You were even more critical of Judah's character than me, and I was worried that some people would call me to task for suggesting that Judah's "entourage" includes people of questionable character that clearly are a negative influence on Zab. I used to like him a little bit, before his fight with Tszyu, and didn't make a big deal out of his "glove-in-the-face" routine with Jay Nady, but now it's obvious that Zab lacks the class and self control that boxing fans strongly prefer in their champions. I'm sorry to say that now I like Zab even less than Mike Tyson, who at least occasionally shows a streak of generosity and humility.

Something that I've said a few times: I believe that Mayweather turned the fight around primarily because he changed tactics in the ring, and from the 4th or 5th round onward began using a lot of lead right hands both to the head and the body. Judah is very hard to hit with the left hook, which may be Mayweather's best punch, but Floyd showed his class, intelligence and professionalism by switching away from left hooks in favor of straight right hands and right hooks, which Judah couldn't stop at all for the rest of the fight. I wonder if Al Bernstein would say the same thing. It was a marvelous technical achievement from Floyd as well as an indication of his intelligence and versatility as a fighter.

There have been very few great fighters who could impress us either with their boxing ability from the outside or with their ability to stalk an opponent and to successfully outfight them on the inside. Ali could do it occasionally (he was aggressive against Joe Bugner), Bernard Hopkins could do it, and Floyd can do it. It's hard to find many others.