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| Former British and Commonwealth champion Graham Earl will face Australian Michael Katsidis for the WBO Interim lightweight title at the Wembley Conference Centre on February 17. Former British and Commonwealth champion Graham Earl will face Australian Michael Katsidis for the WBO Interim lightweight title at the Wembley Conference Centre on February 17. Promoter Frank Warren announced the deal today. The 28 year-old from Luton will have his work well and truly cut out against the 26 yea-old from Toowoomba, Queensland. Katsidis, who is nicknamed 'Rocky, has a perfect 21-0 record with 19 stoppages and will provide Earl with the toughest test of his 25-0-(12), record. |
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| Wednesday, January 17 2007 By Karl Freitag WBO #2 lightweight Michael Katsidis (21–0, 19 KOs) has pulled out of his February 2 ESPN bout to face WBO #1 Graham Earl (24-1, 12 KOs) for the interim WBO lightweight title on February 17 at Wembley Arena in London. Acelino Freitas is the current WBO titleholder. Also featured on that card is a heavyweight clash between Audley Harrison and Michael Sprott, plus lightweight wunderkind Amir Khan vs TBA. |