K.O.W. - The Zab Boogie
Maybe this post is unfair to Zab, because usually when we do a Knockout of the Week based on an upcoming fight, we show one of the fighters knocking somebody out, not getting knocked out. But this one - I just can't resist. With the big Cotto/Judah throwdown coming up this Saturday, the first thing that came to my mind for a K.O.W. this morning was Zab getting pulverized by Kos Tszyu in the second round of their junior welterweight unification bout in 2001
As you may remember, this was a heavily hyped fight, with Judah at the time seeming like a carbon copy of Floyd with perhaps just a little more power. In my recollection, it was even money going in, which was really saying something, because at the time Tszyu, The Thunder from Down Under, seemed indestructible, like the Mongolian Chavez.
The fight ended early, and bizarrely, when Kos caught Zab with a straight right hand at the very end of the second round. Zab tried to showboat a little and leap right to his feet, and once there he discovered that his bell had been rung a little harder than he thought. What ensued was some straight-up Three Stooges shit, one of the great walks down Queer Street you'll ever want to see. It prompted Jay Nady to wave the bout off, an unfortunate early stoppage that caused all manner of controversy and resulted in Zab getting himself suspended for throwing a shitfit (once he stopped, uh, doing the Chicken Dance that is).
As you may remember, this was a heavily hyped fight, with Judah at the time seeming like a carbon copy of Floyd with perhaps just a little more power. In my recollection, it was even money going in, which was really saying something, because at the time Tszyu, The Thunder from Down Under, seemed indestructible, like the Mongolian Chavez.
The fight ended early, and bizarrely, when Kos caught Zab with a straight right hand at the very end of the second round. Zab tried to showboat a little and leap right to his feet, and once there he discovered that his bell had been rung a little harder than he thought. What ensued was some straight-up Three Stooges shit, one of the great walks down Queer Street you'll ever want to see. It prompted Jay Nady to wave the bout off, an unfortunate early stoppage that caused all manner of controversy and resulted in Zab getting himself suspended for throwing a shitfit (once he stopped, uh, doing the Chicken Dance that is).
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I remember taking the morning off work to watch this fight in a (somewhat rough) pub in Bondi. When Kostya landed that right the place completely exploded, up till that point we all thought he was in a spot of trouble.
Yeah, ML, I gotta say, I'm no fan of Zab, but he got a little screwed with this thing. If he'd just taken his eight-count and gotten up slowly he would have been fine. Round was over anyway, and if he could have avoided the knockout, he was going to outpoint Kos easily. But that's what you get for showboating.
true that, it looked as if he was going to win with ease in the first. He had Kostya looking wobbly at one point. Anyway it's good to see Kostya looks like he might stay retired now. For a while there it looked like he was going to come back and embarrass himself. At least that's what it looked like before his turn on aussie dancing with the stars.
oh man, i've never seen that before and now i'm cracking the hell up. that's straight out of the ministry of silly walks.
Why must you do this to me? Is no corner of the internet safe from this godforsaken video?
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