How is Michael Katsidis not a star in Australia ?

Recently, I was trading emails with Brendon Smith, who trains and manages Australian lightweight contender Michael Katsidis, who, win or lose, has been one of the most exciting fighters of the past decade. Although he has lost two fights in a row (to Guerrero and lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez), Katsidis has always made great fights and left everything he had in the ring. He'll try to bounce back on Aug. 13 against Michael Lozada. It will be Katsidis' first fight in Australia since 2006. I figured that it would be a pretty big deal in Australia, which has produced many good fighters in recent years. Katsidis has been one of the country's best -- and certainly the most exciting. So I was shocked when Smith told me the fight wasn't going to be on TV in Australia. How unfortunate for the great boxing fans of Australia. What are the TV execs there thinking?

freakzilla wrote:It's because he doesn't fight here and he has a bad promoter.