amir khan v zab judah

Judah is far from having a glass jaw. He is a small guy taking on big men in WW. He handled himself admirably at the WW level, he fought Baldomir a huge guy no one has hurt except Vernon Forrest at 154, he KO'd Spinks while Spinks just knocked him down. He did get hurt by Koysta but a lot of people would have been put down by that shot. He stayed in there with Cotto, a guy who made him look like a midget, the same with Clottey.

At his natural weight class, Jr. WW I think Zab has a great chance to get back on top, that is if people give him the opportunity, fighting Matthew Hatton isn't going to help his cause though.

 

Khan

 

Judah has lost a lot but its to good fighters. judah has been in there with a lot of guys and dont forget he is a small 147, I just watched some of the Cotto fight today and Cotto had a lot of size on him, it looked like they were guys from 2 different weight classes. Judah rocked cotto a few times though.

Judah will be the larger man here unlike his fights with Cotto and Clottey.

I think Judah gets to that chin and stops Kahn. Judah aint that old, his hands are still fast and he lands on Kahn and stops him. Kahn hasnt been in there with the likes of PBF, Cotto, Spinks, Clottey, Kostya. Judah may have a lot of losses but those guys are all a step or 2 or 3 above Kahn at this point.

 

nah, judah has marketing power, he is a big name and a draw.

Hell who else has that many losses and keeps getting fights? Its a big risk, too big I think for them to take yet. Roach is looking for older names like Barrera, Judah is too much of a risk for him now I believe. Roach is calculated and likes to take fights that he knows his man can win.

 

doubt Khan would survive the 1st 3 rounds....

this would be something i'd wanna see though to be honest, very interesting fight

 

Judah would murder Khan.

Khan's strength is his speed, firing off combinations and getting out of range before his opponent has a chance to counter. You can see that this is what Roach is drilling into him. Amir used to throw in bunches and stay right in front of his opponent - this is why he got tagged so often early in his career. Roach is teaching Khan to make the most of his speed which is all well and good until he meets someone who can match his speed.

Stylistically, Zab is the worst possible opponent that Amir could face. Without the speed advantage Amir usually enjoys, he simply doesn't have anything else in his locker that could trouble someone like Zab. Amir doesn't utilise enough angles, has little head movement and I don't think he carries a great deal of power, certainly not at the elite level. Let us not forget that Zab is a guy who has beat world class opposition, his speed gave the best fighter of his generation (mayweather) all he could handle until Zab's uncanny ability to implode reared its ugly head.

Some people would argue that Zab is only a four round fighter. That might be the case, but he is one of the best four round fighters in the world. Clearly, Amir's tactics, as everyone else's has been over recent years would be to take Zab into deep water. Zab on the other hand, would be gunning for Khan right from the get go, and there is no way in hell that Khan could handle four rounds of Zab, I don't even see him getting out of the third round with his head still attached.

Roach would never agree to a fight with Zab - he knows his boys limitations.