Summary: Live Audio from Zab Judah & Kaizer Mabuza Final Press Conference March 2nd, 2011 From Brick City Bar and Grill, Newark, NJ – March 2, 2011 These are some of the more important quotes. We apologize for the low sound quality, but apparently no one had ever heard of such a thing as a microphone or a PA system??? Really?? Ya, I was astounded there was no such thing at such an important press conference. Even standing in front as I did, you couldn't hear everything.. IMPORTANT NOTE: For all of the insider pictures of this historic event go to our new facebook site and give us a LIKE, or I will send Mike Tyson to your door to put a tattoo on YOUR face!! HA!! Check out Zab's DRAMATIC KO of Kaizer in the 7th Round! Join me for some very very interesting updates to come on my TWITTER site; And finally bookmark our brand new events blog for the boxing industry out of Las Vegas at: Big Right Hand Media Kathy Duva: “Since Zab came back to Main Events in July, he has done everything we have asked, gone above and beyond. He is taking all the steps he needs to take to regain that Jr welterweight title that he first won so many years ago, coincidentally against a South African. Before he can succeed he has to deal with this gentleman, Kaizer Mabuza, who has the same idea. Kaizer Mabuza has come here all the way from South Africa. I am sure he has worked his entire life to get to the same place. They both have the same goal. “Some of you may have seen Kaizer Mabuza when he first came to NJ and scored an upset against Kendall Holt. We know what he can do; we know what Zab can do. There are so many fights that people talk about lately and the results are a foregone conclusion. This is not the case here. We have a very explosive combination of styles that is going to make for an amazing event. We are not just going through the motions here, this is about do or die for both of them.” Kaizer Mabuza: “I’m glad to be back in America. It’s an honor to me to fight a person like Zab Judah. I think he had his time; he’s a former world champion. I think this is my time, because I’m still hungry for success. And I promise him, when I take the ring I change, I become a new man. I’m hungry for success so you have to expect that it will be like fireworks!” Kathy Duva, speaking of Pernell Whitaker training Zab Judah: “I was privileged to start my career with Pernell Whitaker. I got to sit ringside for almost every fight he had with my heart in my throat the whole time, begging him to stop doing that! Zab is very privileged to now have Pernell working with him. As he says, reminding him of the things he has to do. Teaching him how to deal with whatever is going to be thrown at him on Saturday night and in the future.” Pernell Whitaker: “First of all I’m not here to talk about strategy. I think I’ve given Zab enough, that he has enough in his toolkit for this particular fight. He’s done everything I’ve asked him to do; he’s done a little more. Whatever Zab used to do in the past, is in the past, and now he has a new direction, a great direction. He’s one of boxing’s best. So I expect to see that.” “The name of the sport is called boxing. You don’t call it knockout. You can go get that on video. He’s got all the finesse, and finesse and speed brings power. All the old habits Zab once had are no longer there. He’s listening. You guys are gonna see, defense makes offense.” Zab Judah: “Pernell has been a great influence. I think we are going to Def Comedy Jam after this! Not only has Pernell Whitaker brought great skills to me, but he tweaked my whole world. He also brought humor, entertainment and kept the camp happy. He brought a lot of excitement, joy and fun. We had a great training camp in Las Vegas. We trained very, very hard for this fight. He came in for a six weeks of training camp, but I’d been training myself long before that. I kind of skipped Chris
