Joe Greene: record, next fight and profile →
An opponent has been named for Zab Judah's first fight in nearly two years. The former two-division champ will face Colombia's Hevinson Herrera on September 10 at The Space in Westbury (Long Island), New York. Event handlers confirmed the opponent Friday morning. Judah (42-9, 29KOs) confirmed his comeback plans earlier this month, a move that includes his signing a co-promotional agreement with Greg Cohen Promotions.
WOODHAVEN, NY—Welterweight contender Joe Greene will Headline a big night of boxing on Thursday January 10th at the Cordon Bleu in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York. Greene of the nearby Jamaica section of Queens will take on Calvin Odom in the eight round main event promoted by Greg Cohen Promotions. In the four round co-feature, former amateur standout Antoine Douglas will see action against Greene (24-1, 16 KO’s) won his first twenty-two bouts which included wins over Edson Aguirre, Darryl Salmon (16-1), Francisco Mora (52-12) and Jose Miguel Torres (20-3) before dropping a close decision to former U.S. Olympian Vanes Martirosyan at famed Yankee Stadium.
Joe Greene Jr. doesn’t want to talk about it. Just leave it alone, he says politely. But it was the first loss of your career. Don’t you want to talk about it? Not really, he answers. The incident in question was his fight with Vanes Martirosyan on June 5, 2010 at Yankee Stadium. It was the biggest fight of Greene’s career. An amateur star in New York, Greene was expected to put on a show in front of his hometown fans. But rather than rise to the occasion, Greene fought tentatively, with little urgency. When the scores were read- a unanimous decision victory for Martirosyan- it couldn’t have come to a surprise to Greene, but that didn’t dull the pain or make it any easier to digest.