Little ol' Brooklyn hot-dog Zab Judah out slicked defending champ Chop-Chop Corley for the WBO jr. welter bauble, and once again appears in the running for the Kostya Tszyu sweepstakes.

Judah by far the smoother and heavier armed of the two, dropped Corley late in round three ... Zabba baby first squeezed off a short left hand that stung Corley, after Chop-Chop had a decent two opening candles and became careless.

Corley tried moving to the inside after feeling the stinger ... bam ... a repeat left hand scored to the sweet spot and Chop-Chop hit the deck ... to his credit he managed to beat the count.

Surprise was in Judah not jumping on Corley come round four ... regardless, Zab had a good closing rounds eleven and twelve to get the split decision win ... just not sure where the Brooklyn cutey now stands on that deep list of wealthy forty-pound talent pool.

Post Scripts: Matters only to Judah whether he lands return with Tszyu ... plenty good ones to choose from and Zab will be tough for any that take the challenge ... shifty and quick southpaws are funny that way. As for Corley, showed true grit ... returned to the fray in good form after that near disastrous round three knockdown. Think Chop-Chop would fit comfortably in the role of roadblock to the new youngbloods recently making waves at 140.

Semper fi,

GEL

07-12-03

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