Danny Garcia vs Zab Judah, who wins?

Who do you think is going to win? Stylistically, Judah has all the tools to beat Garcia with his hand speed and reflexes, but I've learned to never bet on Judah, he is as inconsistent as they come.

I'm picking Garcia to win, although it's not a strong prediction at all. If a motivated Zab shows up, he takes it imo... Thing is with him, he gets easily discouraged, and I'm thinking that will happen.

Who are you picking? I'll go with Garcia by decision. (Again, this is a toss up, I might wind up being very wrong.)

If you'd post up the reason you're picking a specific guy, that would be appreciated, looking for people's input.

I didn't bother to include the option for "draw" because statistically speaking, it is highly unlikely.

EDIT: ****ed up on this poll should be closed, but only me and 3 other people got it right woohoo pointing out before everyone starts voting for the option that happened.

 

I guess the reason I pick Garcia is that he has shown a sturdy chin so far. I imagine he will get tagged early, but I think he weathers the storm. Garcia showed tremendous resilience against Khan, he continued to maintain composure, even when getting outclassed in the beginning. Generally when a guy won't break, Judah begins to get discouraged. Look at the Mayweather and Cotto fights, he dominated early, but begins to wilt after 4-5 rounds if he can't get a guy to bend. I see Judah doing very well early, but getting discouraged, and Garcia taking over.

Again, I don't have any conviction in my prediction here, this is a real toss up. Judah SHOULD beat Danny, he is far more talented, but he just doesn't have the right mindset it seems, that's why I'm picking Garcia.

 

Baldomir could never outbox Judah in a million years, but managed to beat him convincingly.

Now I know Baldomir and Garcia are very different fighters, I'm just saying Judah has lost multiple times when he was the superior boxer.

His mentality is just so fickle, he can be motivated and energetic one round, completely discouraged and uninterested the next, I've never seen someone so fickle. Garcia seems to be pretty resilient, and doesn't get discouraged even when being outclassed, seems to keep his composure.

 

Keep in mind sturdy chin DOES NOT mean iron chin. What I'm saying is that his jaw does seem to be reliable, there have been no indications to suggest anything different. I think if he gets tagged a few times early (Judah is most dangerous early) that he will be able to withstand it.

 

Mayweather was actually fighting very defensive against Zab, Judah was the aggressor early. He had Mayweather on his heels early, but began getting discouraged after four rounds when he could not seriously hurt Mayweather. Once he began getting discouraged, Mayweather began walking him down, and beat him up from about round 5 on. I'm sure pressure does discourage Zab, but alot of the reason guys wind up putting so much pressure on him is because he DOES show obvious distress when things don't go his way, and they smell blood.

Now you raised a very valid point at the end. Garcia's best punch is his left hook, he isn't known for having power in his right. Orthodox vs Southpaw, the straight right and straight left down the pipe are the most effective shots, which does not favor Garcia, that much is true.

 

13-2 so far in favor of Garcia, I'm quite shocked...