Would Zab Judah have dominated the era with better conditioning?

[Vegemil]

He dominated most of his opponents in the early rounds and always seemed to fade near the middle rounds. Would better conditioning have helped him beat Floyd?

[lizard_man]

He still lacked determination and he could do with a slightly better chin.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Wouldn't change the fact that he hated getting hit.

[Vegemil]

Wouldn't change the fact that he hated getting hit.

But if he could keep up the same level of outboxing that he normally did early he would probably get hit less.

[Vegemil]

He still lacked determination and he could do with a slightly better chin.

I think the increased conditioning would help with his determination. The chin was just an unfortunate factor.

[AddiX]

His problems were mental. He just didn't have the ability to keep it together for a 12 round fight and conditioning wasn't going to change that.

[Vegemil]

His problems were mental. He just didn't have the ability to keep it together for a 12 round fight and conditioning wasn't going to change that.

But would you say his talent was more than that of the best fighters?

[AddiX]

But would you say his talent was more than that of the best fighters?

Yeah of course, he was phenom in amateurs.

But that's just one part of what makes a top fighter. And at the top level your not going to win many fights on talent alone.

[STEELHEAD]

i had high hopes for the zabster in the beginning. but his mentality ended up negating his talent.

same thing happened with emanuel augustus. he just started clowning too much.

[Dr Rumack]

Zab was never as good as people still somehow think.