By William Mackay: former WBC light welterweight champion Junior Witter sees IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) being too much for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) in their July 23rd fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Witter feels that Judah’s experience and power will be a huge factors for him against the upstart Khan and that will carry him to victory.

Speaking with the dailystar.co.uk, Witter said “I definitely fancy him [Judah] to beat Khan. If he stays focused, he has the power and people forget how experienced he is. He is completely different to how he was a couple of years ago [when Judah was fighting at welterweight]. I think he’ll beat Khan and Timothy Bradley. He [Judah] has a good chin, unlike Khan, and when he’s on it, like he is now, I just don’t think the others can beat him.”

Witter should know, because he was soundly beaten by Judah by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision back in June 2000. That was a long time ago, to be sure, but Judah is still blinding fast and an even better puncher now than he was back then. And as we all know, Khan has problems against fighters with good power. Judah probably has even better power than Marcos Maidana, but what makes Judah so dangerous is his speed. Fighters don’t see him through his shots until they’ve already landed. When Judah lands one of his big uppercuts, Khan is likely going to be resting with his back on the canvas with him looking up at the lights.

Witter and Khan were looking to make a fight with each other not too long ago. However, the fight failed to happen because Sky Sports didn’t want it, says Witter. He said “People at Sky didn’t want to risk him [Khan] against me.”