Judah interested in Khan bout
May 19th, 2011
By William Mackay: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) is very interested in facing WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 18 KO’s) after the fight that Judah was looking for against Manny Pacquiao failed to happen. Judah recently said his focus wasn’t Khan and that he wanted to fight Pacquiao. However, with Pacquiao’s team selecting 37-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez to fight in a catchweight bout in November and with the comments that Khan said about Judah recently in an article at boxingfutures.com, where Khan called Judah a runner, Judah has reversed course and is now eager to face Khan.
For the most, with the exception of the slow but powerful Marcos Maidana, Khan has faced weak punchers since the Prescott fight. Judah would be a huge step up in terms of power and speed from the guys that Khan has been facing. This is really the best fight out there for Khan right now given that Timothy Bradley, the WBC/WBO light welterweight champion, is waiting for his contract to run out with his promoter before he takes on Khan.
There isn’t anyone else at light welterweight that Khan can fight, apart from Maidana, that will bring in the kind of money that Judah will. So, the question is whether Khan will take this fight or will he dig up another Paul McCloskey level fighter with zero power to pad his record with and continue to win, albeit against competition without a whole lot of power.
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Its a no win fight, though I cant argue the fact it would be a good test of Khan’s abilities or at least a good tune up fight, if or when he beats Zab there haters will bemoan it as Khan beating a faded champion.
They ( both sides ) need to do whatever is necessary to make the fight with Bradley, then if Khan wins his next fight should be a rematch with Prescott which would be huge.
are people in here boxing fans, quoting “zab’s too fast for khan” are you people crazy, khan is the fastest boxer right now, apart from manny maybe, who’d be next? manny than khan,simple; zab hast past it, he tried to get a match with manny, but manny and marquez is now official so he changed his mind to the next best thing, khan’s much biggter, taller fitter, faster, younger, more hungrier to succedd where as zab now days fighting for the money im being honest, and for khan it would great, but zab is dangerous after all, but im sure khan would jab, jab, jab, run a bit through in some combo and win,
although i dont think khan is top notch he should beat past it judah in 5 rounds.
This is a good fight!
This would be a good fight but zab would be too much and to slick,
trust me, khan will beat judah for 12 rds if not by a late ko
KHAN BY UD
I Would Love To See This Unification Fight Take Place Cause This Matchup Could Really See What Amir Khan Is Made Of If He Could Really Hang With Zab”Super”Judah Cause Even Though Zab Is Not The Same Fighter Since Miguel Cotto”Damaged”Him 4 Years Ago At Madison Square Garden He Can Still Pop With One Of His Slick Punches At Anytime So If His Handlers At Golden Boy Promotions Have Enough Guts To Put Their Star In The Ring With Judah They Should Do It Cause If Timothy Bradley Wasn’t Interested Judah Is The Next Best Available Opponent!
I think this is a good fight for Khan. Its a name Americans can respect even if he aint what he used to be and its a good fight for Judah, lord only knows why he wouldnt want this fight from the beginning. I mean its not like people are clamoring for him to get shots against the big names anymore
This would be a good fight, khan would be in it from beginning to end considering he spars with the best southpaw fighting right now, but imho, kahn would turn into the runner in this fight…
Judah would destroy Khan, his chin is cotton candy
The runner calling someone else a runner. Could be a great fight, but oh well.
And what excuses will you make once khan smashes this fool ??? always an excuse with you willy mckay
i dont consider judah a runner at all
Here we go with McKay again always talking about khan getting ko dumb McKay needs to get banned get ko’d by khan