News flash for everyone fighting at junior welterweight: Clear out. Bulk up, lose weight or risk a fight with Zab Judah, who was dominant in his Friday Night Fights bout July 9 on ESPN2.

Judah's opponent, David Sample, was no joke. He had gone the distance with Miguel Angel Gonzales and Pito Cardona. He didn't beat either one, but at 26-5 he figured to give the kid from Brooklyn some rounds.

We got our first look at Judah via the dressing room camera during the undercard Friday. Judah looked -- pick the adjective -- lean ... hard ... ripped. He looked like a guy that didn't go into "camp" to get ready for a fight. He looked like someone in the gym all the time, year-round, a fighter looking to not just win but to elevate himself to a new level.

Sample never got out of the first round. If you missed it on Friday Night Fights, you missed one of the cleanest knockouts you will ever see. Sample was settled and seemed ready to battle. Judah was calm, stalking, cutting off the ring, but seemingly in no hurry.

About halfway through the first round, Judah struck with a left hand and knocked Sample down. In the studio, we all yelled out loud. Where did that come from? How did he get through so quickly? Sample kept gamely getting up; Judah kept marching in with accuracy and speed, kept knocking Sample down.

Within 2½ minutes, Judah had three knockdowns and forced an eight-count before it was finally stopped. That's equivalent to four knockdowns. Even more impressive was that it wasn't all predicated by the first knockdown -- the knockdowns weren't the residual effect of a single blow. Sample was able to clear his head enough to keep going after hitting the deck each time. It wasn't a classic mauling but rather a clean, precise scoring attack that Judah was able to duplicate over and over.

Sample could've continued, but at the risk of his long-term health, and Judah may have knocked him down another four times before the bell rang to save him -- in the first round.

After the fight, he was even more impressive. Judah called out all three champions at 140 pounds, and then became the second man on record to say he actually wanted to fight Shane Mosley (the other being Floyd Mayweather). He said the former IBF lightweight champion should make a stop at 140 pounds before moving up to 147.

Mosley, as pointed out by Max Kellerman, is one of the few champions to be frozen out of his own division. No other champions, and certainly no top contenders, want to deal with him. Pito Cardona, the IBF No. 1, opted to fight on Friday Night Fights rather than take the mandatory challenge against Mosley he had coming to him. Stevie Johnston, having just won his crown, wanted some paydays before risking it against Sugar Shane.

Shane Mosley had to move up, but he took the express right to welterweight instead of the smaller jump to a weightclass soon to be dominated by Judah. His father and manager Jack Mosley told me Shane would take a fight with Judah eventually -- but let's face it, the risk is very high for the reward right now. Shane had to move up even higher, but even there, Oscar De La Hoya didn't seem eager to see him.

Mosley beat De La Hoya as an amateur, and Oscar is in the midst of preparing for the challenge of his life in Felix Trinidad. De La Hoya already has said this will be his last fight at welterweight, and Trinidad is barely able to make weight there at all. So by the time Mosley gets to welterweight it'll be him, Ike Quartey, Vernon Forrest and James Page. It might take them a while to sort it out, but Mosley might well be tough enough to make up for the jump in weight.

Sooner of later, though, Judah is going to put on a few more pounds and move up to welterweight, as well.

If you make a pound-for-pound list based on accomplishment, Zab doesn't even make the top 20. If you base it on talent and ability to fight right now, though, who's better? Certainly Roy Jones, Jr. Not even Judah's hands are that fast. He is, however, just below the next group of De La Hoya, Trinidad, Mayweather and Mosley.

First things first, though.

At 140 pounds, the champions are Terron Millet (IBF), Sharmba Mitchell (WBA) and Kostya Tszyu (WBC). Mitchell has the most speed, but Judah is faster and more explosive. Tszyu would be the most formidable, carrying the heaviest hands in the division. Tszyu has had lapses in concentration, though, in his only loss to Vince Phillips and in getting knocked down by Diobelys Hurtado; a vacant moment against Judah and he has your belt.

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