Katzourakis edges Adams to win OTX tourney

In a war, undefeated super welterweight Andreas “Katz” Katzourakis (15-0, 10 KOs) scored a ten round split decision over world-rated former world title challenger Brandon “The Cannon” Adams (25-4, 16 KOs) in the final of the OTX 154lb tournament on Friday night at the Corey Studios in Atlanta. Georgia. After ten hotly contested rounds, scores were 97-93, 96-94 for Katzourakis, and 97-93 Adams. With the win, Katzourakis gets a $100,000 bonus and a promotional contract with OTX.

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  • I’m a fan of Adams, so I acknowledge my bias, but I thought he clearly won that fight. He did as well but he was class in defeat.

    • Yes. Adams won. I had it 7-3. He outslugged and outboxed the Greek. Another bad decision. But, if the judges were swayed by Adams fighting off the ropes that they gave Katz the advantage for that reason, they don’t belong judging professional boxing.

      • Well, fighting with your back to the ropes does not bode well with any judge. Judges cannot always see every punch like we can on television. I like Adams and will also acknowledge my bias. Unfortunately, I missed the last two rounds, but I could always go back and see, but if it was the same as the first eight then why bother. Phone booth fights can be hard to judge. Adams is always a class act. I wish he would have kept him at the center of the ring much more.

        • He actually got some distance in the final two rounds, did Adams. I thought he won both of them.

          • You see that’s why you don’t fall asleep, Lucie! I will check it out on YouTube.

  • I had 6/4 “Katz.” I just couldn’t give Adams the benefit of the doubt here. That said: Close fight, and a damn good one by two first tier fighters.

  • I had it a draw. Adams landed more punches, but they were arm punches with no leverage on them. He came alive in the second half and was able to get his back off the ropes. Excellent fight. Both fighters won a fan out of me.

  • On a different topic, Turki recently bought Ring
    Magazine. He vowed to make it better than ever.
    He’s putting so much money into the sport he’s going to make the big players of the past almost redundant.

    • I hope Turki can give Ring Magazine its prestige back. Ring Magazine lost all credibility when it put a non-boxer boxer, Ronda Rousey, on the cover. Ms. Rousey didn’t even know how to throw a punch, and she was easily destroyed in her own sport by boxer, Holly Holm! Does anyone know who the whack job was that decided to put a non-boxer who couldn’t box on the cover of Ring?

      • Not a big fan of women’s boxing here.
        Too butch for my liking. Not saying they can’t fight, because they can. I never embraced the full feminist sports thing.
        Don’t like the idea of women in the military. Or female prison guards in male prisons. Or females in law enforcement.
        Males are supposed to be the protectors in society. Years ago men were expected to do certain things. They were supposed to protect the women and children. Now we can’t even get males to enlist in the military. About 70% of the young men out there are physically unfit to serve in the military (in the US). What does that say about men nowadays? So forgive me if I seem to be piling on about the women so much. It’s only because I care about them. But hey, to each his or her own.
        Society changed and so did the world.
        Welcome to the 21st century. It keeps getting weirder.

        • Blunder, blunder, blunder. I worked 25 years law enforcement and I must say I’ve worked in the jails too. There were women that I would much rather had my back then some men. There were also some I wouldn’t want near me too. We cannot classify them all in one box, we are all different. As far as women boxing, not my cup of tea either, but they have every right to earn a living, so I do not comment. Hell, some of them actually act like fighters more then the men. Bottom line is men fight men women fight women. That’s all I care about.

          • If you were in the military you most likely would not want them in the military. They get promoted faster than men and go on sick call when they get their periods.
            They don’t need to be in line units.
            Plus, you have the single moms that are non-deployable. If you are
            non-deployable you don’t need to be in the military. Plus, male soldiers have to lift things for female soldiers that are too heavy for them to carry. It’s a crock of….
            you know what.
            They don’t need to be in combat roles. You think China and Russia care about worthless DEI-type
            policies in their militaries? They are laughing at us. Where are the men at? Our military now has to be at least 50% female. Big time liability when the balloon goes up.
            It’s a man’s army.

          • Oh, I know Russia and China do not care about dei stuff. I can only speak for what I’ve been through. One of my biggest regrets was not going into the military right out of high school. You make very valid points for your argument especially regarding the military. My take is you cannot put everyone in one box there are exceptions to every rule.

          • That you are absolutely correct about that! Standards should always remain high and not be made attainable to fill a quota. You will see this happening in law enforcement and the military because of the low recruiting occuring which leads to unqualified people in positions that need many qualifications and integrity.

      • She was super popular back then and publicly bickering with Floyd Mayweather – they just put her on the cover to sell copies. It was absolutely ridiculous, having her on the cover.

      • Gotta bring it back as paper not just to the USA and UK…but the world. Or at least the decades long subscription here in Canada!

  • I had Adams up 6-4 but my Mom had Adams winning clearly. How did you guys feel about the Shredder outfit and the foot clan team? It was a pretty good fight in general. I remember seeing Adams a LONG time ago on Friday Night Fights I believe. Katz is a solid up and comer. He’s got grit.

    • I like the outfit. Before the Bohachuk fight, he came in dressed as a Mortal Kombat character.

      • Mom used to take a lot of money from me betting against Pacquaio back when he fought the Mexican HOFers like MAB, Morales and Marquez.

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