lol didn't he said that he had more Puerto Rican fans than Miguel in NY?
Yeah, he said something like that. I think he actually said that "I'm gonna have more spanish people cheering for me he will and after I beat him I'm gonna lead the parade with Tito and Fat Joe.......know what I'm saying".
It was during the MSG countdown and it was the few times I saw Cotto laugh in an interview.
In his latest Boxing Scene interview he said something in Spanish along the lines of saluting Puerto Rico. I think he's just trying to get in Cotto's head.
June 7, 2007 -- Zab Judah yesterday sounded as concerned about what might happen outside the ring Saturday night at the Garden as what might happen inside it. Judah challenges unbeaten Miguel Cotto for the WBA welterweight championship, but wants to make sure the event doesn't turn into a "race war" between Puerto Ricans and African-Americans.
Judah, a Brooklyn native, became concerned after listening to the tone of callers while doing a radio interview yesterday morning.
"People kind of took it to a black-Spanish thing," Judah said during the final formal press conference before the fight. "We don't want to get into that. I'm from Brooklyn and I've got plenty of good Latino friends all over. I don't want anybody to start something that it shouldn't be. This is just boxing."
A sellout crowd close to 19,000 is expected for what is being billed as the biggest fight at the Garden since 2001, when Bernard Hopkins and Felix "Tito" Trinidad met for the middleweight title. The building will be filled with passionate Puerto Rican fans backing Cotto, the unbeaten champion; and Brooklyn will be in the house supporting Judah, the former undisputed welterweight champion.
"I'm going to have my people there and he's going to have his people and it could turn ugly," Judah said. "We don't want it to go there. This is about a boxing match between two professionals, two world champions who are going to fight hard for 12 rounds should it go that long. When it's over, it's over."
Judah is sensitive to such matters; he was suspended for a year by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after being involved in a melee during the 10th round of his fight with Floyd Mayweather in April 2006 in Las Vegas. Judah hit Mayweather with a low blow, prompting trainers and backers from both corners to enter the ring and start swinging. Only quick action by law enforcement and other security prevented the situation from escalating outside the ring.
The Garden is still haunted by the riot that erupted during the Rid**** Bowe-Andrew Golota heavyweight bout in 1996, but hasn't had any real problems at boxing events since then.
"First and foremost to us is the safety of all our guests and our fans, and we take every precaution and we do everything that's necessary to assure that safety for everybody attending the fight," said Joel Fisher, a senior vice president at the Garden.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum did his part yesterday, admonishing all the fighters on the card to be on their best behavior.
"Conduct yourself as best you can," he said. "The eyes of the world are going to be watching."
This is the reason Judah's doing that. I think he's tad nervous...
June 7, 2007 -- Zab Judah yesterday sounded as concerned about what might happen outside the ring Saturday night at the Garden as what might happen inside it. Judah challenges unbeaten Miguel Cotto for the WBA welterweight championship, but wants to make sure the event doesn't turn into a "race war" between Puerto Ricans and African-Americans.
Judah, a Brooklyn native, became concerned after listening to the tone of callers while doing a radio interview yesterday morning.
"People kind of took it to a black-Spanish thing," Judah said during the final formal press conference before the fight. "We don't want to get into that. I'm from Brooklyn and I've got plenty of good Latino friends all over. I don't want anybody to start something that it shouldn't be. This is just boxing."
A sellout crowd close to 19,000 is expected for what is being billed as the biggest fight at the Garden since 2001, when Bernard Hopkins and Felix "Tito" Trinidad met for the middleweight title. The building will be filled with passionate Puerto Rican fans backing Cotto, the unbeaten champion; and Brooklyn will be in the house supporting Judah, the former undisputed welterweight champion.
"I'm going to have my people there and he's going to have his people and it could turn ugly," Judah said. "We don't want it to go there. This is about a boxing match between two professionals, two world champions who are going to fight hard for 12 rounds should it go that long. When it's over, it's over."
Judah is sensitive to such matters; he was suspended for a year by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after being involved in a melee during the 10th round of his fight with Floyd Mayweather in April 2006 in Las Vegas. Judah hit Mayweather with a low blow, prompting trainers and backers from both corners to enter the ring and start swinging. Only quick action by law enforcement and other security prevented the situation from escalating outside the ring.
The Garden is still haunted by the riot that erupted during the Rid**** Bowe-Andrew Golota heavyweight bout in 1996, but hasn't had any real problems at boxing events since then.
"First and foremost to us is the safety of all our guests and our fans, and we take every precaution and we do everything that's necessary to assure that safety for everybody attending the fight," said Joel Fisher, a senior vice president at the Garden.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum did his part yesterday, admonishing all the fighters on the card to be on their best behavior.
"Conduct yourself as best you can," he said. "The eyes of the world are going to be watching."
This is the reason Judah's doing that. I think he's tad nervous...
What are you saying? Do you mean to tell me Judah isn't a bigger star on your beautiful island than Cotto?! C'mon mi amigo, you know you are secretly betting on Judah to win!
What are you saying? Do you mean to tell me Judah isn't a bigger star on your beautiful island than Cotto?! C'mon mi amigo, you know you are secretly betting on Judah to win!
NEVER!!!!!! If I didn't know you were joking there could've been a strong possibility that I would feel a bit offended by that. How dare you ? LOL
Props to Judah for trying to avoid a disaster. He could have fed on that and talked sht but instead he does not want to see a race riot. My hat goes of to him
let me see... gatti lost and BS lost like 50% of it's white posters Morales started getting his ass whooped, along with Barrera and we lost almost all of the hispanic posters, until De La Hoya popped up against Mayweather, he lost and it's only like 1 ro 2 mexican dudes around now... Roy Jones and Jeff Lacy lost and a bunch of the black dudes and the white dudes that wanted to be black left... Now once Judah knocks Cotto out and all the hispanic cats leave, mu****a might have to shut boxingscene down... I personally like both figthers a lot but everyone on here is so sure Judah is going to lose, that makes me 100% sure Judah is going to win, because there hasn't been more than 5 or 10 members here that actually know **** about boxing since atleast '05
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