Khan: The loser of my fight against Judah will be finished
July 22nd, 2011
By Eric Thomas: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) has a fatalistic view on Saturday’s fight against IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s), seeing it a do-or-die fight where both fighter’s careers hinge on winning the bout. To be sure, Khan would be losing out on a tremendous potential payday against Floyd Mayweather Jr next year, as would Judah with possible fights against either Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao.
Khan needs to sit down and watch a replay of his recent fight against Marcos Maidana when he says no one can beat him. Maidana, who isn’t a great fighter, almost did just that and had Khan staggering around the ring. A lot of referees would have stopped the fight in the 10th when Khan was out on his feet but referee Joe Cortez allowed it to continue, and even broke the action on a number occasions when Khan was getting pounded against the ropes by Maidana.
Judah has the power to hurt Khan, and hopefully Khan doesn’t lose sight of that fact. If Judah lands one of his big shots that Khan doesn’t see coming, that could be the end of Khan. But Khan will be back, as would Judah. The light welterweight division really doesn’t have a lot of talent right now, and both Khan and Judah can easily rise up and snatch belts.
Look at the competition: Devon Alexander has been exposed in fights against Andriy Kotelnik, Timothy Bradley and Lucas Matthysse, and arguably should have lost all three fights. Timothy Bradley has no power and is small. Matthysse lacks boxing ability to really dominate. Humberto Soto, who is about to move up in weight to the light welterweight division, is likely too small to dominate at this weight. Roberto Guerrero will be lucky to get by Maidana. He’s a good inside fighter but not really fast and not a big puncher at this weight. Maidana can punch but that’s about it. Khan and Judah will be back, because the division is ordinary right now.
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Floyd Mayweather called Manny Pacquiao out 3 times!!! 3 TIMES!!!
Manny Pacquiao…Please just say you want to fight Floyd Mayweathr Jr. CAN YOU FIX YOUR MOUTH TO SAY THOSE WORDS?
SAY, “I WANT TO FIGHT FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR”.
Say it Manny…Say it…Just Say it!!!!
What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue? Or are you afraid?
Amir Khan is in TROUBLE!
Why does losing a bout mean you are finished? Lots of boxers lose now and then! You just re-group and fight again! A stupid comment from Khan! He must lay awake all night (thinking about Prescott) and coming up with inane comments as well!
Zab Judah is super and will win as long as Joe Cortez is not the referee.
Zab Judah will knock out Amir Khan with brutal precison with a left uppercut in round 2.
Khan was very lucky to not be knocked out by Maidana and some say that he was saved by the referee Joe Cortez. I am taking that fight into consideration when predicting the outcome of the Khan vs Judah fight.
Khan wins on points
Khan was very lucky to not be knocked out by Maidana and some say that he was saved by the referee Joe Cortez. I am taking that fight into consideration when predicting the outcome of the Khan vs Judah fight.
I believe that this fight will be won by Zab Judah due to his new trainer, his recent 5 fight winning streak, with the last 2 being over good opposition, and the fact that he is a very special man who won a world title at age 20.
I say that the intangibles that Zab Judah has, combined with his vast big fight experience will bring Zab to victory via knockout in round number 7.
go on zab…..get that…
To be honest i dont see Khan beating Super Zab.but if Zab does’nt pull up the sox its gonna be tough fight.my money is on Zab
Agreed on the breakdown of the light welterweight division