[[file:Judah.jpg|Zab Judah|left|thumb|Zab Judah]]

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'''Manager:''' [[Lou Duva]] 
'''Trainer:''' [[Yoel Judah]]
 

*Of Hebrew heritage
*Son of [[Yoel Judah]]
*Brother of [[Daniel Judah]] and [[Josiah Judah]]
On february 12, 2000 With a 21-0-0 record Judah defeated Jan Pit Bergman by 4th round KO for the vacate IBF light-welterweight title which Terron Millett had been stripped.On june 24, 2000 Judah's next title defence was british fighter [[Junior Witter]] with a record 15-0-2,Judah won an unanimous decision with scores of 116-112 and 118-111 twice. Judah had future defences over [[Terron Millett]],[[Reggie Green]],[[Allan Vester]].
On February 05, 2005, Judah became the undisputed welterweight champion, with a [[Cory Spinks vs. Zab Judah (2nd meeting)|9th round TKO]] of reigning champ, [[Cory Spinks]], in Spinks's hometown of St.Louis, Missouri. He would lose those titles, in his own hometown, on January 7, 2006, when he suffered a [[Zab Judah vs. Carlos Manuel Baldomir|unanimous decision]] upset loss to [[WBC]] mandatory challenger, [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]]. Baldomir only won the WBC title, as he only paid the sanctioning fee for that organization's title. It was widely believed that Judah's [[WBA]] and [[IBF]] titles were automatically vacated as a result of the loss, as has been the custom in similar situations, like [[Lloyd Honeyghan|Lloyd Honeyghan's]] [[Lloyd Honeyghan vs. Jorge Vaca (1st meeting)|loss]] to [[Jorge Vaca]]. However, on January 19, IBF championship chairman Lindsey Tucker told FightNews that Judah was still the organization's champion, as they like the WBA did not recognize the bout as a title match, however they did not choose to vacate the title as the WBA had done.

The loss also would have appeared to have cost Judah the opportunity to face widely recognized pound-for-pound king [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] in a big pay-per-view showdown later in the spring of 2006. However, on January 20th, [[Bob Arum]] and [[Don King]] announced that the two would meet on April 8, 2006 in a [[HBO]] Pay-Per-View show, with Judah's IBF welterweight title on the line. Though Judah would start well in his match with Mayweather, Mayweather would take control of the fight in the 2nd half to win a comfortable [[Zab Judah vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|unanimous decision]]. The bout was highlighted by a controversial 10th round incident, in which Judah landed a low blow on Mayweather, followed by a rabbit punch. This prompted Mayweather's trainer [[Roger Mayweather]] to enter the ring to go after Judah. Controversy over Roger Mayweather's actions prompted the IBF on April 18th, to order an immediate rematch betweeen Mayweather and Judah by August 8th. Mayweather, however, decided to abandon his title.

==Amateur Highlights==
*Amateur Record: 110-5
*Attempted to qualify as a Light Welterweight for 1996 Atlanta [[Olympic Games]]. His results were:
**Defeated [[Hector Camacho Jr.]] points
**Defeated [[Ishe Smith]]
**Lost to [[David Diaz]] (points)
**Defeated [[Larry Nicholson]] (points)
**Lost to [[David Diaz]] (points) at Box-Offs

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Terron Millett]] Stripped|
title=[[IBF Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kostya Tszyu]]|
years=2000 Feb 12 – 2001 Nov 3
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[DeMarcus Corley]]|
title=[[WBO Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Miguel Angel Cotto]]|
years=2003 Jul 12 – 2004 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Cory Spinks]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2005 Feb 5 – 2006 Jan 7 '''Super Champion Stripped'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Cory Spinks]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]]|
years=2005 Feb 5 – 2006 Jan 7
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Cory Spinks]]|
title=[[IBF Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]|
years=2005 Feb 5 – 2006 Apr 8
}}
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[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:Jewish Boxers]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:Southpaw World Champions]]
[[Category:Judah Family]]
[[Category:Two division champions]]