News - Zab Judah

An April 8 superfight between WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight champion Zab Judah and WBC super lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather was inked today. According to Team Judah, no venue has been finalized and the bout, which will take place in Las Vegas. read more ...

"Kostya Tszyu, I'm giving a public airing right now," he said. "Kostya Tszyu has a personal invitation from Zab Judah. Anytime he feels that he is ready to step up to the plate, your window of opportunity is always open. You are the only one where you have the opportunity to jump through it 24 hours a day. Whenever you are ready, I am ready to show the world that our first read more ...

Earlier today Don King Productions held a press conference at Madison Square Garden to formally announce its stellar January 7, Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader scheduled to feature undisputed welterweight king Zab "Super" Judah against WBC #1 contender Carlos "Tata" Baldomir as well as the cruiserweight unification bout between WBC/WBA champ Jean Marc Mormeck and O'Neil "Supernova" Bell. You definitely don't want to read more ...

Sources close to the situation have informed Boxingtalk.com that Promoters Don King and Bob Arum will meet in Las Vegas early next week to discuss and hopefully finalize the potential super fight between undisputed welterweight king Zab "Super" Judah and undefeated pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sources from HBO have informed Boxingtalk that Mayweather is expected to headline a PPV on either March 11 or March 18 read more ...

In addition to the potential May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga HBO PPV, reliable sources close to the situation have informed Boxingtalk.com that Golden Boy Promotions and Don King Productions are also discussing Luis Perez-Fernando Montiel, Vicente Mosquera-Javier Jauregui and a Zab Judah-Shane Mosley superfight for early 2006. Don King and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer were unavailable for immediate comment. read more ...

Undisputed world welterweight champion Zab "Super" Judah extended his congratulations to "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather today after his dominating performance against Arturo "Thunder" Gatti on Saturday. "Floyd's performance speaks for itself," Judah said. "He's now won world titles at 130, 135 and 140 pounds. This is a tremendous accomplishment for any boxer, and I congratulate him on that read more ...

Former 154lb champion Winky Wright (49-3, 25 KOs) won a surprisingly easy twelve round unanimous decision over three-division champ Felix Trinidad (42-2, 35 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Not much action in round one, which the southpaw Wright controlled. In round twom Wright landed almost everything he threw, while Tito managed to get in a few good body shots. Wright again peppered Tito with a variety of punches, while most of Trinidad's power shots were blocked. Trinidad tried a flurry to the body in the fourth, but Wright controlled the rest of... read more ...

Winky Wright: "I have waited for a fight like this my whole life. I have never felt better ever. I have been owed a fight like this and a payday for a long, long time. And when I am through with Trinidad, people will finally respect me and give me the credit that I deserve. I know how to beat Trinidad. I have watched him for a long time and I know his flaws..." read more ...

The fight will take place on May 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as the main preliminary bout before the middleweight contest between Felix Trinidad and Winky Wright. Then, assuming Judah is successful, he would like to fight the returning former welterweight champ Oscar De La Hoya in a big-money fight. "I'm going to show ya'll what..." read more ...

...Monte Barrett scored a courageous ninth round TKO over previously unbeaten in an IBF/WBC eliminator... ...Zab Judah seized the WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight titles from Cory Spinks with an impressive ninth round TKO before a record 22,374 in Spinks' hometown of St Louis... read more ...