Judah on for Nov. 8; Mares off for Oct. 18

by Scott Christ on Oct 11, 2008 1:55 PM EDT

A couple of notes from Dan Rafael of ESPN on upcoming pay-per-views:

Zab Judah WILL fight on November 8 beneath Joe Calzaghe-Roy Jones, and won't be coming back at 140 like some had speculated and many hoped. He'll fight at 147 pounds again, but has officially stated he plans to go down to 140 soon:

"I'm working on my weight," Judah told ESPN.com. "I started at 140 and mentally I know that is where I should be. I'm planning to go back there and dominate. I stay ready. I'll be ready. I'm just here to show my fans I am still dominant and I can put on good fights and give great entertainment."

Judah's opponent is likely to be Ernest "Too Slick" Johnson (18-2-1, 7 KO). What a crummy, waste of time undercard that's going to be.

Abner Mares is off of next weekend's Pavlik-Hopkins undercard, where he was scheduled to fight Luis Melendez in a fight that really could have been pretty exciting. Mares suffered a torn retina this week in training, and underwent surgery. Hey, no phantom injury or B.S. about that. Nothing you can do. These things happen.

Instead of Mares-Melendez, the opening bout of the televised portion of the pay-per-view will be a six-rounder featuring Golden Boy top prospect Daniel Jacobs (10-0, 9 KO) against Indianapolis fighter Jimmy Campbell (11-2, 8 KO). I'll take it. Jacobs is the real deal, and with such short notice, nothing bigger could be expected.

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This is so dumb

Judah should stop being known as some great attraction to fans.

It’s bad for boxing

by Option27 on Oct 11, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

honestly

It doesn’t bother me that much. I agree he isn’t a main eventer anymore but he puts on entertaining fights for the most part. There are worse guys to be used in this role.

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by Scott Christ on Oct 11, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Zab vs Ernest Johnson

by Legend5 on Nov 5, 2008 3:55 PM EST reply actions

Zab vs. Ernest Johnson

Ernest Johnson is most definately a credible fighter. I don’t think he is a good match for Zab at all, but he himself is a good fighter (at 135) with great potential! I have seen a number of his fights and one of his two loses (Rogelio Castaneda) is very suspect and the one draw (Hector Beltran) on his record left his opponent suspended from action as if he had suffered a knockout (also suspect). He has faught on some great cards (Mayweather vs De La Hoya, Mayweather vs Corrales, De La Hoya vs Forbes and others). So I must not be the only boxing fan that thinks he is worth paying for. Again I repeat; I don’t think he is a good match for Judah specialy at 144! But he is truley dedicated to the sport and will be around for a long time, so don’t forget his name! Also note that the early years of his career his manager was none other than famous ref Richard Steele. Ernest opted not to re-new his contract with Richard after he felt he wasn’t getting enough fights. He was 8-0 with Richard. Just don’t want people to get the impression that Ernest is in the sport to score big cash and never be heard of. He will be one of the bigger names in the next few years. He might suprise a few people this sat night.

by Legend5 on Nov 5, 2008 3:55 PM EST reply actions