Zab Judah
Statistics
Real name	Zabdiel Isaiah Judah
Nickname	Super
Rated at	Welterweight
Nationality	American
Birth date	October 27, 1977 (1977-10-27) (age 29)
Birth place	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	39
Wins	34
Wins by KO	25
Losses	5
Draws	0

Zab "Super" Judah, (born October 27, 1977), of Brooklyn, New York, is an American professional boxer. He is a former junior welterweight 140 lb (63.5 kg) champion, and former undisputed champion in the welterweight 147 lb (66.7 kg) division. Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... “NY” redirects here. ... Southpaw is a term used to describe left-handed people, particuarly within sports and in the United States. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... In professional boxing, the term Undisputed Champion commonly refers to a boxer that has won and currently holds the titles of the most widely recognized world championship titles in a particular weight class: those recognized by the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association and the World Boxing Council. ... Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. ...

Style

Judah's boxing style is that of a slickster — he is known for his speed of hand and foot, as well as his power, especially with his left hand (Zab fights from a southpaw stance). He punches in combinations. Southpaw is a term used to describe left-handed people, particuarly within sports and in the United States. ...

Judah is typically very relaxed in the ring, and consequently his punches flow more easily than those of most fighters. Judah has a tendency to lose concentration and showboat during contests, however, and sometimes can lose his composure when he is losing a fight. The Music City Queen on the Cumberland River, Nashville. ...

Rise

Judah was the 1994 New York Golden Gloves champion, 139 pounds-novice, and the 1995 New York Golden Gloves champion, 139 pounds-open. He was also 1995 National PAL gold medalist at 139 pounds. He had a brilliant amateur career, in which he won 110 of 115 contests. Golden Gloves The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States. ... For other uses, see PAL (disambiguation). ...

His trainer was his father Yoel Judah, an ex kick-boxing world champion, who is not known for training any other marquee fighters other than his son and, recently, Ricardo Mayorga. Yoel Judah (born 1956?) is the eldest member of the Brooklyn-based Judah boxing family. ... Categories: Martial arts stubs | Martial arts ... Ricardo Mayorga (born October 3, 1973 in Managua, Nicaragua), He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC Junior Middleweight champion. ...

Judah made his pro debut as an 18 year old on 9-20-96 in Miami, and TKO'd Michael Johnson in the second round. Judah's early promise manifested itself with 21 straight wins before the IBF put him forward as a contender for its world light-welterweight championship (140 lbs). He won, knocking out veteran Jan Bergman in four rounds. The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ... // The light welterweight class (also called junior welterweight or super lightweight) is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 140 pounds. ...

Judah then notched up some impressive defences, against England's Junior Witter and fellow American Terron Millet, who many believed was the rightful IBF champion (the IBF had stripped Millet, after Millet was deemed to be out of action for too long, with injury). Zab removed any doubt as to who laid claim to the title, by destroying Millet in four rounds, though Zab did have to pick himself up off the canvas in round 1. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Junior Witter (born March 10, 1974) is a professional boxer from Bradford in England. ...

vs. Tszyu

In November 2001, Zab Judah put his IBF junior welterweight title on the line against WBC and WBA champion Kostya Tszyu. There was much clamour in the boxing world to see the contest; many wondered whether Judah's speed and silky skills would negate the hardened Russian-Australian's power and strength. Judah was considered to have won the first round of the fight convincingly but appeared hesitant to engage his opponent in the second round. With only seconds remaining in the second round, Tszyu connected a right-handed blow to Judah's chin, which forced him to retreat. Tszyu then struck again, with a straight right, knocking Judah down flat on his back with his head slamming hard against the canvas. Attempting to beat the referee's count, Judah rose from the knockdown almost immediately, and a bit prematurely: almost as soon as he rose to his feet, his legs wobbled beneath him (also known as the Zab Chicken Dance), and he stumbled awkwardly across the ring, falling once more.[1] Referee Jay Nady waved the fight off. Konstantin Kostya the Goit Tszyu (Russian: Константин (Костя) Цзю, pronounced in Australian English) (born September 19, 1969) is a Russian- born boxer of mixed Russian, Korean and Mongol descent. ... Look up Canvas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Jay Nady is known as a championship boxing referee and the uncle of Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Xavier Nady. ...

Controversy & suspension

Judah's actions protesting the stoppage led to him being suspended and fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. As both camps flooded the ring following the stoppage, Judah protested Nady's decision. At one point, Judah pushed his gloved-fist into the throat of Nady, and then returned to his corner, picked up the ring stool and threw it across the ring at Nady. As a consequence of his outburst at Nady, Judah was suspended from boxing and fined.

