Amir Khan?s dominant display on a night he was expected to be tested by the skills and vast experience of Zab Judah, bore all the hallmarks of his training partner Manny Paquiao, according to Khan?s trainer Freddie Roach.
Khan added the International Boxing Federation light-welterweight title to his own World Boxing Association version of the10st crown in a scintillating, dazzling performance. Yet more than that, the 24-year-old added to his burgeoning reputation in the United States.
It doesn?t come much better than comparisons with eight-weight world champion Pacquiao.
This was a new maturity from Khan, showing patience and composure, his timing perfect. He picked his punches with a perspicacity which left Judah perplexed and bewildered after just three rounds. There was no escape for the multiple world champion from Khan?s rapier attacks.
Judah was never allowed to gain a foothold in the fight, and while the New Yorker has a reputation himself for fast hands, he was made to look every bit a decade older by Khan?s clever in-out attacks and combinations.
The Briton landed 61 of 284 punches thrown, while Judah found the target with 20 of his 115 shots. Khan claimed the spoils in the first four rounds by a comfortable margin.
