Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah
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Amir Khan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | July 23, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA (Super) and IBF light welterweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Khan defeats Judah by 5th round Knockout | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah, billed as Attack & Conquer, was a professional boxing match contested on July 23, 2011 for the WBA (Super) and IBF light welterweight championship.[1][2][3]
On 31 May 2011, Khan agreed to fight 33-year-old two-weight champion Zab Judah in attempt to unify the WBA, and IBF light-welterweight titles in Las Vegas on 23 July. Judah had reclaimed the IBF title two months earlier against Kaizer Mabuza. Khan was unhappy that a fight with WBC and WBO champion Timothy Bradley could not be made saying, "Bradley was the guy I wanted to fight but he chickened out. I offered him 50% of UK revenue, which is unheard of, and 50% of all revenue in America, that's how much I wanted to fight him, but he didn't want it."[4][5]
Amir Khan and Zab Judah started the build-up via a war of words on Twitter.[6]
At the weigh-in Khan and Judah both made weight weighing in on the 140 lbs limit.[7]
The fight
Amir Khan started the fight with a left jab. Round 1 saw a busy Amir Khan as he fought from the outside and kept Judah away with jabs and straights. All four rounds were taken by Khan. Ultimately on the 5th round Zab was taken down with a right uppercut to the body, in which at first commentators believed it was a low blow, since Judah was showing signs of agonizing pain, but when it was seen from a different camera angle, it was right on the belt, leading to a Knockout for Amir Khan.
Aftermath
He held the IBF and WBA Light Welterweight titles until a controversial defeat at the hands of Lamont Peterson.[8]
Main card
Confirmed bouts:[9]
- Junior Welterweight Championship bout
Amir Khan vs. 
Zab Judah
- Middleweight bout Peter Quillin vs. Jason LeHoullier
- Quillin defeats LeHoullier via technical knockout at 1:38 of fifth round
Untelevised
- Featherweight bout Gary Russell Jr. vs. Eric Estrada
- Russell Jr. defeats Estrada via unanimous decision. (80-71, 80-71, 80-71)
- Middleweight bout James Kirkland vs. Alexis Hloros
- Kirkland defeats Hloros via technical knockout at 0:25 of second round
- Featherweight bout Ronny Rios vs.
Noe Lopez Jr.
- Rios defeated Lopez Jr. via technical knockout at 1:12 of first round
- Super Middleweight bout Josiah Judah vs. Rafael Jastrzebski
- Judah defeats Jastrzebski via majority decision. (59-55, 58-56, 57-57)
- Heavyweight bout Bryant Jennings vs. Theron Johnson
- Jennings defeats Johnson via unanimous decision. (60-53, 59-54, 60-53)
- Lightweight bout
Jamie Kavanagh vs. Marcos Herrera
- Kavanagh defeats Herrera via unanimous decision. (59-54, 60-54, 60-53)
