HBO August 2nd : Judah vs. Clottey for the vacant IBF title?

Thats a fight I would love to see!

 

Whats Mosley gonna do?

 

Nice matchup. I would go with Judah by decision, possibly a TKO. Zab has superior boxing skill, much superior overall talent, and Clottey's style shouldn't be a problem for him. Clottey isn't the type of boxer that breaks fighters down, so Judah's stamina and fading mentally/physically down the stretch shouldn't be a major concern in this. The only way he loses this IMO is if he doesn't prepare properly. If it's the Zab of the Cotto fight, then he definitely wins.

Wow, Judah's "accident in the shower" cost him a lot of money. Going from a PPV with Mosley to a regular HBO show because of something that was probably a result of being an idiot..

 

I don't know man, I could see Clottey outboxing Judah......interesting fight though.

 

Not sure how much money it really cost him. They weren't going to generate too many ppv buys with this fight. That's why Mosley and GBP cancelled the fight rather than postponed it. And if this is true, at least he's fighting for a belt now, which can lead to bigger fights and bigger paydays, if he wins.

 

Actually I believe they did it because Judah and co wanted it to be off PPV two weeks later ALTHOUGH I can't confirm it.

Honestly? I think Judah takes it and gets another belt added to his resume. I'll be pullin for Zab in this one.

 

[QUOTEActually I believe they did it because Judah and co wanted it to be off PPV two weeks later ALTHOUGH I can't confirm it.

Honestly? I think Judah takes it and gets another belt added to his resume. I'll be pullin for Zab in this one.][/QUOTE]

They wanted it off PPV because they knew that ticket sales were very slow and that ppv buys were going to be embarrassingly low. If this fight had the interest of the fans such as Vargas-Mayorga fight, this fight, like that one, would have been rescheduled.

 

Zab and co may have wanted it off PPV but they -being GBP- still wanted it on PPV. GBP wanted it on PPV regardless of how the buys were otherwise they would've agreed to a HBO Championship Boxing showcase deal.

Now that I think about it I dunno how low buys would've been...It depends on how much they hyped it to be honest. I think anywhere from 120-300 buys would be possible.