Judah wants 50-50 deal with Khan
May 28th, 2011
By William Mackay: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah wants a fight on equal footing with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and isn’t willing to take the short end of the stick. Judah wants a 50-50 deal. Khan and his promotional company Golden Boy Promotions are reportedly offering Judah a 60-40 deal with Judah getting the small end of the purse split.
I don’t blame Judah for wanting a 50-50 deal. Khan is still a virtual unknown in American and he’s got a long ways to go before he’s a star. Khan still is trying to make a name in the U.S, but he’s only had one fight that was really interesting and that was against Marcos Maidana. Khan almost got knocked out in that fight, and failed to impress American fans with that performance. He won the fight, but it’s hard to impress when you’re running, holding and getting staggered the way Khan was. It’s unclear if Judah will take slightly less than a 50-50 deal,
Khan plans on fighting on July 23 in the U.S and he needs a notable fighter like Judah to help make the fight a success. Khan already used up a title defense in his last fight taking on a no-name opponent Paul McCloskey. This time, Khan has pressure on him to fight a live body and not another obscure opponent with zero power. Sky Box Office wanted no part of the Khan-McCloskey mismatch, and moved the fight – or at least tried to – from PPV to Sky 3. However, Khan then moved the fight from Sky to Primetime. As such, Khan fought a guy that only UK fans were familiar with and the fight was horrible.
More than likely, Khan won’t end up fighting Judah. We’ll probably see Khan fight a fellow Golden Boy fighter like Erik Morales or Robert Guerrero. However, if Khan fights Morales, he’ll still likely be stuck with a 50-50 deal if he’s lucky. Can you imagine a big star like Morales accepting less than an even split with a young upstart like Khan? Morales has captured multiple world title, whereas Khan has only captured one and he may not ever get another. You never know. If Timothy Bradley beats him and Judah knocks Khan cold, who will Khan be able to pick out to get a title? There’s nothing but solid fighters at light welterweight. Khan doesn’t have a weak champion like Andriy Kotelnik to go after and get an easy belt. At the end of the day, I think Judah is considered too dangerous for Khan and I don’t believe they are serious about wanting to negotiate with Judah. I see this as a situation where they’re using his name to get more publicity for Khan in the U.S the easy way. Judah hits too hard and would be too much of a threat to end the Khan gravy train before it gets started. Believe me, Khan’s next opponent will be a light puncher like Morales or a non-light welterweight like Guerrero.
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I hope they do fight because I want to see what breaks worse, Khna’s chin or the hearts of his fanbase. If Prescott destroyed Khan in the 1st round and he won’t even redeem that loss, Judah will KO him during the weight in just by looking at him. Khan thinks way too highly of himself, he must be smoking poppy seeds or opium.
Khan thinks he’s all that and he isnt
Btw Judah handles Khan with ease. Khan will struggle to hit him, get frustrated, try and force the fight and start fading like he did 5 rounds in against McCloskey. Judah would have way too many ring smarts for Khan. Roach will not let this fight happen and neither will GPB but alot depends on HBO who are starting to turn down fights they dont feel are competitive enough so they will have to risk Khan against somebody decent sooner rather than later.
Khan needs Judah more than Judah needs Khan. Judah is IBF Champion and can go and make some meaningless defences and make so money for his retirement fund. while Khan coming of the McCloskey farce needs a named opponent because the feeling I get is he couldnt sell out his living room. good on Judah and I hope he sticks to his guns and gets what he deserves.
Judah is hardly in the position of pushing a 50/50 deal. He should be thankful he has even been considered.
Only people that think Khan will beat Judah is Khan’s fans anyone that knows boxing knows Khan does not want to see Judah!
