 Katsidis and Brendon Smith reunited before the start of the year, with Katsidis facing Eddy Comaro on 14 March at the Convention Centre in Toowoomba.Comaro was stopped in three rounds.A rematch with Graham Earl, whom Katsidis first fought in 2007, took place on 4 July in Toowoomba, at light-welterweight.