Zab Judah
Zab Judah ( born October 27, 1977 in New York) is an American professional boxer and former six -time world champion in the light welter, - and the welterweight IBF, WBO, WBA and WBC.
Career
Having been in the national qualification for the 1996 Olympic Games he failed in Atlanta in 1996, he was in the same year 18- year pro. After 21 victories, including against Micky Ward, he received on 12 February 2000, the opportunity to fight for the vacant IBF world title in the light welterweight. Judah secured the title by a knockout victory in the fourth round on the South Africans January Piet Bergman, against whom he was on the ground. The title he defended in the aftermath five times, including against Junior Witter and Terron Millet, who could beat him to the ground.
On 3 November 2001, he played against Kostya Tszyu, support the WBC and WBA titles in Las Vegas a unification fight, which he lost by knockout. He had been knocked down in the second round, but was unable to get up again at the instant trial left to give, stumbled and slid to the ground again (often called " Chicken Dance" mocked ), which the referee then prompted to cancel the fight. Judah, dissatisfied with his view, premature termination, attacked the referee and threw a chair through the ring in the direction, which earned him a subsequent six -month ban and a fine of $ 75,000. He never sought a rematch on Showtime, but moved on to HBO and Don King.
After his return he won on 13 December 2003 by a points victory over DeMarcus "Chop Chop " Corley, non taken seriously because of that dominance Tszyus WBO title, the belt defended but only once since he moved to the welterweight division in 2004.
There he called on April 10, 2004 Cory Spinks out, the undisputed champion of the class and owned by the WBC, WBA and IBF belts. Judah lost the battle just on points. On 5 February 2005, however, came to the rematch with Spinks and this time Judah won out with a win by technical knockout in the ninth round. It is his only major victory against a boxer who is counted among the best in its class.
On January 7, 2006 Judah punched in a supposedly lightweight title defense against Argentina's Carlos Baldomir, who had recorded at that time already nine defeats. Baldomir won the fight on points sensational. Since Baldomir had paid only the WBC association fees for this title fight, he was just their belt, which then leads to the strange situation that the IBF Judah despite defeat still recognized as world champion by their association.
But even these IBF title he lost already in his next fight on April 8, 2006 by Points of Floyd Mayweather junior. After a low blow Judah had occurred in the ring to riots, which resulted in canceled Judah's boxing license and he was suspended for one year. He also had to pay a fine of $ 250,000.
After several victories against strong opponents, he remained at the tips of the rankings and received 5 March 2011 another chance at the IBF world title, which he technical knockout won over Kaizer Mabuza in round 7.
On July 23, 2011, he turned a title unification bout against WBA champion Amir Khan, but this was defeated by KO in round 5 In March 2012, he defeated the unbeaten Vernon Paris ( 26-0 ) by TKO in the ninth round and thus qualified again for a shot at the title of the IBF. July 31, 2012 it was announced that he signs with the new promotion company of Curtis Jackson and Floyd Mayweather Jr. TMT.
In the fight for the world title of the WBA and WBC on April 27, 2013 in Brooklyn, he lost on points against Danny Garcia.