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After twice returning from disappointing losses to rebuild his career, Zab Judah sat in a comfortable position prior to entering the ring to face mandatory challenger Carlos “Tata” Baldomir in a defense of his WBC welterweight championship. He was the owner of three-fourths of his division’s title belts, taken from former beltholder Cory Spinks in an impressive revenge stoppage nearly a year ago; a megafight with pound-for-pound denizen Floyd Mayweather Jr. loomed on the horizon, megabucks promised to Judah, who had often taken short money or fought on undercards; and he was performing in Madison Square Garden in front of a hometown crowd, against a slower opponent that nearly everyone expected for him to beat decisively.
Yet like two-thirds of the title characters from the fairytale “The Three Little Pigs,” Judah’s house and all of his prizes and pride were blown over into an ugly heap, all because of a lack of intelligent planning and foresight, and a betrayal by an overconfidence in his – and this seems apt – chinny chin chin.
Considering Judah’s recent tendency of blowing overmatched foes out of the water and off of their feet, and taking into account Baldomir’s ability to gain momentum as bouts progress, Judah and his father/trainer Yoel planned to stop the Argentine early. [details]
Yet like two-thirds of the title characters from the fairytale “The Three Little Pigs,” Judah’s house and all of his prizes and pride were blown over into an ugly heap, all because of a lack of intelligent planning and foresight, and a betrayal by an overconfidence in his – and this seems apt – chinny chin chin.
Considering Judah’s recent tendency of blowing overmatched foes out of the water and off of their feet, and taking into account Baldomir’s ability to gain momentum as bouts progress, Judah and his father/trainer Yoel planned to stop the Argentine early. [details]