Golden Boy and Judah announce co-promotional deal
Five-time two-division titlewinner Zab Judah has signed a co-promotional deal with Golden Boy Promotions, it was announced on Monday. Judah spoke with RingTV.com about the new partnership and his willingness to return to the 147-pound division.
read moreCan Judah be ‘super’ against ‘swift’ Garcia?
Zab Judah will attempt to restore his “Super” nickname against RING champion Danny Garcia, a fighter who is 10 years younger. Seventeen boxing insiders give their picks on Saturday’s Showtime-televised junior welterweight championship.
read moreGarcia: Judah’s ‘just another guy in my way’
Echoing the famous words of Mike Tyson, Danny Garcia says his opponents “think they’re going to beat me until we get into that ring. Until they get hit.”
read moreGarcia ‘ready to go’ for Judah
Danny Garcia on Zab Judah’s perceived advantage in the ring: “When you get hit, it don’t matter how much experience you’ve got. If you can’t take the punch, that’s the only thing that matters.”
read moreRepeat or Revenge? Expert picks on Rios-Alvarado II
Although Brandon Rios became the first man to stop Mike Alvarado in October’s bloody Fight-of-The-Year-caliber clash of unbeaten junior welterweights, ex-beltholder Kendall Holt believes that Alvarado can exact revenge on Saturday night.
read moreLem’s latest: Broner mum on rivals; Bradley to have say
Golden Boy Promotions has big plans for Adrien Broner’s next fight, which could be a 135-pound unificiation bout with Ricky Burns or a jump to welterweight to face Paulie Malignaggi, but the unbeaten WBC lightweight beltholder won’t discuss his potential opponents.
read moreMalignaggi: Holt should move to welterweight
Kendall Holt after Friday night’s loss to Lamont Peterson: “My body just wasn’t responding. My body and my mind just weren’t on the same page. My body wanted to do one thing, and my mind said do something else.”
read moreQ&A: Holt says stamina, weight no problem vs. Peterson
Kendall Holt on Friday’s bout with Lamont Peterson: “This fight, I’m going to set things up and make things happen. I have had some good sprints, some good boxing and I am ready to go a good, hard 12 rounds.”
read moreBroner: Peterson-Holt ‘a helluva’ fight. Ask the experts
Boxing expert Rich Marotta says Lamont Peterson’s defense against Kendall Holt “should rank pretty high on the entertainment scale.”
read moreLem’s latest: Peterson-Holt ‘an entertaining fight’
IBF beltholder Lamont Peterson on Kendall Holt: “At the end of the day…I don’t think that he will be able to bite down like I’m going to be able to.”
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