Judah suffered a serious brain injury in his last fight, against Cletus Seldin in June 2019. Seldin had twice tested positive for steroid use and had subsequently removed himself from the WBC's Clean Boxing Program.

However, Judah has since been told he is in good health.

“I always stay in shape. I stay in shape,” Judah said with a smile. “My body feels good. My weight is still well. I still go to the gym. I work out with guys and I spar. You know, just the thought of taking on a competitive, professional, real fight, I mean, that’s another whole thought pattern... But staying in shape, competing, still sparring, still training, I do all that. We do everything. But to go back in the ring and say Zab Judah vs. Terence Crawford, I don’t know about that.”

Judah does admit, however, that there is part of him that feels lost as an ex-fighter, as so many former boxers – at all levels – do.

“It’s almost like having a dog with a cut-off head and it’s still walking, still trying to fight,” he said. “You know, that’s probably what I am, a dog with no head right now. My last fight we did, you see we had brain surgery, went in very bad. It’s been six years now. I’ve been back to the doctor. I’ve had CAT scans to show that my brain has fully, 100 per cent healed up. My brain is back intact. My skull is back closed. It’s 100 per cent closed. I’ve had readings from my neurologist and it’s amazing. And that’s why I always tell people all the time in life, God is the greatest and never count anything out. Because anytime, anything in your life, you can be and become anything that you would like to be.”