Live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, Zab “Super” Judah will return to the ring on July 16, 2010 with a lot to prove to fight experts and fans, as he moves back down to the 140 weight division to face off against Jose Armando Santa Cruz.

This fight is suppose to be a tune up fight for Zab in his attempt to gauge some of the top light welterweights such as Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley, but can Judah look impressive 2and stay focused enough to overwhelm Cruz, which in his own right is coming off of two explosive knockout victories in 2009?

Zab “Super” Judah is 32 years old, with 38 wins 6 losses and 2 bouts ending in a no contest. His height is 5 foot 7 and a half inches tall with a 72 inch reach, fighting out of the southpaw stance.

Jose Armando Santa Cruz is 29 years old, with 28 wins and 4 losses. His height is 5 foot 10 inches with a 74 inch reach, fighting out of an orthodox stance.

Since turning professional in 1996 at the age of 18, the Brooklyn, New York native Zab “Super” Judah was dubbed by many boxing experts to be one of the great new light welterweights to shake up the boxing world with his explosive style. During the first part of his career, Judah gobbled up light welterweights with wins over Cesar Castro, Micky Ward, and Darryl Tyson, before later capturing the IBF Junior Welterweight Title from Jan Piet Bergman in February of 2000.

During his IBF title reign, Zab continued to mesmerize the 140 pound division with his unbelievable speed and quickness, which led to a light welterweight unification showdown against then WBC and WBA 140 king Kostya Tszyu in 2001.

The first round of the super fight between Judah vs. Tszyu started off at a fast pace, which favored Judah. Zab seemed to blow Tszyu out of the water with hard combinations and counter-punches, but late in the second round, Tszyu caught him with a right hand that floored him. Judah got up quickly after he was knocked down, but fell back to the canvas, as he was still dazed from Tszyu’s right hand shot. Tszyu won a second round TKO victory, which proved to be the first loss of “Super” Judah’s career.

Since the loss to Tszyu in 2001, Judah made a slight comeback with victories over Demarcus “Chop Chop” Corley and then a knockout victory over Cory Spinks in their second fight to become the undisputed Welterweight champion in 2005, but has not had a significant victory since, losing to world class fighters such as Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Miguel Cotto, and Joshua Clottey.