By Dave Lahr: Stop the press! It looks as if Zab Judah (37-6, 25 KO’s) will be gracing us with his presence after all and fighting on the September 19th undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Judah, 31, will, as before, be facing Antonio Diaz (46-5-1, 29, KO’s), according to Fighthype. This, I suppose, is good news, because it livens up what otherwise would be a pretty dull fight card with the exception of the main event between Mayweather and Marquez.

Judah pulled out of the Diaz fight a week ago, saying that he wasn’t getting enough money and that he saw Diaz as nothing more than a tune-up fight for him, despite Diaz having a good record and some excellent boxing skills to go along with it.

Recently, Judah said that he had been offered $500,000 by Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer to fight Shane Mosley. However, Judah claimed that he turned that offer down cold, saying it wasn’t enough and asking for three times that figure. Whether that is true or not remains debatable, because it’s highly unlikely that Judah is getting that figure to fight Diaz on September 19th.

However, Judah probably got a bump up in pay by Golden Boy to come back to the Mayweather-Marquez undercard, so his walkout likely worked in his favor by getting him more money. Similarly, Judah might have been given a promise by Golden Boy (instead of more money) that if Judah took the fight against Diaz and wins, then he would get a future shot against World Boxing Association welterweight champion Mosley.

That is likely what happened. However, I can’t see the appeal for Golden Boy for wanting him back on the card, because Judah hasn’t shined in the past years and has been pretty much a fighter that is losing half of his fights nowadays. From Golden Boy’s stand point, they are counting on Judah’s name recognition to be a factor for boxing fans, especially for ones that don’t follow the sport all that closely.

There’s a good chance that they’ll remember Judah having fought Mayweather, Carlos Baldomir, Cory Spinks and Miguel Cotto in the past and will want to see more of Judah. Nevermind the fact that Judah has lost to virtually all of them with the exception of Spinks.

The point is that the boxing fans see his name and dish out the big cash to see the pay-per-view card. How much of an effect that Judah could have with the casual boxing fans is probably small, but it shows how desperate Golden Boy is to get fans interested in this card, because Judah’s career has been like the Titanic in the past three years, sliding slowly into the abyss.

At this point, I even question whether Judah has enough left in the tank to beat a fighter like Diaz. That guy may have fought largely 2nd rate fighters his entire career, but he won’t be easy if Judah continues his trend of underperforming.