Zab Judah still cries foul over Roger Mayweather‘s ring storm, but he conveniently forgets his own low blow. Judah is wrong to demand a disqualification.
Years on Judah is still better and claims the fight should have been stopped and ended in a DQ in his favor.
Not a hope for him. He got beat fair and the fight had been let play on and after Roger stormed the ring.
Some notes on this on the boxers fight at the time, both from the US at the time;
- Judah landed a vicious low blow first—that’s what triggered Roger’s reaction
- Referee Joe Cortez handled the situation correctly, he didn’t stop the fight prematurely
- Judah’s own foul was intentional and could have ended Mayweather‘s night right there
- A fighter can’t commit a cheap shot and then cry victim when chaos follows
- Judah was losing every round—the DQ would have been a gift he didn’t earn
- The rules allow the ref to use discretion; Cortez chose to let it continue fairly
- Judah had already been rocked and bloodied—he was looking for a way out
- Don King’s protest was about saving Judah’s market value, not justice
- Mayweather dominated the restart and proved he was the superior fighter
- History remembers Judah as the sore loser who got schooled, not the wronged party
Floyd got the victory on points and deserved to.
The rightful victor on the night.
Judah crying about it years later speaks to his decline outside of boxing and bitterness, clearly.
The fight took place on April 8th 2006 at this point, a long time ago.
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