{"id":466928,"date":"2011-07-24T03:03:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T03:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/24\/brilliant-khan-blows-judah-away\/"},"modified":"2011-07-24T03:03:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T03:03:13","slug":"brilliant-khan-blows-judah-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/24\/brilliant-khan-blows-judah-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant Khan blows Judah away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"123.956369513\"><span><span>By Ben Dirs<\/span><br \/><span>BBC Sport<\/span><\/span> <span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/54236000\/jpg\/_54236394_54236362.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" alt=\"Amir Khan (left) and Zab Judah\" \/> Khan (left) had too much speed and hustle for American rival Judah<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s Amir Khan put on a boxing masterclass to knock out Zab Judah in five rounds in their light-welterweight unification fight in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Khan, defending his WBA belt, was expected to be stretched by veteran IBF champion Judah.<\/p>\n<p>But Khan dominated from the opening bell, forcing the fight and landing at will with his jab.<\/p>\n<p>The end came when Khan landed with a crunching right hand to the body and Judah was unable to make the count.<\/p>\n<p>The punch looked borderline low, but replays showed it landed on Judah&#8217;s belt line and was not a foul blow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He went down and it was above the belt,&#8221; Khan, who will now target the winner of September&#8217;s clash between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz, told BBC Radio 5 live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was nowhere near below the belt, it was a great shot. Zab&#8217;s a great fighter. I respect him a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Judah did not agree with his rival&#8217;s assessment, claiming: &#8220;Everyone in world who saw the fight will see that&#8217;s a low blow. I thought he [the referee] was giving me time to get up.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/boxing\/14259712.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The winner of the September clash between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz?<\/li>\n<li>WBC &#038; WBO title-holder Tim Bradley?<\/li>\n<li>Mexican legend Erik Morales?<\/li>\n<li>Sheffield prospect Kell Brook?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He then said &#8216;over&#8217;. I thought he was giving me a standing eight-count. I didn&#8217;t understand that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The one-sided nature of Khan&#8217;s fifth successful defence of the title he won in 2009 will have surprised many as Judah had fought some of the biggest names of the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>Judah, a five-time champion, had been in with Kostya Tszyu, Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto in a professional career spanning 49 fights and 15 years but rarely had he been on the receiving end of such a one-sided beating.<\/p>\n<p>Khan looked the more nervous of the two before the action commenced at the Mandalay Bay Events Centre, but it was the Briton who started fastest, backing his 33-year-old rival up behind his piston-like jab.<\/p>\n<p>Southpaw Judah did land with one flashing right hook in the first round but this immediately led to a clash of heads and the home fighter did not look comfortable thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Judah&#8217;s trainer, former four-weight world champion Pernell Whitaker, was sounding alarm bells as early as the end of the second round, imploring his man to stay low and unsheath the left hand.<\/p>\n<p>But Judah, a noted speedster, simply had no answer to the quickness of Khan&#8217;s hands and round three was more of the same, with Khan constantly beating his opponent to the punch.<\/p>\n<p>Judah was starting to show real signs of wear and tear by the fourth, his nose bleeding and his right eye showing the effects of that first-round collision.<\/p>\n<p>And early in the fifth Judah was sending out distress signals, complaining to referee Vic Drakulich about Khan&#8217;s use of the head &#8211; but the worst was still to come.<\/p>\n<p>With 13 seconds remaining in the round, Khan set Judah up with an overhand right before sending home a withering right to the body, which doubled Judah over and rendered him unable to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Before the fight Khan admitted he might need two or three more fights before he is ready to take on American legend Mayweather and, despite a dazzling display, his next fight is more likely to be against Mexican legend Erik Morales.<\/p>\n<p>Morales is a three-weight world champion but has seen better days &#8211; however, he remains the biggest name in the light-welterweight division and would look good on Khan&#8217;s record.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is WBC and WBO title-holder Tim Bradley, who was in the frame to fight Khan this time around. 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