Zab Judah Gets His Shot

By Robert Ecksel on June 2, 2011

Judah looked nothing less than fabulous knocking out Kaizer Mabuza to win the IBF title

WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KOs) and IBF champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KOs) will meet at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on July 23, in a fight to be broadcast on HBO.

It looked like Khan’s challenger was going to be WBC/WBO champ Timothy Bradley, but negotiations collapsed at Bradley’s insistence for a 50-50 purse split, which opened the door for Brooklyn’s finest.

Khan and Judah agreed to a 55-45 split in Khan’s favor.

Khan’s looked less than spectacular in his last outing, stopping Ireland’s Paul McCloskey in the sixth round due to an accidental clash of heads.

Judah, by contrast, looked fabulous knocking out Kaizer Mabuza to win the vacant IBF title.

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elliott21 10:00am, 06/02/2011

Judah by knock out early or by dec. But Judah wins. ( but hard fight.)
Joe 04:43am, 06/02/2011

Maybe Sweet P has taught him something that he can use to get rid of “Con” but he’s going to have to stop him to win it.

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Fighter's Info

Zab Judah
Amir Khan

Real Name	Zabdiel Judah
Country	United States
Date of Birth(Age)	1977.10.27 (35)
Rated at	Light Welterweight
W-L-D	W42+L7+D0=51
Height	5 feet 8 inches
Reach	72 inches
Trainer	Yoel Judah

Last fights:

Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
2012.03.24	Vernon Paris	26-0-0	W(TKO)	9/12
2011.07.23	Amir Khan	25-1-0	L(KO)	5/12
2011.03.05	Kaizer Mabuza	23-6-3	W(TKO)	7/12
2010.11.06	Lucas Martin Matthysse	27-0-0	W(SD)	12/12
2010.07.16	Jose Armando Santa Cruz	28-4-0	W(TKO)	3/10
2009.11.06	Ubaldo Hernandez	22-19-2	W(TKO)	2/10

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Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
2011.12.10	Lamont Peterson	29-1-1	L(SD)	12/12
2011.07.23	Zab Judah	41-6-0	W(KO)	5/12
2011.04.16	Paul McCloskey	22-0-0	W(TD)	6/12x3
2010.12.11	Marcos Rene Maidana	29-1-0	W(UD)	12/12
2010.05.15	Paul Malignaggi	27-3-0	W(TKO)	11/12
2009.12.05	Dmitriy Salita	30-0-1	W(TKO)	1/12x3

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Fight results

Fighters	Result	Rounds	Record
Charlie Cabilla Jerson Mancio	LTKO	5/12	(12-9-4) (14-3-3)
Dave Ryan Adil Anwar	LUD	10/10x3	(13-5-0) (14-1-0)
David Price Sam Sexton	WKO	4/12x3	(12-0-0) (14-2-0)
Darren Hamilton Ashley Theophane	WUD	12/12x3	(11-2-0) (31-4-1)
Kevin Satchell Paul Edwards	WRTD	10/12x3	(7-0-0) (9-1-0)
Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr Juan Alberto Rosas	WUD	12/12	(13-1-1) (36-6-0)
Jonathan Maicelo Fernando Angulo	WUD	9/9	(15-0-0) (24-8-0)
Sriphrae Nongkipahuyuth Kina Malpartida	LTKO	5/10x2	(11-1-1) (13-3-0)
Job Roberto Joel Mazeo Mauricio Reynoso	LKO	1/9	(11-5-2) (12-0-1)
Yoandris Salinas Imer Velasquez	WTKO	6/9	(16-0-1) (8-4-5)

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