Casamayor scores TKO of Katsidis

Posted: Sun Mar 23 1:16 AM

Cabazon, CA (Sports Network) - Joel Casamayor scored an incredible 10th-round technical knockout of Michael Katsidis to capture the WBO interim lightweight title Saturday night.

Casamayor (36-3-1, 22 KOs), who floored Katsidis twice in the first minute of the opening round, was sent through the ropes by a flurry of punches in the sixth round. However, Katsidis couldn't finish off his opponent and he even landed a shot to the face after the bell.

Katsidis (23-1) connected with a solid punch early in the 10th, but when he missed a right in trying to follow-up, Casamayor caught him with a square hook right to the cheek for a knockdown. Katsidis got to his feet, but Casamayor connected with a flurry of punches before the bout was finally stopped at the 30-second mark by referee Jon Schorle.

On the undercard, Librado Andrade scored an eight-round TKO of Robert Stieglitz in a super middleweight bout. The nose of Stieglitz was made a bloody mess by an uppercut in round two, and a right to the jaw staggered Stieglitz to the corner in round eight before it was stopped at the 1:53 mark.