He has no confidence. The guy thinks of himself as a bigger puncher than he really is. When he can't get the KO's early that he expects he'll get, he can't cope with his opponents bringing it to him.
Why is Judah so damn mentally weak?
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I think he buckles to protect his sanity. While he's a very good boxer, he's not the great boxer that he clearly believes that he is. Nor is he anywhere near as tough as he believes. His ego needs an excuse, otherwise he'll have to face the appalling truth that he's not the man that he tells himself he is. Look at what happened to George Foreman after his defeats to Ali and Jimmy Young. They shattered his sense of self, his belief that he was The Invincible George Foreman was no longer sustainable. With that gone he literally didn't know who he was anymore, so much so that he had to quit boxing for 10 years and create a completely new identity for himself. Judah's mental image of himself is fragile 'cause it's contrary to the evidence. He gets dominated but he can't afford to acknowledge that 'cause then he's not the man that he thinks he is. If he loses his excuses, he'll lose himself.Comment
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I think he buckles to protect his sanity. While he's a very good boxer, he's not the great boxer that he clearly believes that he is. Nor is he anywhere near as tough as he believes. His ego needs an excuse, otherwise he'll have to face the appalling truth that he's not the man that he tells himself he is. Look at what happened to George Foreman after his defeats to Ali and Jimmy Young. They shattered his sense of self, his belief that he was The Invincible George Foreman was no longer sustainable. With that gone he literally didn't know who he was anymore, so much so that he had to quit boxing for 10 years and create a completely new identity for himself. Judah's mental image of himself is fragile 'cause it's contrary to the evidence. He gets dominated but he can't afford to acknowledge that 'cause then he's not the man that he thinks he is. If he loses his excuses, he'll lose himself.
Perfect! Great post man.Comment
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Its true that Judah has always fought the best opposition. You cant take that from him.
But thats just how is mindframe is. When the going gets tough, he gets going...in the opposite direction.
It might be because of his physical gifts, oddly enough. Starting off in boxing I guess it all just came too easy, because he was so much faster and powerful than all his opponents he never really had to get pushed to the limit. He never really gained that experience, and its pretty difficult to learn that sort of thing while youre getting your butt kicked after years of not even thinking about it.
I also like to blame his father, who isnt exactly the best trainer and probably never taught him how to dig deep and fight when times got hard.Comment
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Oh yeah?
So Bradley is number one because he fought:
A Witter who lost to Judah in his prime. Witted he robbed Kotelnik and really he only beat C level guys. Witter was older than he was and not in prime.
A green ass Peterson who got a gift of a draw VS Ortiz who lost to Maidana like a sissy.
An Alexander who a lot feel lost to Kotelnik. Alexander and Bradley was said to be 50/50 until Kotelnik, and then Bradley was a clear fab. May I add Bradley also ducked Alex for a year, and vacated to Alexander, until that shot performance VS Alexander.
Who else? Er Edner Cherry the dinosaur?
Holt who headbutted Torres for that KO? The guy who lost to Mabuza who Judah beat? Yeah?
Simply put, Bradley has fought guys who were shot themselves and none are as good as Witter was ever.
Khan beat Kotelnik by 12 rounds clearly while Alexander could have lost it.
Peterson got a lucky draw VS Ortiz who got owned by Maidana who Khan beat.
Khan beat Judah who beat Mabuza who beat Holt.
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It's nothing to do with mentality.
Get it into your head.
Zab Judah is not a very good fighter. How many times does he have to take a beating before this is discovered?
Zab Judah does not have the tools to be an ATG.
I told people not to be suprised when Khan puts a beating on Zab Judah so people need to instantly stop acting suprised and making excuses for him.Comment
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Has anyone actually used their brain and drawn the conclusion that maybe, just maybe it was a hell of a punch?
Goodness.Comment
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