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Nice fight, and good boxing by burns, but think kats' wars may have caught up to him a bit. At times his punches had no snap on em at all, and took a while to get started, but this isn't to say burns wouldn't have been able to handle kats of 2 years ago cause he did box nicely. Cards were a bit to wide imo but the right man got the nod.
Summed it up well, Kats had no zip and little power in his punches, although i am sure Burns will have sore arms for a month. Kats had no plan B? Excellent boxing from Burns, Kats was game as always, but Burns fought a very good tactical fight and gave Katsidis no opportunity to land anything big. The little K man looks done to me, i scored it 115-113, but that really flatters Katsidis.
Burns looks good and could do very well in the next 12 months. No need for a rematch here, Katsidis was out boxed and outsmartered by Burns who is a very good boxer.
Yeah while I don't think kats is fully shot hell be there within a fight or two sadly. His style doesn't lend itself to longetivity but always made for great fights and the guys all heart, hope he made some decent money over the years and was smart with it. He still had enough to push burns and if burns defense wasn't as thight as it was it may have been kats' hand bein raised.