Judah-Khan: Zab can end the Khan hype train with one big shot
June 17th, 2011
By William Mackay: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) can put to rest the hype machine of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) if he taps his chin hard with one of his blazing fast and powerful upper cuts to send Khan down to his second knockout loss. A defeat for Khan would ruin all the dreams that Khan has been talking about with fights against WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
However, Khan was allowed to clinch his way out of the round and periodically hold for the next two rounds to preserve the win. Khan may have won the fight, but all the shots to that head couldn’t have helped him too much. Khan was already knocked out by Breidis Prescott in 2008, and hasn’t wanted any part of Prescott since losing that fight. Judah only needs to take a page from Prescott’s playbook by going at Khan at full speed ahead in the first round.
Judah needs to shoot off all his fireworks early because you can’t let Khan remain standing for the full 12 because he’ll likely win by a decision because of all the judge pleasing flurries he likes to throw. Judges love that kind of thing and it doesn’t matter whether the shots are landing or not, they love that stuff. Judah has stamina problems and tends to lose energy once his fights go past the 4th. Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach is well aware of that face, and sees Judah as only a threat in the early going. It doesn’t matter. Judah needs to chase Khan down and level him with an uppercut once Khan does his usual grabbing around the back of the head.
Khan loves that move, even thought it’s not legal. Once Khan grabs Judah around the back of the neck and starts pulling his head forward, Judah needs to nail Khan with a hard uppercut to make him let go. If the referee had it on the ball, he’d penalize Khan left and right for that move and for his habit of shoving his opponents when they get in close, but don’t count on Khan being penalized or warned. I see him getting away with these fouls. Judah needs to forget about being helped by the referee and take matters in his own hands by flattening Khan as soon as possible.
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If Khab got peppered with big shots and was sleep on his feet by super slooooow Maidana. What do you think Judah will do to him? I habe Zab in less then 6 rounds
can see khan beating zab, but not the real deal
(FIGHT PREDICTION) Khan will beat the holy s**t out of Judas and then Khan will crucify him.
when will the US public accept that khan is the real deal!! you’ve put your best in the ring and they’ve all been beat!! forget prescott, lewis&tyson were knocked out by nobodies!! still came back greater than ever. khan in 4 for me.
HAHAHAHA….KHAN GETTIN RICHER WHILE U BUMS HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE EVERYTIME HE WINS…OH YEAH AND ASK YOUR WIVES OR GIRLFRIENDS WHO THEY’D RATHER BE IN BED WITH…LOL..OBVIOUSLY NOT YOU…YOU KEYBOARD FANNYS!!!!!!
Judah is old and guess what. he is indeed a cherry picked fighter, thanks to GBP and HBO. muhahahahahahahaha!
@bearcat. me and my dad took care of your mum. when she did not cook last year for the father day dinner, guess who she was with and servicing
zab judah has two chances at beating Khan slim and none and slim is out of town!
This fight is goin to be a one sided fight ten years ago when zab was at his prime he would have had a chance, He is too old too slow and his boxing ability like with any other boxer has declined, father time don’t fogive no one, He is basically just using his name to get a pay check Khan will knock him out in 8! It’s goin to be a replica of paquiado against mosley.
Khan will win the fight on points or by late KO…
Why do they give Khan so much credit for taking punches Maidana? Maidanas power is over rated. He didn’t KO weak chin Khan and he didn’t KO old man Morales. Wow he made Ortiz quit, so what Ortiz is a lil girl.
I’m a Hindu and wish I was a boxer, but my I and my people are weak. The only fun we have is when we become keyboard gangsters. But in reality we are all 5 foot tall and have small arms. That’s why we talk about khan cause of his heritage.
ANYWAY BACK TO THE HEROIN – yes khan promotions is flooding the uk with the highest purest qualitys seen in years “yes” it was a knockback when osama was killed but everything is cool now ZAB JUDAH who is he a customer ?????lol
I back shaft cats and get shafted by bears
Hence my name..
William Wackay is plain and simple bigoted. Amir won against Maidana because of his courage and strength of heart, something that Zab does not have. Amir’s gameplan will be to KO Zab in the early rounds before taking it easy around the middle rounds (that’s when Zab usually wears out), and then to box him out on points.
Khan is a fast starter as well!!! So Zab should be careful in early rounds!! look at Maidana! look at salita!
Why do people hate khan so much!, he has proved all his critics wrong, yes he was knocked out by prescott but he came back better.Now he has the perfect team of Roach & Ariza I can seriously think he will go on to be one of the P4P greats!…. give him a break!
Maybe we can get Zab Judah injecting heroin in his groin
Im going to WIN this fight cause of all the PEDS Alex Ariza is going to have me on ,munching on currys and swallowing power pellets mean my taliban contacts will be flooding the UK with heroin this year … honest fighters have no chance against me !
the only thing that sucks more than mackey is khan.
I think MacKay is right on the money once again. His former predictions include :
Malignaagi beating Khan
Maidana demolishing Khan
Judah was picked by Khans camp because he is OLD and will run out of gas early , and he is not a ko artest
If can can fight for all 12 rounds, and not run out of gas, then he will win, either by decision or earlier by knockout.
The only thing I really dislike about Khan is that he makes William McKay write 200 articles a year. Usually they all amount to same thing except the opponents change.
Till tomorrow and more of the same from broken record McKay.
wat zab lol ….its khan time ….zab was a good fighter..
This exact same article was written before the maidana fight! But obviously just switch judahs name with maidana.
I’m G A Y.
Bearcat, You are one Funny Guy…………hahaha
In every interview zab seems very Cool about this fight. He acts like he’s already won. I like khan, but I would like to see Judah win.
@William Mackay: you are a joke mate go and get yourself a life. Keep talking about khan vs maidana, Boy get this in ur nuts that Khan stood up till the end after getting badly hurt but Zab shows his unprepared dancing skills when got hit by Kostya Tszyu in 2nd round. Now what do u have top say K..T
I just want to get paid, Judah ain’t as skilled or as fast as Khan, period.
Didn’t the author say this about Maidana
Am I imagining it, or do you just write the same articles over and over again about Khan?
@ LIVfor1
Khan is one of the if not THE fastest in the division
This sentence jus defies the whole point of your article “Beating Khan may be a lot easier than some think, because Khan took an enormous amount of shots from Marcos Maidana”
Will you ain’t got a clue have you..jus give it a rest mate..
Zab aint a hard puncher but he’s faster than Khan, has excellent boxing ability, can be hard to catch at times and has Pernell Whitaker training him now. His only problem is that he’s been known to run out of gas by the 6th round, but if he can fight for 12, I can easily see an upset happening… Khan definitely needs to bring his “A” game!!!