Zab Judah: Why Was He So Hyped?

You need another hobby. Or a tinfoil hat

 

You really take sports broadcasters words that literally?

 

You don't take the type of beating that Cotto laid on him and have no heart, or a glass jaw. You don't catch up with Cory Spinks and stop him with mediocre stamina. I won't question heart either because he's shown heart and shown lack of it at times. I do agree that his ring IQ did leave something to be desired. As for why he was hyped, he was from New York, he was very fast, he had quite a bit of pop. And to be honest he was quite the physical specimen up until he aged. Multiple division champion, Undisputed WW champion. Even with those accolades, he was actually an underachiever if anything.

 

Lmao. How exactly are you anything more than a fanboy?

 

Oh there it is the "insert person I don't like" is a joke comment. Yeah, you certainly don't have any agenda. Tons of knowledgeable insight in your opinion

 

I'm asking how you are not a fanboy but kellerman a guy who works in the industry for several decades is

 

No you are on a forum bragging about how you knew zab juda was a hype job before everyone else 20 years after it actually matters and your reasoning is completely based on hindsight.

I'll ask again. How are you by your own definition any less of a fanboy than kellerman?

 

Max Kellerman has been talking boxing in tv since the late 80s. He probably has learned something about the game over the ensuing 30 plus years.

Also pointing out Zab's flaws after his career is over and asking why he was so hyped is a little weird. You can literally do that with any fighter in history who didn't live up to their hype.

Zab lost 1 fight at 140 until he was shot to ****. He beat Matthysse and Spinks at 147 as well, the former when he was pretty past it.

 

It doesn't really mean anything, have you seen that interview with Mark Cuban and Skip Bayless? He's also been covering and watching basketball all his life, probably has forgot more than most basketball fans know, yet Cuban challenged him on a simple basketball question ("Why would you play zone defense") and he had no idea how to answer it. It exposed these guys big time for me.

Why do I think his analysis sucks? Well obviously this is also just my opinion, but I think his moments of insight are rare, I don't remember Max Kellerman pointing out something that me an average Joe Schmo was not able to see or proved me wrong in some way. Yet he's had quite a few commentary duds. Most boxing fans don't really care for him, the only ones who think he's a great analyst are casuals.