By Dan Ambrose: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) saw last Saturday’s fight between Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s), and feels that Morales should have won the fight, not Morales. Judah, 33, now wants to fight Maidana next and feels that he can beat him. Judah recently defeated Kaizer Mabuza on March 5th by a 7th round TKO to capture the International Boxing Federation strap.
Speaking with the examinerc.om, Judah said “People can say what they want to say but I saw the fight for Erik Morales….I give him [Maidana] respect as a champion….If the fight ever pops up and if Marcos should be next I will defeat him too.”
Judah would have to fight a lot better than he did against Lucas Matthysse and Mabuza for him to beat Maidana, because Judah’s work rate has really dropped recently and he’s now more of a pot shot fighter that lives and dies by the knockout. He threw very punches in both the Matthysse and Mabuza fights. I saw Judah losing the Matthysse fight but being given a gift decision while fighting at home in New Jersey. In the Mabuza fight, Judah was losing the fight until he landed a big uppercut in the 7th and hurt Mabuza. Judah then finished him off with a flurry of punches. Judah wouldn’t be able to count on taking Maidana out with a single punch and he wouldn’t be able to run around the ring and beat Maidana like he did Matthysse. Maidana would force Judah to fight and would land a lot of big power shots that I don’t have faith that Judah would be able to handle without cutting up, going down for the count or outright quitting in the ring.
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