Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah 2 possible for October

garcia5645(Danny Garcia seen here looking stunned right after watching Lucas Matthysse destroy Lamont Peterson by a 3rd round TKO last May)By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-8, 29 KO’s) is saying there’s a good chance that he’ll be fighting WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KO’s) in a rematch in October rather than fighting WBC interim light welterweight champion.

This is pretty surprising and not surprising at the same time. It’s surprising because Garcia was supposed to be fighting interim WBC light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer had been working on trying to make that fight recently.

Judah said this when asked by thaboxingvoice if he will be facing Garcia in October: “There’s a good possibility.”

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Garcia defeats Judah in a war

05(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jim Dower: In an exciting fight, WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KO’s) defeated former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-8, 29 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The final judges’ scores were 115-112, 114-112, 116-111.

Garcia knocked Judah down with a big right hand in the 8th round. Just when it looked like Garcia was going to score a stoppage, Judah came back in the last three rounds, hurting Garcia with big left hands in the 10th and 11th rounds. Garcia appeared to gas out in the last part of the fight, and he looked uncomfortable in taking Judah’s big left hand power shots.

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Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah Preview: Time to back up the Tweets

garcia111(Photo credit: Casino/Showtime) By Peter Wells: Danny Garcia and Zab Judah have for the last six months or so expressed their mutual dislike of each other in no more than 140 characters at a time, until Saturday 27th April when the tweeting stops, and the fighting begins. For those of you who have not witnessed the “twitter war” between the two fighters, then you are most probably wondering why this fight is receiving so much attention from fans.

The two boxers online squabbling and the near brawl between the two camps has quite simply sold the fight. Suddenly fight fans have gone from “couldn’t care less” to having a rather childish excitement that you usually get at school when you hear a fight is happening on the playground at lunch time.

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Garcia vs. Judah: Danny’s going to hurt Zab once he opens up, says Angel

judah2By Allan Fox: This month former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) and WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) will be facing each other in a fight on Showtime at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

On paper, you’ve got to go with the bigger, stronger and younger Garcia because he’s in the prime of his career, whereas Judah is clearly been on the decline for many years now.

Garcia’s father Angel Garcia likes that Zab is confident for this fight because he’s hoping that he’ll come out looking to throw shots so that Danny will have an opportunity to hit him with one of his hard left hook counter shots like he did against Amir Khan last year.

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Garcia vs. Judah: Danny doesn’t care how much more experience Zab has going for him

garcia3434By Allan Fox: Former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) has made it a point to let boxing fans know that he’s got much more experience at the upper levels of the sport compared to his opponent WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s), and he feels that is going to be the telling factor in him winning their fight this month on April 27th at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Garcia, 25, doesn’t think experience will mean too much for this fight. He feels that once he hits Judah really hard, the experience won’t matter one bit.

Speaking with RingTV, Garcia said “When you get hit, it don’t matter how much experience you’ve got. If you can’t take the punch, that’s the only thing that matters.”

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Rios-Alvarado, Matthysse-Peterson, Garcia-Judah preview and analysis

rios22By Andrew Garewal: Arguably the most dangerous and exciting division in boxing today is at light welterweight. At 140 lbs, boxers possess uncanny speed, elusive footwork and explosive power. Nowhere in boxing is there such an array of talent in which multiple fighters could be crowned legitimate champions in their own right.

In other weight classes there is a recognized unified champion or it’s ruled by few respective champions. Heavyweights are dominated by the Klitschkos; super middleweight and middleweight is handled by Andre Ward and Sergio Martinez; Mayweather is at the helm of the junior middleweight and welterweight divisions; Broner has run through the super featherweight and lightweight divisions; Donaire and Rigondeaux are about to establish the leader at super bantamweight. No other division in boxing displays the competitiveness and uncertainty of a reigning king than that of light welterweight.

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Judah-Garcia: Zab gets another crack at a title

judah2By Allan Fox: 35-year-old Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) will be fighting for another world title when he steps up and faces WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) next month on April 27th at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Judah was recently knocked out by Amir Khan in a 5th round TKO in July of 2011, but Judah came back from that loss to defeat fringe 140 lb. contender Vernon Paris to be given another shot at a title.

With the light welterweight division having few recognizable names for casual boxing fans, Judah has kind of become what Evander Holyfield was to the heavyweight division in getting title shots without having to do a whole lot because he’s got a name that fans can recognize.

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Judah: Danny Garcia is a faker and a liar!

garcia34By Dan Ambrose: Zab Judah isn’t buying the excuse WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia made for not being able to fight him on February 9th. Garcia reportedly injured his ribs in a sparring session with DeMarcus Corley, and that’s why he can’t fight Judah until April 27th.

When Corley was asked about the injury in an interview from the Koncrete Jungle, Corley said it’s not Garcia’s ribs that are injured, it’s his right thumb. Corley said Garcia had went to the doctor for this problem. What’s unclear is why the thumb wasn’t mentioned as the reason for Garcia postponing the fight?

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Judah-Garcia fight moved to April 27th at the Barclays Center

garcia56By Dan Ambrose: The previously scheduled February 9th fight between WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia and Zab Judah has been moved to April 27th at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.

Garcia, 24, badly injured his ribs sparring with the hard hitting DeMarcus Corley on January 19th, Rafael says, and Garcia has had problems breathing while working out ever since. Rather than letting the card go on without the main event fight between Judah and Garcia, Showtime has decided just to postpone the entire card until April 27th, at which time Garcia should be fully healed from his rib injury.

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Judah still hoping to fight on February 9th; Garcia out with injury

zab judahBy Dan Ambrose: Zab Judah doesn’t care that WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia reportedly suffered a rib injury while training for their now cancelled fight on Showtime on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Judah still wants to fight on that date, and he’s hoping his team will be able to find a suitable replacement so that he can fight in the main event on that card.

Judah said this on his twitter “This is who I’m really fighting. A boy, not a man. Lol @DannySwift boy I’m on to you!! Ok its official @DannySwift has Blocked me from his twitter aint this a blimp? Lololololol I knew this boy didn’t want none @50cent. That’s Crazy because I just wanna fight the best and he say he the best so let’s get it and he blocked me ok I take another route.

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