Garcia-Judah

(Photo credit: Ester Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia has a rib injury, and it’s possible that his February 9th title defense against Zab Judah will be postponed because of it.

Rafael said on his twitter “I’m told the Danny Garcia has a rib problem, which is why the Super Judah fight might be postponed.”

So there it is. Garcia has a rib injury that could cause the fight to be put off for a while until his injury heal, but it makes you wonder why Garcia didn’t just say that last night. Why keep quiet about it?

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia is rumored to be pulling out of his fight this Monday with 35-year-old Zab Judah, according to Steve Kim of maxboxing.com. With Judah skewering him in messages on twitter late last night, the only thing Garcia could offer up was this brief comment: “I’m ready for whoever!”

That doesn’t sound like a denial, does it? Boxing fans that were looking forward to the February 9th fight between Garcia and Judah are still hoping this is just a sick joke and that Garcia will choose to fight Judah as scheduled, but you have to wonder why Garcia didn’t confront the rumors head on last night when given the opportunity. Garcia’s usually vocal father, Angel Garcia, has been oddly quiet about the news of Garcia possibly pulling out of the fight.

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By Dan Ambrose: Steve Kim is reporting that he’s hearing that WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia may back out of his February 9th fight against 35-year-old Zab Judah for an unspecified reason.

Kim said on his twitter “I was told Garcia will pull out on Monday. Things change of course, but it’s what I was told by a reliable source.”

Judah has heard the news and he said this on his twitter to Danny “Wow, Danny Garcia, you backing out after all that talk? First ya’ll call the cops, now ya’ll back out of the fight.

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By 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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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions has given 35-year-old Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) an arguably undeserved chance to fight WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 KO’s) on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Judah was knocked out last year by Amir Khan, and now he’s getting a title shot after winning one fight against Vernon Paris. If Judah gets knocked out in this fight, and it does appear that he will, you would have to conclude that Judah may have gotten his last chance at a title unless he follows the Evander Holyfield course of fighting 2nd and 3rd tier opposition and still getting title shots over and over.

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(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: I’ve always liked Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KO’s) due to his ability to entertain and fight with a lot of heart even when he’s out of his class. With that said, I think Judah is going to be really out of his league on February 9th in his fight against WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (24-0, 16 KO’s ) on HBO at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and I can’t see it going very well at all for Judah.

Garcia sees this fight as a mere formality. He knows he’s going to win and he sees Judah only making it to the 4th round before he knocks him out. Garcia knows that he’s got an old Judah that will be in the ring with him in this fight, and he’s not going to give him too much respect by letting him hang around like he did with Erik Morales in their first fight in March of this year.

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia sees himself making quick work of 35-year-old former two division world champion Zab Judah when they meet up on February 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Garcia said to Radio Raheem “I’m going to knock Judah out in 4.”

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