The first six round didint go so well, but Zab Judah scored a emphatic seventh round stoppage over Kaizer Mabuza to win the vacant IBF jr. Welterweight championship an the AmeraHealth Center inside the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
The fight started with both jabbing and by the simple fact that Judah was able to score with left hand, he took round one. Round two started off well for Judah as he landed two good body punches that sandwiched a straight left. Mabuza could have stolen the round as he landed five solid body punches over two flurries. Mabuza did well over the first two plus minutes of round three as he continued to pressure Judah and flurry. Judah landed a good straight left at the bell. In round four, Mabuza landed a couple nice right and and a third bucked Judah to the point where his glove scraped the canvas and referee Sammy Viruet ruled a knockdown that was protested outwardly by Judah. That may have awoken Judah as he came out in round five and landed some good shots with both hands and didint get backed up as much as he did in the previous four frames. Mabuza had a big round six that was highlighted by a big right that rocked and hurt Judah on the ropes.
In round seven, Judah landed a deviating straight left that slumped Mabuza between the second and third rop and was ruled a knockdown. Mabuza was severely hurt and Judah jumped on him and landed five drilling punches and the was correctly stopped by Viruet at fifty-nine seconds of round seven
Judah, 138 lbs of Brooklyn is now a four-time world champion with a record of 41-6 with twenty-eight knockouts. Mabuza, 138 lbs of Johannesburg, South Africa is now 23-7-3
In a battle of southpaws, Tarvis Simms scored an eight round unanimous decision in a middleweight tussle.
It was a workmanlike effort for Simms, who did well with all of his punches as he evenly divided up head and body shots. Mackey was tough as he he got in some good body work of his own and the two even exchanged at various times in the bout. Simms looked like he rocked Mackey on several occasions but never had him in serious trouble. Simms’ work showed as in round six Macket began to bleed from the mouth.
Simms, 158 lbs of Norwalk, CT won by scores of 80-72;79-73 and 78-74 to raise his mark to 27-1-1. Mackey, 158 lbs of Washington, DC is now 13-6-2.
Jose Peralta scored a first round stoppage over Clifford McPherson in a scheduled six round Welterweight bout.
McPherson wasnt hit when he dropped to the canvas with a injured right hand. The pain was sever that McPherson was riding in pain on the pain and the bout was stopped.
Peralta, 146 lbs of Jersey City, NJ is now 5-1 with three knockouts. McPherson, 147 1/2 lbs of Cleveland is now 2-4-1.
Shemuel Pegan made short work of Marcos Garcia by scoring a first round stoppage in their four round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Pegan trapped Garcia in the corner and landed twenty unanswered blows until the bout was stopped 1:33 into the bout.
Pegan, 137 lbs of Brooklyn is now 2-0 with one knockout. Garcia, 133 lbs of Camden, NJ is 0-4
Popular Welterweight Vinny O’Brien made a successful pro debut as David Navarro was unable to continue at the end of round three of a scheduled four round bout.
O’Brien, 147 lbs of East Hanover, NJ is 1-0 with one knockout. Navarro, 150 lbs of Philadelphia is 0-2
Zab Judah’s brother, Chris Crosby scored a four round split decision over Greg Hackett in a Jr. Middleweight bout.
Scores were 40-36; 39-37 for Crosby, 150 lbs of Brooklyn who is now 6-1. Hackett, 156 lbs of Philadelphia is 2-6.
