Joshua Clottey Decisions Zab Judah, Wins IBF Title

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At The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, a showdown of New York welterweights saw Joshua Clottey (35-2, 20 KOs) win a technical nine-round unanimous decision over former champion Zab Judah (36-6, 25 KOs). The scores were 86-85, 87-84 and 86-85 for Joshua Clottey. With the win, Clottey won the vacant IBF welterweight championship. [details]

[TheGreatAli]

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[MR. V]

wow

zab as usual died towards the end. dont know if anybody noticed but he wanted the fight stopped. did u see how he faked the "finger count". he got it right the first two times( two finger then three) then when the doctor asked again he gave the wrong number. then he walks away surprised , u could tell he wanted it stopped. anyways , i thought he put up a good fite but would of like to seen it go all the way thru.

so whats next for zab

[MANGLER]

Fight was stale early, but it was gettin better right when they stopped it. Anti-climactic ****. Clottey was ahead but that was some dissatisfyin ****. I hope they do a rematch cuz Zab brought more than I thought he would.

[SugarK]

He pulled a Rachman.As soon as he started getting beaten up and didnt have anything to keep Clottey off of him,you could tell he wanted out.

[Boxingwizard]

As a Zab Judah fan, I'm extremely disappointed. I always questioned his ring intelligence and he didn't show any tonight. Zab was gutsy but he wasn't throwing any combinations. You watch Andre Direll's fight earlier and Direll was constantly throwing the right jab and the straight left which is what Judah needed to do. I liked how Judah was using the right jab and throwing the right hook to the body, but he needed to mix up more and throw the straight left often.

I don't know where Judah's career goes from here now, but it's going to be a long way back to the top. I would stay away from most of the top opponents, maybe Judah can get a fight with Cintron.

[Monticello]

Cong**** to Clottey. A much deserved win. Hopefully we can see a unification showdown between Clottey and Margarito if Margarito doesn't fight Williams next and it looks like he won't.

[ColWallace]

The ringside doc blew the whistle on Zab - he didn't want to be in there anymore. I don't know where Zab got his reputation as an exciting fighter.

HBO ****ed up screening Cotto-Margarito beforehand. It was just as alive and compelling on repeat and made the B.A.D. fight look very second rate.

Oh well, guess that's it till September.

[thuggah]

I agree with you mr. v zab wanted the fight stopped. he was gonna lose anyway because he was fading like he always and clottey was started to pick it up. i guess he thought he was up on the scorecards.

[IBFHvyWtChamp]

Hated to see Judah's speech at the end of the fight. He knew the cut was caused by a punch, but kept avoiding it.