Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
Former betlholder Zab Judah will meet unbeaten junior welterweight counterpart Vernon Paris in an IBF eliminator on the NBC Sports Network’s “Fight Night” on March 24, Judah’s promoter, Kathy Duva, told RingTV.com.Â
“I can now confirm that we intend to put the Judah-Paris fight on our March 24 NBCSN ‘Fight Night’ broadcast,” said Duva, who out-bid promoter Don King on Tuesday for the right to put on the fight.
“We have until something like the second week of April to put on the fight,” said Duva. “Whatever the IBF’s 90-day rule comes to.”
Judah (41-7, 28 knockouts) earned the IBF junior welterweight belt by seventh-round knockout over Kaizer Mabuza in March before being dethroned by fifth-round stoppage by Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KOs) in July. Paris is 26-0, with 15 knockouts.
NBC Sports Network’s Fight Night premieres on Jan. 21 with a heavyweight clash between Eddie Chambers(36-2, 18 KOs) and Sergei Liakhovich (25-4, 16 KOs), and junior middleweight Gabriel Rosado (18-5, 10 KOs) against counterpart Jesus Soto Karass (24-6-3, 16 KOs) at Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, the hometown of both Chambers and Rosado.
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According to Scott Christ/Badlefthook:
An IBF junior welterweight title eliminator between Zab Judah and Vernon Paris is coming this spring, as Main Events won a purse bid with an offer of $70,112, beating out Don King ($51K). Kathy Duva of Main Events is putting the fight together, and it will air on the new NBC Sports boxing series, says Dan Rafael.
As for spring dates available on the series, the next two NBC Sports/Main Events boxing dates after January 21 (Chambers vs Liakhovich) are, according to the original schedule from a while back, March 24 and June 16. March 24 has the Erik Morales vs Danny Garcia fight on HBO, and June 16 will likely have a Pacquiao pay-per-view replay if Manny fights on June 9 as expected.
Judah (41-7, 28 KO) is coming off of a typical excuse-filled loss to Amir Khan last July 23, while Paris (26-0, 15 KO) got here largely due to a good win in a really good fight on the August 5 Friday Night Fights, stopping Tim Coleman in the seventh round.
