Judah vs Mayweather - Remembering a modern classic !!

Nonsense. Judah didn't look like **** against baldomir, he was winning easily till he got rocked badly (round 7?) then went into safe mode trying NOT to get KO'd. Same exact fighter who fought Floyd....

 

Modern technical classic.

 

Not a classic in my books. Floyd used the first few rounds to feel Zab out, which allowed Zab to enjoy some success. Once Floyd had him figured out and stepped on the gas it was all one way traffic. Mayweather was tagging Zab with ease and he probably would have knocked him out if not for the fouls in the 10th. Zab was never going to win this fight. It was kind of predictable what happened.

 

Zab, along with Demarcus Corley showed Floyd's vulnerablities to a southpaw. If Zab wasn't a front runner and had more heart, I could easily see him winning that fight.

 

Judah landed the flashier shots onto the face during the first round, so people gave it to him. Floyd did the higher quality work, but he looked silly when he had to grab onto Judah to keep his balance. Very competitive round.

How did everyone in their react during the whole low blow incident?

Round 1: Could have gone either way.

Round 2: I give this one to Judah by default, since he didn't get any credit for his right hook counter knock down. It was amazing how Floyd already had Judah's timing down, to counter with left hooks over Judah's jab. The first part of the round was all Floyd. Judah was able to steal the round at the end, because Floyd was embarrassed from the "knockdown". Young Mayweather was reactive and felt a need to "get at" Judah.

Round 3: Clear round for Mayweather. Great right hands to the body and and left hooks upstairs. Floyd fought him the exact way righties are supposed to fight southpaws.

Round 4: Floyd took this round with those precise bodyshots. Judah impressed everyone in the round with his left hand at the beginning that had Mayweather shell up against the ropes. A left hand and right hook later in the round helped Judah's cause. Floyd did the higher quality work, but it was all body shots, which is overlooked by casual fans.

I love this fight. Floyd was already blocking Judah's jabs from the very opening bell, and he began to take them away in the 2nd with left hook counters over the top of the southpaw jab. Judah's left uppercut was never a problem for Floyd, as we saw them being ineffective at the start of the 3rd when Floyd lunged in at Judah twice. $ already figured out how to properly gauge the distance of Zab's left hand and avoid by the middle of the 4th. By the 5th, Mayweather was even blocking Zab's left with his shoulder roll. Floyd destroyed all of Zab's weapons.

Judah won TWO rounds in this fight, and even those rounds were very competitive.

 

His whole career is like a giant blown up version of how you handle a fighter their first 20 fights. Never stepped in face to the best just good non-dangerous. Next the final test before you bring em to the best in the division is the older guys on their way out he has done that his last 3 and all fights before Oscar is like a fighters first 20-25. We knows he has skills but should have been displayed against Kosta and Casamayor or Manny now. No disrespect but obviously enough people have serious questions that if he wants to make good to his fans he should go beat Manny.

 

Judah may not have been rocked, but he was being well broken down. His punch output was dropping, and the body shots were clearly starting to have an effect. His face was breaking up, and he was beginning to wince when it was struck. I don't care what anybody says, Judah would not have made it 12 without his foul.

The knockdown went unscored, and should have been, but the moment the referee decided to allow the action to continue, he should have deducted a point or two from Judah. So in my mind, its a wash.

I had Judah winning 3 rounds- The 2nd, the 4th, and the 12th, with the 1st round even. He wasn't doing near as well as is often painted. Of the first half of the fight, the clearest rounds were 5 and 6, and both went to Mayweather.

Not a classic. A classic case of better skilled fighter whupping his inferior.

 

if judah gets on a hotstreak...look for part ii in the future.

 

judah definitely won the first, can't see how anyone could say mayweather did anywhere near enough that round. lost his balance, got hit with a couple of flush shots and didn't really do anything in response.