Video: Zab Judah Talks Mabuza KO, What's Next, More
Bill Emes catches up with the IBF junior welterweight champion Zab Judah to get his thoughts on the knockout win over Kaizer Mabuza, what's next and more.
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Video: Kathy Duva Talks Judah-Mabuza, Adamek, More
Bill Emes catches up with Kathy Duva, CEO of Main Events, to discuss Zab Judah's title winning effort over Kaizer Mabuza at the Prudential Center, and more.
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Video: Zab Judah vs Kaizer Mabuza Post-Fight Presser
Bill Emes catches the post fight press conference to the junior welterweight clash between Zab Judah and Kaizer Mabuza. Hear from Judah, Mabuza and more.
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Photos: Zab Judah is Back With Gold Around His Waist
Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - Zab Judah (41-6, 28KOs) knocked out Kaizer Mabuza (23-7-3, 14KOs) in seven rounds to capture the vacant IBF junior welterweight title. Photos by Tri Nguyen.
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Zab Judah Knocks Kaizer Mabuza Out in Seven Rounds
Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey - welterweight prospect Chris Crosby (6-1, 1 KO) pulled off a four round split decision over Greg Hackett (2-6). Scores were 40-36, 39-37 for Crosby, and 39-37 for Hackett. Crosby is already set to return to the ring on April 15 against Marcus Hall (4-3, 2KOs) at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York.
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Video: Zab Judah vs Kaizer Mabuza Official NJ Weigh-In
Bill Emes catches the weight-in to Zab Judah vs. Kaizer Mabuza, who battle for the vacant IBF junior welterweight title. Watch both boxers make weight.
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When Did Zab Judah Become a Cagey Veteran?
By Cliff Rold - Saturday night, former Undisputed Welterweight champion Zab Judah (40-6, 27 KO) will attempt to capture the vacant IBF Jr. Welterweight title, squared off with 31-year old Kaizer Mabuza (23-6-3, 14 KO). Judah pulled off the feat once before, the IBF’s 140 lb. belt being the first major title he won as a professional. It was February 12, 2000. The opponent was (Trivial Pursuit time) South Africa’s Jan Bergman. Bergman, despite being down twice in the first, provided a snapshot of the turbulence to come, dropping Judah in the second before being run over in round four. The knockdown was mostly overlooked then. Judah was still a star of the future, a “Pernell Whitaker with power.” Judah was still fresh. He hadn’t gone through the roller coaster ride yet. Those who watched his career, whether jeering or cheering, hadn’t gone along for the ride. The low of the 2nd round Kostya Tszyu Jr. Welterweight unification loss in 2001… The high of the rematch knockout of Cory Spinks in 2005 for the Welterweight crown… A shocking upset loss for the crown to journeyman Carlos Baldomir… Big events with Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto. In regular human terms, Judah is still young of course. It is the boxing terms that matter here. In boxing, the Judah who enters the ring this weekend is anything but the fresh faced, hyper talent of over a decade ago.
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Zab Judah vs Kaizer Mabuza Final Presser Quotes
Kathy Duva: "Since Zab came back to Main Events in July, he has done everything we have asked, gone above and beyond. He is taking all the steps he needs to take to regain that Jr welterweight title that he first won so many years ago, coincidentally against a South African. Before he can succeed he has to deal with this gentleman, Kaizer Mabuza, who has the same idea. Kaizer Mabuza has come here all the way from South Africa. I am sure he has worked his entire life to get to the same place. They both have the same goal.
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Judah, Whitaker Become The Latest Boxing Dynamic Duo
By Keith Idec - Pernell Whitaker wasn’t always pleased with the boxers he has trained since the Hall-of-Fame fighter retired nearly 10 years ago. When you’re one of the best who has ever done something, sometimes those that aren’t as talented nor as quick to learn what you’ve long known make you lose your patience. That’s why star athletes often fail to make the best managers in baseball, coaches in basketball, football and hockey and, in almost all cases, the best trainers in boxing. Five weeks into it, however, Whitaker’s working relationship with Zab Judah has left both men pretty pleased. It has helped, of course, that Judah idolized Whitaker when Judah was an amateur champion and Whitaker was still considered one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world. Their friendship grew stronger once Judah signed in 1996 with Main Events, the Totowa, N.J., promotional company that represented Whitaker throughout his illustrious career from 1984-2001. But business is business, and Whitaker wants to seem immediate dividends on their professional partnership.
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Judah vs Mabuza Undercard Press Conference Quotes
Brick City Bar and Grill, Newark NJ - Kathy Duva, CEO Main Events - "We are marking another beginning and it relates back to a really long time ago. We used to have fights in a place in Totowa NJ called Ice World. It was a hockey rink, and as a matter of fact, there was a new hockey team that used to practice there called the Devils. We started putting fights on there in about 1979, and in 1980 ESPN came in and started broadcasting some of the fights. That was kind of how our business started. My late husband Dan became the promoter and I learned how to be a publicist there. We sold 3,000 tickets to each fight. For a few years it turned into a true phenomenon in boxing."
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