Amir Khan vs.

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light welterweight championship.

Build-up

Amir Khan and Zab Judah started the build-up via a war of words on

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. The two fought in Las Vegas on 23 July, when the both put their titles on the line, Khan his WBA belt, Judah his IBF. At the weigh-in Khan and Judah both made weight weighing in on the 140 lbs limit.

The fight

The fight was televised on the pay-per-view channel

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(UK) with commentary on BBC 5 Live and BBC Sport website and

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. 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. He held the IBF and WBA Light Welterweight titles until a controversial defeat at the hands of

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Main card

* Junior Welterweight Championship bout Amir Khan vs.

**Khan defeats Judah via knockout at 2:47 of fifth round, unifying WBA and

140-lbs titles. *Middleweight bout

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vs. Jason LeHoullier **Quillin defeats LeHoullier via technical knockout at 1:38 of fifth round

Untelevised

*Featherweight bout

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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

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vs. Rafael Jastrzebski **Judah defeats Jastrzebski via majority decision. (59-55, 58-56, 57-57) *Heavyweight bout

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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)

Reported fight earnings

*US earnings: Amir Khan ($1,072,500) vs. Zab Judah ($500,000) *UK earnings: Amir Khan (share of UK pay-per-view earnings) *US viewership: 1.417 million

International broadcasting

References

External links

Khan vs. Zab Judah Official Fight Card
from

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