Michael Katsidis's brother found dead at home

[Hulk]

Fight better still be on. Would hate for Marquez to have to sit around waiting. Might as well fight someone else. Situation sucks for Katsidis. But the fight ain't set till the end of November. Plenty of time for him to get his mourn on. And than fight.

You my friend are a class act

[LeonardHood]

RIP, sad news

[JonnyFolds]

Yeha I feel for Katisidis. Very tough situation to move past, this is all he needed. Now I bet the Vegas odds will be 4:1 for Marquez. watch

Is he training stateside or in Australia? Makes a pretty big difference between going to "get his mourn on"

[boxingbantz]

Yeha I feel for Katisidis. Very tough situation to move past, this is all he needed. Now I bet the Vegas odds will be 4:1 for Marquez. watch

Is he training stateside or in Australia? Makes a pretty big difference between going to "get his mourn on"

Training in Thailand at the moment mate. Or was, anyway.

[Fenster]

The fight will be postponed, he stopped training straight away to fly back to Oz, they were really close

[Tysonbruno]

1 of 2 things will happen either fight gets cancelled/postponed or Marquez gets battered

[Violent Demise]

Fight better still be on. Would hate for Marquez to have to sit around waiting. Might as well fight someone else. Situation sucks for Katsidis. But the fight ain't set till the end of November. Plenty of time for him to get his mourn on. And than fight.

You my friend are a class act

It the biggest fight of his career. He delays the fight with Marquez and there's no guarantee it'll be there when he's ready. Marquez at his age ain't trying to just sit around and wait. He'll most likely do the smart thing and move on. Marquez don't need Katsidis. Katsidis needs him.

[THE THIRD MAN]

It's a blow for Katsidis, the fight is postponed. It is a tragedy and sometimes we as sports fans have to realise that family comes first no matter who you are. I bet Marquez would do the same if it was his brother.

[Rantcatrat]

Fight better still be on. Would hate for Marquez to have to sit around waiting. Might as well fight someone else. Situation sucks for Katsidis. But the fight ain't set till the end of November. Plenty of time for him to get his mourn on. And than fight.

You my friend are a class act

It the biggest fight of his career. He delays the fight with Marquez and there's no guarantee it'll be there when he's ready. Marquez at his age ain't trying to just sit around and wait. He'll most likely do the smart thing and move on. Marquez don't need Katsidis. Katsidis needs him.

That was not the point of the post. The point was it's a shame that his brother passed away at 28. Your post slighted that.

It had nothing to do with Marquez. It makes no difference to Marquez anyway whatsoever. He can fight Amir Khan or the winner of Bradley/Alexander and do a mandatory while he's waiting.

[Gandalf]

That is terrible news for Katsidis. I don't know who the brother is, but what an arse for going out the way he did. Regardless, I respect the decision to pull out. You can't readily fight when a brother has done something as selfish and stupid as that, it will mess your mind up.

VD was insensitive, but I do kind of agree with him from a selfish fans perspective, it was a fight I was looking forward to and Marquez isn't getting any younger. Hopefully Katsidis can bounce back and that Marquez can stay busy and not waste the camp entirely.

[amat]

Fight still on for November 27th. Good for Katsidis, I love Marquez but he seems pretty inspired I hope he can pull out a win it would be a good story.

[generalbulldog]

Fight still on for November 27th. Good for Katsidis, I love Marquez but he seems pretty inspired I hope he can pull out a win it would be a good story.

Gotta give props to Katsidis, he could have walked away and no one would blame him.

[somnolence]

Fight still on for November 27th. Good for Katsidis, I love Marquez but he seems pretty inspired I hope he can pull out a win it would be a good story.

Gotta give props to Katsidis, he could have walked away and no one would blame him.

Agreed completely. It goes without saying everyone will respect his performance regardless of the outcome. He's a very ballsy fighter, I wish him well.

[Violent Demise]

Fight better still be on. Would hate for Marquez to have to sit around waiting. Might as well fight someone else. Situation sucks for Katsidis. But the fight ain't set till the end of November. Plenty of time for him to get his mourn on. And than fight.

You my friend are a class act

It the biggest fight of his career. He delays the fight with Marquez and there's no guarantee it'll be there when he's ready. Marquez at his age ain't trying to just sit around and wait. He'll most likely do the smart thing and move on. Marquez don't need Katsidis. Katsidis needs him.

That was not the point of the post. The point was it's a shame that his brother passed away at 28. Your post slighted that.

It had nothing to do with Marquez. It makes no difference to Marquez anyway whatsoever. He can fight Amir Khan or the winner of Bradley/Alexander and do a mandatory while he's waiting.

It wasn't that the Katsidis fight might not happen. That wasn't the point. Katsidis means nothing to Marquez. Marquez can fight David Diaz and he'll consider it the same. The problem was Marquez going through almost a full training camp for nothing. That's not a good thing at this stage in his career. But all that is irrelevant now with the fight seemingly on.