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Judah-Mayweather inked!

By Jason "J-Gon" Gonzalez
An April 8 superfight between WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight champion Zab Judah and WBC super lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather was inked today. According to Team Judah, no venue has been finalized and the bout, which will take place in Las Vegas. The Thomas & Mack Arena was mentioned as a possibility, due to the large seating capacity. Zab's WBC belt will be the only title on the line. The total pot for the fight is 9.5 million, with Judah making $3.5 million.
Friday, December 23 2005

April 8th is a long time to wait but at least this is better news than Hopkins-Jones Jnr II. I back Mayweather but who knows? Judah has the speed and the power to actually get near Floyd so i can't wait for this fight

Is Judah still fighting Baldomir?

I hope so, i am counting on a programme and t-shirt from that fight off my mate who is going

Why is Floyd so inactive? With his fitness levels he could probably dismantle half the light welterweight division in a week, fighting dozens a day.

mayweather kicks ass here

probox wrote:mayweather kicks ass here

he's just a better version of judah isn't he. i rate judah quite highly meself and only think the very best beat him. unfortunately for zab, mayweather is the very best.

hitman_hatton1 wrote:

probox wrote:mayweather kicks ass here

he's just a better version of judah isn't he. i rate judah quite highly meself and only think the very best beat him. unfortunately for zab, mayweather is the very best.

Yay, another Cory Spinks fan.

stujones wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:

probox wrote:mayweather kicks ass here

he's just a better version of judah isn't he. i rate judah quite highly meself and only think the very best beat him. unfortunately for zab, mayweather is the very best.

Yay, another Cory Spinks fan.

spinks is a very good fighter and has been totally crucified for losing that rematch by boxing fans.

he's a good awkward lefty and difficult to fight. this makes him a very good fighter.

hitman_hatton1 wrote:

stujones wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote: he's just a better version of judah isn't he. i rate judah quite highly meself and only think the very best beat him. unfortunately for zab, mayweather is the very best.

Yay, another Cory Spinks fan.

spinks is a very good fighter and has been totally crucified for losing that rematch by boxing fans.

he's a good awkward lefty and difficult to fight. this makes him a very good fighter.

Spinks was the unified linear 147 champ, he beat Mayorga who beat Forest who beat Mosley who beat Delahoya. Watched the first Judah-Spinks fight - wonderful skill - fireworks at the end - I had them pretty much level - maybe Judah by a point - but you don't take the titles like that. Spinks and Judah are horribly underated now. Either would of beaten pretty much anyone at 140 including Zoo at the time of their fights imo.

I think Judah could cause the upset here -hes bigger, a southpaw, faster, hits harder than PBF and is more conservative than the Judah who fought Zoo - he tends to go for 1-2s rather than throw combos that would leave him open. The only flaw in Judah is his lack of concentration at times. This will be a great great fight - this decades Leonard-Hearns

And the winner to most likely fight DLH. The golden days are upon us..............except Judah will probably cock everything up now I've said this by losng to Baldowhathisface

i just don't c how judah wins it to be honest. floyd is better in all area's, apart from power, but if u look at there records even that's very similar.

mayweather is quicker and better defensively. i fancy mayweather to break judah down in about 9 or 10 rds.

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i just don't c how judah wins it to be honest. floyd is better in all area's, apart from power, but if u look at there records even that's very similar.

mayweather is quicker and better defensively. i fancy mayweather to break judah down in about 9 or 10 rds.

Analyse it to death, but never discount the lucky shot in big fights like this.

I'm not doubting PBF's skills, but in the fight game all it takes is one lucky shot. There's always a chance and no-one is invincible.

Still, the gambling man would say PBF... right?

Fabulous match up What a deserved treat for the boxing fans!

Let's hope they're not too cautious, which does happen sometimes in these superfights when so much is on the line.

This really could be our generations version of Leonard v Hearns. Of course Judah isn't unbeaten as Hearns was.

In fact, it's probably more like Leonard v Benitez I guess.

Could be a corker this. I cannot discount the fact that nJudah is naturally more powerful and that mayweather just hasn't proven himself at the weight.

Judah fought a big Welter in Spinks, and knocked him bandy.

I have to say I was a little (cannot be alot) dissapointed in Mayweather vs Mitchell. He cannot afford to be that reckless vs Judah. He was punch perfect vs Gatti - got tagged once or twice vs Mitchell, that could be critical when fighting a guy like Judah.

Guess he figured he could take liberties with Mitchell, and Mitchell doesn't like fast starts either.

Don't think he'll be so foolish as to just go in blazing against Judah.

Thing is, Floyd is so damn confident I can see him taking it easy on Zab early on, showing off his skills and making Judah miss and look a fool....BUT.....Zab is a concusive hitter - he badly hurt the rock chinned Tszyu with a single shot, something hardly anyone else has managed.

And he has the type of speed and accuracy to slam one into Floyd's chin I reckon. Could be interesting....might put some cash on the upset here.

Zab by Ko.

Mayweather just looks good against not so good fighters.

There's no way anyone should be excessively confident in Mayweather winning this fight. Judah is immensely talented, a lethal puncher and is at his peak. This is by far the most dangerous test yet.

The key to this fight is speed, and I personally think Mayweather is faster - He is also more defensively aware than Judah.

Judah hits considerably harder, and is a very accomplished boxer - He'll need to be at his best towin this though.

Ego is going to play a big part in this fight, and that could well be the undoing of either fighter.

Good fight...Oh and Hatton beats them both :p

Let's just hope nothing goes wrong in Judah's warmup next week - his chin is gonna let him down at some point, but the Argie doesn't look a puncher, so seems safe enough you'd think.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:This really could be our generations version of Leonard v Hearns. Of course Judah isn't unbeaten as Hearns was.

In fact, it's probably more like Leonard v Benitez I guess.

Could be a corker this. I cannot discount the fact that nJudah is naturally more powerful and that mayweather just hasn't proven himself at the weight.

Judah fought a big Welter in Spinks, and knocked him bandy.

just what i was thinking, same as leonard - benitez, although judah is no wilfredo.

or a poor mans version of robinson - gavilan?

floyd on points

Or Chavez/Taylor maybe? That was the superfight of the 90's for me - as far as I can remember ( which isn't far )

KO Atrist wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:This really could be our generations version of Leonard v Hearns. Of course Judah isn't unbeaten as Hearns was.

In fact, it's probably more like Leonard v Benitez I guess.

Could be a corker this. I cannot discount the fact that nJudah is naturally more powerful and that mayweather just hasn't proven himself at the weight.

Judah fought a big Welter in Spinks, and knocked him bandy.

just what i was thinking, same as leonard - benitez, although judah is no wilfredo.

or a poor mans version of robinson - gavilan?

floyd on points

Watched Leonard-Benitez last week - not exactly exciting, fromwhat I saw Leonard 1 every round, leonard threw fast 1-2s to keep Benitez at bay, Benitez looked very ordinary.

IMO Judahs far more skilled and far faster than Benitez - but maybe Benitez was made to look ordinary by SRL. I think old time fighters are very overated as a whole.

Judah has a chance to prove everyone wrong in this fight. If he beat Zoo that night instead of tooling up he'd be around the P4P top2 now alongside PBF.

I'm confident of a Judah win, he has the speed, power & accuracy to stop Floyd in his tracks.

FM can never be discounted though, its a mouth watering contest, definately my highlight of 2006! I just hope, when it happens, that i get to see it.