Judah's return to boxing

After his suspension concluded, Judah challenged Demarcus Corley for the WBO Jr. Welterweight Title and showed that he was still the slick champ he was previously by winning an easy unanimous decision. Demarcus Corley (born June 3, 1974), is a boxer from Washington D.C.. He is the former WBOs world Jr. ...

In 2004 he challenged reigning undisputed Welterweight Champion Cory Spinks, but lost a narrow decision. In the rematch, in Spinks's hometown of St. Louis, Judah connected with several of his big left hooks, TKOing Spinks in the ninth round to become undisputed welterweight champion. He showed grace in victory, saying he did not want to hurt Spinks, as Spinks was clearly defenseless, but allowed to continue by the referee for a few seconds longer to try and recover as it was Spinks' hometown. Cory Spinks (born February 20, 1978 in St. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ... A boxer is knocked down and receives the 10-count. ...

Judah's first title defense was a third round blowout of Cosme Rivera, with Judah knocking Rivera down several times before the fight was stopped.

vs. Mayweather; Fine & Suspension

Judah was scheduled to defend his undisputed welterweight championship against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on April 8, 2006. However, that fight was put into jeopardy after Judah lost the WBC welterweight title by unanimous decision to mandatory challenger Carlos Baldomir on January 7, 2006. The IBF, however, continued to recognize Judah as champion even after the loss, since Baldomir did not pay a sanctioning fee to that organization. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carlos Manuel Baldomir (born April 30, 1971 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine boxer and former WBC/Ring Magazine world welterweight champion. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In a risky move, promoters Don King and Bob Arum agreed to move forward with the April pay-per-view for Mayweather-Judah. Bob Arum (born December 8, 1931 in New York, New York), is a Harvard-educated lawyer of Jewish descent who helped the White House during President John F. Kennedys time there. ...

The hype for the event revolved around a friendship between both fighters that went sour when Judah became jealous of Mayweather's quick rise in the sport. In a surprise to many, the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, sold thousands of tickets within a few days and the anticipation for the bout remained strong.

Despite what many experts had predicted, the fight turned out to be competitive, and packed action from the fighters and their camps when a riot broke out at the end of the tenth round.

The fight started off well for Zab Judah (34-4, 25 KOs), who used his southpaw style, speed, and reflexes to get off first with his punches and won three of the first four rounds. As the fight went on, Floyd Mayweather (38-0, 24 KOs) figured Judah out and dominated the remainder of the fight with accurate punches to the body and head of Judah. Mayweather’s accurate punches caused Judah's mouth and nose to bleed profusely for most of the fight. A boxer is knocked down and receives the 10-count. ... A boxer is knocked down and receives the 10-count. ...

As Mayweather began busting Judah up with hard punches in the 10th round, Judah landed a vicious low blow that caused Mayweather to crumble in pain, followed by a punch to the back of Mayweather's head. As Mayweather went down from the low blow, his uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather charged the ring to go after Judah which prompted Yoel Judah to charge the ring and a riot broke out in the ring between the camps of both fighters. Mayweather stood in a corner, while Judah engaged in the riot. As the punches flew from the camps, police and security charged the ring to break up the melee. Roger Mayweather was thrown out of Floyd's corner for charging the ring. Roger Mayweather (born April 24, 1961) was a boxer who won two major world titles in two different weight classes. ... Yoel Judah (born 1956?) is the eldest member of the Brooklyn-based Judah boxing family. ...

Once order was restored, the fight was restarted with 5 seconds left in the tenth round. Mayweather stuck to his game plan by winning the remaining rounds to win the IBF welterweight title by way of unanimous decision. The final scores were 116-112, 117-111, and 119-109, all for Mayweather. The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ...

On May 9, 2006, Zab and his father and trainer, Yoel Judah, were fined and had their licenses revoked by the Nevada Athletic Commission for their roles in an April 8 melee that erupted during Zab's fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Zab was fined $250,000 which was his entire cut of the $1 million paid by Top Rank to promoter Don King to deliver Judah for the fight. Yoel Judah was fined $100,000 and also had his license revoked for a year. He and Zab were allowed to reapply for licenses April 8, 2007. is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yoel Judah (born 1956?) is the eldest member of the Brooklyn-based Judah boxing family. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

vs. Galvan

On April 13, 2007, Zab (34-4-0, 25 KOs), made his long-anticipated return by facing Ruben Galvan in Mississippi on ESPN2. It ended in under a minute. There was no feeling-out process with Judah, only full-on attack. Judah stalked Galvan around the ring and at first opportunity, he savagely attacked Galvan with blistering combination which would become the end of the fight.[2] Seconds later, Galvan was bleeding from a gash in his forehead and the fight was called to a halt. The doctor observed the fight and called it off, thus the fight was declared a no contest. Somewhere amidst slashing hooks and a crushing right uppercut, Galvan sustained a cut which he felt was substantial and the result of a foul. Despite fight video suggesting it was indeed a punch that caused the cut, the fight was ruled a “no contest.”[3] Rubén Galván is a retired Argentine football midfielder. ... ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ...

