Amateur Career
In an amateur career which began at the age of eleven, Katsidis compiled a record of 75–6. During this time he represented the Australian Olympic team in the lightweight division at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He also became a scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport.
- 2000 Olympic results
- First round: defeated Agnaldo Nunes – 15:6
- Second round: lost to Nurzhan Karimzhanov – 7:9
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