At least one guy from ESPN got the Clottey/Judah correct!

Dan Rafael is pretty good... :yep


Rafael's remark: One week after Antonio Margarito laid claim to the recognized welterweight championship with an 11th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto in one of the year's best fights, Joshua Clottey picked up the alphabet title Margarito had vacated in order to make the fight with Cotto. Clottey turned in an excellent performance as he busted up and wore down the quicker Judah. In the ninth round, Clottey appeared to land a nasty left uppercut that ripped open a long gash over Judah's right eye. Although referee Robert Byrd ruled the cut was from a head butt, the only thing visible on HBO's numerous replays was that left hand cutting Judah. Nonetheless, Clottey, a native of Ghana living in the Bronx, settled for a technical decision instead of a TKO because the ringside doctor ruled that Judah could no longer continue after the supposed accidental butt. However, the 31-year-old Clottey probably doesn't care one iota whether his victory came on a technical decision or a knockout. The bottom line is that he finally won the title belt that he has coveted for so long. He had a shot at another version of the title in December 2006 when he faced Margarito. Clottey dominated the early rounds but said injuries to both hands slowed him down, allowing Margarito to rally and win a unanimous decision. Although Clottey started a little slowly against Brooklyn's Judah, the 30-year-old former undisputed welterweight champ and a former two-time junior welterweight titleholder, he picked up his activity level in the middle rounds of the highly entertaining scrap. Clottey is so darn strong and has such a tremendous chin -- like Margarito -- that he never stopped coming forward even when Judah was landing great shots, especially body blows. Clottey was doing his damage despite injuring his left biceps in the fourth round. Thankfully, the injury was not as severe as initially thought. Manager Vinny Scolpino told ESPN.com that it was just a pull, rather than a tear, and that after a few weeks of rest, Clottey would be ready to start training again. The obvious fight would be a rematch with Margarito to unify belts in the deep division. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who handles Margarito and Clottey, said he plans to bring Margarito back Nov. 1 and tabbed the winner of Clottey-Judah as the likely opponent. Now that it's Clottey who won, let's see if Arum follows through. Titleholder Paul Williams is also looking for a November opponent, so why not Clottey? And Clottey called out Andre Berto, the other titleholder, but that fight won't happen because: (A) Berto has a fight scheduled in September, and (B) Berto's handlers are too smart to put their young fighter in with a guy like Clottey, who might do serious damage to Berto. Even with a title, Clottey isn't going to find it so easy to land big fights. He doesn't bring a lot of economic muscle to the table, and he's a nightmare to fight. As for Judah, who took 18 stitches in his eyelid, he fought well and was determined, so even though he lost, he ought to be able to find himself another notable bout just as he has done so many times in the past after losses. He just always seems to come up a little bit short.

 

Good question. He always looks in amazing shape. :think

Can't wait for the rematch later this year. Should be a helluva fight! :bbb