Khan Knocks Judah

Amir (right) knocked Judah out in round 5

In a Jr welterweight unification clash, WBA champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KOs) scored a dominating fifth round KO against IBF champion Zab Judah (41-7, 28 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Khan was in command from the outset and finished Judah with a right hand to the belt line.

Judah claimed the last punch was a low blow, but referee Vic Drakulich didn’t buy it and counted Judah out.

Locked in a clinch, Khan drove a right uppercut through the middle that landed just above the waistline of Judah’s shorts.

The American crashed to the canvas in agony and was counted out by referee Vic Drakulich with 13 seconds of the fifth remaining.

Boos rang out around the Mandalay Bay Resort but TV replays suggested Khan’s shot was perfectly legal.

And King Khan wasted little time in countering Judah’s claims. He said: “I don’t think it was a low blow.

“It was a clean shot and the referee was there. In my eyes it was a clean shot, just above the belt. Zab took the shot.

“It was a very hard shot and we’d been working on it throughout our camp. It happened naturally, I fired the uppercut and it worked for me.”