After a long month off from boxing it's great to have the sport back, especially when we're welcomed back with a fight that's pretty much guaranteed to be fucking great. Juan Diaz recently lost his impressive collection of lightweight title belts in a tough decision to Nate Campbell, he's ready to begin another 33-fight win streak. Standing in his way is Michael Katsidis, an Australian ...

Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis pose for photos. The two square off on Saturday night in Diaz's hometown of Houston.

Live on Saturday September 6, in Houston, Juan Diaz (33-1) former WBA, WBO, and IBF world lightweight champion will square off with Michael Katsidis (23-1) former WBO interim lightweight champion in a 12 round lightweight bout. Both fighters are coming off losses against very tough opponents. Juan Diaz recently lost to Nate Campbell via split decision and Michael Katsidis lost to Joel ...

Sometime in 2007, a bunch of people started talking about the possibility of Juan Diaz (then a three-body lightweight titleholder) and Michael Katsidis (an Aussie slugger whose profile was rising quickly) going head-to-head. "It'd be a war," one guy would say. "There's no way it's not a great fight," another might reply. They were right. In 2007, though, both men were busy making ...

Juan Diaz won last night's battle for reclamation with a controversial split-decision win over fellow one-loss fighter Michael Katsidis. If you ask the Katsidis camp (or just Michael's delusional manager) they'll contend that they won the fight, however the only real controversy was over what that first judge had been smoking all evening. The Baby Bull took the fight to the all-action ...

BAD LEFT HOOK UNOFFICIAL SCORECARD  Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total   Juan Diaz 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 118   Michael Katsidis 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 9 110 BAD LEFT HOOK UNOFFICIAL SCORECARD  Round 1 2 3 4 5 6  ...

Should be a damn good night of boxing on HBO, starting at 10:15 ET. This main event is, on paper, a bona fide Fight of the Year contender, and the opening bout is a fine matchup as well. This is what Boxing After Dark is all about: action fighters in action fights. Three cards in two days -- welcome back, boxing. JUAN DIAZ Ring Magazine No. 3 Lightweight Contender  ...