Would Zab Judah have dominated the era with better conditioning?

[iamboxing]

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.

This, he had a chip on his shoulder and it carried into his fights

[Dr Rumack]

He was too inconsistent. His speed and accuracy would shock opponents early, but it once the scoring shots stopped coming easy for him he didn't know how to get them back. There was a lot of the flat track bully in him. When he was on top he was relentless, but in a real fight he shrivelled.

[boliodogs]

No because he had other weaknesses besides poor training. He was a front runner who gave up when things weren't going his way. He didn't quit every time but he quit often enough to have no confidence in him. He quit to Khan and stayed down claiming he was hit low. He wasn't hit low and he could have continued. I think he faked being unable to see well when things were going poorly in the Clottey fight. He fowled Mayweather when that fight started to go badly for him. He had very poor powers of recovery and was extremely slow to recover when he got hurt. He had skills, hand speed and power. He lacked both mental and physical toughness. That's the way I remember him anyway. Give him a big heart and an iron jaw and he would have been hard to beat.

[SouthPawHitman]

Zab never got over the embarrassment of Tszyu making him do a modified version of the stanky leg.

[Outwest Exp 355]

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

Better conditioning would help any fighter but there's a way to beat Zab. He relies on power and gets out worked when he can't knock the person out.

[Derranged]

No. At one point I was one of those Zab believers, always saying if he could only get it together this, oh but a focused Judah that, etc. Judah had power in both hands, good footwork and crazy handspeed but he couldn't take a good punch and folded under pressure. Bottom line is that he was an incomplete fighter.

[Rome-By-Ko]

He would always have had a issue with getting hit,he has the same issue that Vic Ortiz has..Not enough determination imo..

[-PBP-]

He didn't dominate opponents early on it just takes a while to get your timing down against fighters with fast hands.

It was t a lack of conditioning it was skill and ring intelligence.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Zab Judah was too easily bullied! both physically,and psychologically.

[boxinghead530]

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?

No, even with better conditioning it still wouldn't have helped him in the ring since he had a lack of heart, lack of a strong mental game and lack of determination.