vs. Cotto

On June 9, 2007, Judah took on undefeated WBA Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (30-0, 25 KOs) in New York City before a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden for the WBA Welterweight Title. Judah was effective early, as he hurt Cotto with a left uppercut approximately 1:20 into the fight. He snapped back Cotto's head with two more straight lefts thereafter, but Cotto stopped his momentum with an accidental low blow about 25 seconds later. [4] The left to Judah's groin sent Judah face-first to the canvas, writhing in pain in a neutral corner. [5] Judah didn't even use a minute of his allotted five-minute recovery time before informing referee Arthur Mercante Jr. to start the action again. Cotto connected with another accidental low blow about 1:10 into the third round, though, a right that appeared to hurt Judah even more than the initial low left. He took about 1:15 to recover from that Cotto foul, which cost Cotto a point. He also suffered a cut to his right eye early in the contest, and seemed to get pummled from then on. Cotto knocked Judah down in the 11th round. [6] Judah got up, but was met by a barrage of punches by Cotto which prompted the referee to stop the fight, giving Cotto the victory by TKO.[7] Judah argued that the illegal blows played a role in his defeat. "He hit me hard twice and the referee didn't do anything about it," he said. "I thought they were intentional. Those low blows took a lot out of me. I want a rematch."[8] Miguel Cotto (born October 29, 1980 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ...

Scrap in a nightclub

Judah got into a scrap at Stereo nightclub in New York in August 2007, swinging at the Chelsea hot spot after he was hit first by someone who approached him.[9]

Upcoming fight vs. Vazquez

Judah will face Edwin Vazquez (22-10-2, 8 KOs) at the Hard Rock resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, in the September 7 season finale of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights."[10] Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. ... Biloxi Lighthouse (of 1848) Biloxi () is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the U.S.. The 2000 census recorded the population as 50,644. ...

Professional Championships

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Olympic Highlights

• Attempted to qualify as a Light Welterweight for 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Results were:
  • Defeated Hector Camacho, Jr. points
  • Defeated Ishe Smith
  • Defeated David Diaz (points)
  • Defeated Larry Nicholson (points)
  • Defeated David Diaz (points) at Box-Offs

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Miscellaneous

There is some confusion about Judah's religion.

Judah has been referred to in the press as "the best Jewish fighter of all time." [11] Judah's father is an avowed Israelite, or Black Jew[12], and Judah's family has declared themselves Jewish.[13] “The Twelve Tribes” redirects here. ...

If Judah is considered Jewish, then Judah was one of four top Jewish boxers in August 2007, the others being Dmitry Salita, the undefeated junior welterweight (27-0-1), Roman Greenberg, the undefeated heavyweight (26-0-0), and Yuri Foreman (23-0-0), the undefeated middleweight. Dmitry Salita (born April 4, 1982) is a Ukrainian born Jewish boxer from New York City in the junior welterweight division. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Roman Greenberg (born 18 May 1982 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a Jewish heavyweight boxer, currently IBO Intercontinental heavyweight champion. ... For the mixed martial arts division of the same name, see Heavyweight (MMA). ... Yuri Foreman (1980—) is a professional boxer. ... Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ...

At the same time, in 2006 Judah thanked his lord and savior Jesus Christ after his fight against Mayweather. Such a statement would suggest that at that point in time, at least, he would not be recognized as being Jewish by the mainstream Jewish community, even by the most liberal standards. ^[1] [14] [15] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Literature

In literature, a character in "Shanda: the making and breaking of a self-loathing Jew," by Neal Karlen, says: "Zab Judah is the only Yid champ left!""Chapter 1: Uncle Tom Jew" Yid or Yids may refer to: Yid, a Jewish ethnonym Yid, a nickname for a fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. the real name of daniel kid tovey. ...

See also

• List of male boxers
• List of WBC world champions
• Notable boxing families
• Reigning boxing champions

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References

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External links

• Zab Judah Fight-by-Fight Career Record
• Zab Judah's career boxing record
• Boxing Gurus bio
• Showtime bio
• "No Contest: Zab Judah Too Super For His Own Good," 4/14/07
• Video of Zab Judah's fight against Mayweather