Saturday, August 2, Zab Judah and Joshua Clottey meet to fight for the vacant IBF Welterweight Title. This fight could be just like the Cotto-Margarito fight from last night. You have a skilled fighter like Zab Judah going up against a pressure fighter like Joshua Clottey. Honestly I expect it to be similiar to the Cotto-Margarito fight with Clottey breaking down Judah. Judah as well all know loses focus in a fight quickly. I highly doubt he will all of a sudden be able to focus through a whole fight. However if Judah can jab and land hard shots he has a chance to win a decision over Clottey. I do not think he will be able to hurt or knockout Clottey. Clottey is a very rock hard guy who can absorb hard punches as well as dish them. Judah will have to keep up a high rate of movement to keep Clottey from hurting him. If and when Judah slows down, Clottey will beat him to the head and body. After some of the last few big fights Judah has been in, I am not so sure he can take as much punishment. The fight between Cotto and Judah saw Judah get broken down. Judah took a lot of punishment to the body and head from Cotto. In a fight with Clottey, I think Judah will take more of the same. A loss for Judah at this stage of his career will put him more or less in the journeyman status. This is a must win for him that I am not sure he can win. For Clottey, this is second shot at the title. The first shot was against Antonio Margarito in December 2006. Clottey was winning the first half of the fight until he injured both of his hands. The lack of punches allowed Margarito to take over and win the decision. However Judah is not as tough as Margarito. Judah has been knocked down and knocked out. Clottey knows that and I expect him to put full pressure on Judah. Clottey will need to keep the pressure on Judah until he can't take it. Punish Judah on the inside and close the gap on him. Do not give Judah any space to throw his punches. I really see Clottey winning a decision if not stopping Judah. I think it can be similar to the Cotto-Margarito fight where Margarito wore down Cotto. I think Clottey can wear down Judah and I think he will. Could this be the end of the road for Judah???
2 comments:
I swear every time i look at clottey I wonder how the hell does he make weight, he is massive for the division.
As much as i like Zab Im drooling for a Clottey Tony rematch.
Clottey is going to break down Judah. It will be similiar to Cotto-Margarito. Judah can't take pressure and we both know that. Clottey is huge, I saw him in person when he fought Diego Corrales. I sat ringside and Clottey has a tight ass no body fat body. I mean it appears to be nothing but muscles everywhere. Just solid. The kind of body we all say we want but won't work to get. Clottey-Margarito would be a good fight. Two coming forward pressure fighters going at it.
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