Garcia v Judah: A boxing conundrum

Zab Judah(Photo credit: Ester Lin/Showtime) By Ben Walton: A pugilistic storm is brewing. On Feb 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, hometown veteran Zab Judah, takes on the young unbeaten WBA/WBC champion Danny swift Garcia. Now to many fans and scribes this will be nothing short of an easy nights work at the office for young Danny, out-boxing and possibly stopping the old, past it Judah. But I really think we need to look at this a little deeper before we completely dispel any notion of Zab Judah doing the impossible.

First lets look at Zab. Former 5 time world champ over 2 weight divisions, still a fighter who has decent speed, good skills and a good seasoned boxing brain. But now a man who at 35 has without doubt seen his better days pass him by. But is a 35 year old Zab really that bad to not even be in with a shout against in my opinion, a very flat footed, basic skilled, relative novice in Danny Garcia?

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Judah vs. Garcia: Zab will have to get Danny’s respect early or else

judah433By Allan Fox: 35-year-old Zab Judah is considered a big underdog in his fight next month against WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

It’s not that Judah has been getting beaten a lot lately that he’s an underdog in this fight, it’s the fact that he hasn’t beaten anyone good for ages and also how poor he looked in getting blasted out by Amir Khan last year in a 5th round knockout loss.

Judah is going to have to land something big early in the fight to keep Garcia from walking him down and bludgeoning him into submission with his left hooks. Garcia has a good left hook and he’ll be looking to use it a lot against Judah if he’s not met with any resistance early in the fight.

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Will Judah’s speed and experience be enough to beat Danny Garcia?

judah33By Allan Fox: A lot of boxing fans are writing off 35-year-old Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) as having no chance against WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) in their fight on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. However, Judah will have a big speed and experience against over Garcia in this fight, and that might be enough for him to shock the world and pull off an upset.

Judah’s speed advantage is going to be substantial in this fight. He’s not just a little faster than Garcia, he’s a lot faster. Judah’s speed isn’t at the level of Amir Khan, but it’s close enough to cause Garcia some problems.

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Garcia: I’m going to KO Judah in fashion

Dany Garcia(Photo credit: Ester Lin/Showtime) By Allan Fox: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) plans on going out and destroying 35-year-old Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) as fast as he can next month on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Garcia, 24, says he’s not going out there just looking for a knockout but that’s what he plans on doing sooner or later in the fight.

Garcia said to thaboxingvoice.com “We’re going to end it in fashion with a knockout. I’m not going to come out looking for a knockout. I’m going to be ready to go 12 rounds, but if it happens, it happens.”

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Judah vs. Garcia: Was Zab selected for Danny mainly as a marketing gimmick?

judah45334By Dan Ambrose: It’s really difficult to take seriously the upcoming February 9th fight between WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) and 35-year-old Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s). It seems like the only reason Judah was picked for this fight was as a marketing gimmick because he’s well known to casual fans, and he’s popular in the Brooklyn, New York area, which is where the fight will be staged.

That’s pretty much the only reason I can see why Judah was given the fight by Golden Boy Promotions, that and because he’s arguably much less of a threat than the guy Garcia should be fighting right now interim WBC light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse.

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Judah: Danny Garcia is not going to be a network star, he’s not the one

garcia435By Allan Fox: Former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) confesses that he probably only has two to three more years left in his career, but he doesn’t think that Showtime is making the right decision in hitching their wagon to WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s), thinking he’s going to be a big star. Judah doesn’t see star qualities in Garcia and he thinks Showtime or even HBO are making a mistake if they invest time and effort into Garcia.

Judah said to Sportsillustrated.cnn.com “This guy [Garcia] is not the one. Everyone, HBO, Showtime, this is not the one He is not the one.”

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Judah: Danny Garcia’s father is going to have to pick him up inside the ring

Zab Judah addresses media(Photo credit: Showtime/Esther Lin) By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) likes to remind boxing fans that he has more knockouts than his next opponent WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) has fights. Judah and Garcia will be fighting next month on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Judah is right about him having more knockout than the young 24-year-old Garcia has fights. However, Judah is 35-years-old and the fact that he has a lot of knockouts on his resume that stretch out 17 years is meaningless. 35 is old for a fighter and this is a sport where you don’t want to get old because it can be dangerous. A lot of Judah’s knockouts have come against less than spectacular opposition.

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Quillin vs. Guerrero: Peter looking to shine on Garcia-Judah card

quillin665By Eric Thomas: WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin (28-0, 20 KO’s) will be looking to put in a solid performance against #5 WBC, #14 WBO Fernando Guerrero (25-1, 19 KO’s) on the undercard of the Danny Garcia – Zab Judah fight on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Quillin, 29, won the WBO middleweight title in his last fight against WBO champion Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam last October by a 12 round decision. Quillin showed some positives in that fight in terms of his huge power as he was able to knock N’Dam down six times in the fight. Each time N’Dam would start making a comeback, Quillin would drop him. He had N’Dam down in the 4th, 6th and 12th rounds.

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Judah vs. Garcia: Zab has to raise his game to a higher level to win

Angel Garcia argues with Zab Judah(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: #15 WBC Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) has been given a golden opportunity by Golden Boy Promotions to fight their champion WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Judah hasn’t done much to deserve this tile shot and seems to have gotten the fight based on his resume of past fights from many yesterday’s ago. Judah is no longer fighting at the level that would warrant him getting a title shot and he’s pretty heading for a knockout loss in this fight unless he can take his game back to where he was 12 years ago when he was #2 light welterweight in boxing behind Kostya Tszyu.

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Judah vs. Garcia: Boxing fans are going to wonder why Golden Boy made this mismatch by the end of it

1214By Dan Ambrose: It’s interesting to see all the casual boxing fans chiming in on their thoughts about the February 9th fight between WBC/WBA light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) and 35-year-old former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The casual boxing fans are giving Judah a great chance of beating the 24-year-old Garcia.

They actually believe that Judah is going to school Garcia, and they’re reasoning for this is Judah’s controversial 12 round split decision win over Lucas Matthysse two years ago when Judah was fighting at home on the East coast. These fans don’t realize that Judah isn’t young anymore and he’s not even the same fighter that won a gift decision over Matthysse.

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