 In the ninth round, Katsidis was hurt several times and looked to be on shaky legs as he stumbled around the ring.At the end of the ten-round contest, the judges scored a majority decision for Mensah with scores of 98–92, 96–94 and 95–95.Later in the year, Katsidis was scheduled to fight then-undefeated Darleys Pérez on 10 August at the Morongo Casino, but later withdrew on 25 July due to a knee injury.