Well...the only time I ever saw him was 6 years ago against Tszyu. And he went into that fight as the guy who was expected to be soft and more tactical but him and Tszyu battled it out in a phone booth for a while and he held his own for a few rounds. He really through caution to the wind and he hit Tszyu a bunch of times early on in the fight but he faded and Tszyu took the initiative and pounded out a decision.
It was because of that fight that made people think Judah would handle Tszyu. Urkal really gave a good showing and came up just short against a great fighter even after fighting a fight that people didn't expect him to.
BUT, that was 6 years ago. Urkal is 37 and has been beat on his own soil by Vivian Harris twice now. His only KO win in the last 5 years came against a guy who had only won 1 fight in his career. Even without seeing Urkal within the last 6 years I'm pretty comfortable in calling this a complete and utter mismatch.
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