Former welterweight champ Zab Judah's return at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., is set for July 16 and will headline on "Friday Night Fights" (ESPN2), Main Events promoter Kathy Duva said.

Judah (38-6, 26 KOs), who returned to his original promoter this week to co-promote his career with his own company, Super Judah Promotions, faces former interim lightweight titlist Jose Armando Santa Cruz (28-4, 17 KOs) in a 10-rounder at 143 pounds, Duva said.

"It's never going to get dull," she said of working with Judah, 32, eight years after they split. "We've known Zab for a long time," Duva said of the New Yorker. "He wants to build his company, which a lot of fighters have been doing lately. He wanted a situation where he could work with someone that would not dictate to him, and he is comfortable with us. He has a good relationship with the people here, especially [longtime Main Events employee] Jolene [Mizzone]. We're going to work together and hopefully it's for the rest of his career.

"We're approaching this as a partnership and we'll give him a chance to learn this end of the business. We have the same idea -- that he needs to get busy, get in the ring few times and be in his home area. He has a lot of mileage left on him. He's decided he wants to do it right and we can do it right."

Duva said Judah would also fight Oct. 2 in Newark unless a significant opportunity arose. "We're not here to wait for television dates," she said. "We have a plan."

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His career is done. He's gonna fight a couple of bums then look for another big fight (in which he will lose badly) then be back to square one. I still wouldnt mind seeing him against Ortiz. Nate Campbell and Malignaggi are also fighters he can beat.

I wish that there was a way we could cut and paste that conversation. That is fucking awesome. Did you get tickets for Cotto Foreman? I have to go to a fucking confirmation party for my wife's nephew that night and I can't go.[/quote]




Oh yeah. Im in there like swimwear. I got my Cotto T-shirt. Going to the fight with my milf bitty. Its about to be on like Donkey Kong. I might have to do something crazy to make it on HBO.