidis would once again beat the count and finish the round throwing back. 
 

CASAMAYOR COMES FROM BEHIND TO STOP KATSIDIS IN THE TENTH ROUND... by Frank Gonzalez Jr.

WBO Lightweight champ, Michael Katsidis (23-1, 20 KO’s) entered the ring at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon California wearing a Spartan helmet, a tattooed sun that takes up his whole back and an undefeated record. He’s known as a big puncher and he fights with an intensity fight fans love.