Morales is far from a light puncher, he was buckling Maidana’s knees.
khan holds the belt.. that dictates the pot,, if judah wants to be champion he.d suck it up.. man up,, and take the fight,, any cash would be a bonus,,he know’s like i know that after khans pepperd him like a raw steak for 12 rounds it’l be unlikely that he’l ever get the chance of another title
REserved for Judah
they should have the purse split 80-20 in favor of the winner. i am sure judah will run with his tail between legs at the very idea of this settlement. judah runs out of gas around 4-5 rounds and will be KO’d in later rounds by one of khans wicked body shots and superior speed..
BRADLEY IS THE ONE YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT – WHAT A P*SS*y.
Khan deserves 60%…Judah like Bradley is just making excuses to get out of the fight…Judah should just get on with it& be lucky he’ll get a nice pay day…Khan will easily beat Judah on points…
Zab should jump on 60 40 split. After 5 rounds he is done. See Mathyse fight. He brings nothing to the table. Kahn would put him to sleep in 4 rds.
I give Bradley big ups for not fighting Khan because Khan is the Pacs understudy. Bradley has the heart of a gunslinger and deserves a shot at the Pac. I am sure that fight will answer a lot of questions. As for Khan and Juda, I say 50-50 is fair. The fight should hailed as the Bum meets the bummer.
Only way Khan can win is if he somehow aquires Mayweather’s defensive skills and that’s not going to happen. If Judah could rock Mayweather in their fight you can believe he will rock the hell out of Khan when they fight. Oh almost forgot Khan’s chin is softer than a wet paper bag.
Judah, stick to your guns. you are tested and proven. Don t let nobody under sell you. Your belt is on the line too.
kahn would beat judah, judah is past his best and kahn is to fast for him.
Kahn would be num1 when he beats judah, id still like him to stick at lww and get bradley to fight him.
Give Zab 50-50 and let him KO this guy.
If khan beats Judah which I doubt then he should be the number 1 in the division and should blank Bradley in the future and move to welterweight Bradley had he’s chance an took the cowards way out lost all respect for desert storm I actually thought he was No nonsense fighter and would fight any1 anytime
I wonder who Bradley is going to cherrypick, probabley nOt any1 in the top 10…then he can join arum and become a in-house fighter, personally I hope he never gets to fight pacman he doesn’t deserve it
Y we even talking about Bradley every one knows he wants Pacman, but I have to agree if khan did what bradleys doing then he would been called a cherrypicker and a ducker it is only fair to call Bradley the same
Agree with bradley on this one..guess bradleys scared to c the zero go
Judah deserves 50/50, let the fight happen I’m sure it will, at least judah has some balls not like that pussie Bradley who is afraid if he loses to khan and lose he’s chance to fight pacman, all I can say is he’s the biggest pussie out there cos if he was sure he could beat khan he would of taken the fight
Khan acts like he’s big in boxing and deserves a bigger cut. Judah has been in the boxing game 4 years. Judah deserves at least 60%. Khan ain’t nobody yet. What a joke!
I Agree With Zab Judah Give Him The 50-50 U.S Purse Split And Amir Khan Could Have The UK Pay-Per Piew Purse That’s Only Fair!
Amir pricing himself out the game again i see? He has to learn, he’s still the new boy around town, and still, not yet properly proven, Maidana came close, but he’s hardly a test in strategy and ringsmarts.
Zab should get 50%, for sure, and of late, Amir wants to not take him lightly, Zab could be a menace, and i really hope so, should the fight go ahead.
TBH, id like to see Zab take out Khan….and im from the UK lol.
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khan wont take punishment off a guy like judah
out pricing himself again, khan is doing this on purpose
judah is smart. think about it what is khan gona do fight a b.s. fighter on that date and make little to no money again. or give judah the same split and make a few one to two million off the fight???? morales will want equal split as well so he probably will have to do it or take on a nobody and make a few hundred grand and hbo will probably only show judah or morales so could be another fight only his uk fans back home see.
OK THE WINNER GETS 60 & LOSSER 40
judah hasn’t given an impressive performance against an admirable opponenent in years. in my mind he’s washed up and should get the 60/40.
Khan does not want to see Judah!
