Tale of the Tape
Photo by Tom Casino/Golden Boy Promotions
This fight could also be appropriately titled “The Battle of the Jabs.” According to Compubox, Paulie Malignaggi threw 120 jabs in his fight with Adrien Broner, while Zab Judah threw 87 jabs his 12-round bout with Lucas Matthysse.
Both fighters are great at controlling the pace of the fight with their jab. The similarities do not stop there.
Both were from the same amateur boxing community in New York. Judah, in fact, even worked the corner for Malignaggi in one of his amateur fights when he was still a young prospect in the sport.
Malignaggi stated, in a recent Ring TV article, “I remember Zab working my corner, and that just goes to show you the level of respect that I had for him. Zab was only a few years older because he was a young champion, but there was this guy who was on the national stage taking some time out of his life to kind of work the corner of the younger fighters. All of us kids looked up to him.”
The similarities between the two will bring out the skill in both fighters. Neither of them will deal with a large reach or height advantage, and so the winner will be determined by who can establish himself as the better boxer.
| Paulie Malignaggi | Zab Judah | |
| Record | 32-5, 7 KOs | 42-8, 29 KOs |
| Age | 33 | 36 |
| Height | 5’8” | 5’7½” |
| Reach | 70” | 72” |
| Weight | 147 | 140 |
| Stance | Orthodox | Southpaw |
| Hometown | Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn, NY |
| Rounds Boxed | 298 | 307 |