First off all Bradley ducked khan he’s a pussie….u can argue he wanted pacman bit now that he’s
Fighting marquez that’s a not happenin…Bradley should grow some balls and go back to khan…if he’s so sure about himself winning he would fight khan beat him and then go to pacman with 3 belts… Bradley knows he will lose to khan and
Is being the biggest pussie following mayweathers footsteps
first of all : who are you?? morales non power?? you must be drunk , khan no power more likelly to be truth. i dont know if you are from my same planet but if you take a look of morales vs maidana and khan vs maidana you will find out why morales will take these tomato khan appart.
i agree–40% from a Khan fight will generate a lot more than he can get anywhere else—Judah is not exectly a huge draw
Zab was big … in recent years he has not been able to sell out big arenas.. Zab wants to use Khan, just as Bradley did … I say, ‘Zab man up’ and fight cos you not going get Manny…
Khan needs to fight zab and bradley if he wants to elevate his name and his game.
Manny would tell him, “Hey, after I fought Barrera I went after Morales and Marquez. Next thing you know, the world was mine.”
This guy needs to publish a decent article. Im getting tired of his one sided articles. Maidana and Khan won fight of the year yet he is virtually unknown in America. I dont think they are afraid of Judah as he often loses heart after 6 rounds. Rob Guerrero poses a much bigger threat to him imo. Come on Mackay how your articles get posted i will never know.
Just a way for Khan to talk big without much risk! He must have known Judah wouldn’t take a 60-40 split. So he can now run from Judah, and use money as an excuse!
I used to like khan but he’s turning into more of a clown everyday. Leaving sky was a dreadful business move, when your barely known in the USA why would u bite the hand that feeds u in ur own country? He needs some new advisors.
The longer he goes without fighting a somebody the less time everyone will have for him. If he wanted to make it big in America he should have capitalised on the exposure from the MM fight a got another big fight lined up asap.
Looks like he’s just another pu55y ducker, shame.
Judah is current ibf champion & has won no less than 5 world titles in 2 divisions, he’s shared the ring with Cotto & Mayweather & is far better know in USA than any fighter at light-welter especially Khan.
Khan should be counting himself lucky to get 50/50 in these type of fights.
50-50 is perfect…i don even know much about this guy khan
stoneh, Judah is IBF champ
lol judah is ibf champ
how the hell can Judah expect 50/50? you guys are so stupid! err excuse me … but who is the Champion? Is Judah bringing a belt with him?
They are scared of Judah than bradley,Khan fight with Madaina generated less than 4thousand tickets to short change Judah which is a draw than Bradley is an insult.Golden Boy doesnt know how to make mega fights Mayweather is already a star when they were involved.
Judah is holding out for a final career payday. Khan is I big draw because most of his fights are exciting, he is chinny and can punch. He fought madaina in what can be considered fight of the year in Vegas recently, so he is a big draw. Put it this way, I would much rather see him fight than Judah or morales-they should take the payday before someone else beats them for less money
Khans been aiming at fighting Morales or Guerrero since way before the pathetic offers to Judah or Bradley were put forward. Khan will be fighting Morales or Guerrero and that’s a fact.
i was getting exited bout this fight now it just looks like it wont happen khan has lost sky sports which was bad for him hes to up himself he thinks hes a ppv legend when he is nothing until he rematches presscott maidana or a live name like judah people will continue to not care here in uk and in states
Another slick ducker.
Whats us wrong with goldenboy and khan because its just ludacris this is why bradley ain’t fighting khan because the purse ain’t right and Goldenboy fail to realise that boxing is a business for the boxers and they put food on the table for their families. Poeple then come and say bradley is ducking khan? you put urself in his shoes you hold two worthy titles and khan holds a paper title(WBA) and you really want bradley to put his titles on the line and earn peanuts.
Typical duck technique to avoid fighting Judah, offer him an insulting split.
Khan couldn’t sell his last fight and now claims he’s the big draw.