Lennox Lewis will not speak to me. And I do not know why. I actually feel badly about it. Lennox has always gone out of his way to be friendly with me. Going to interview him, or even running into him at the fights has always been a real treat. I respect not only his boxing ability (what he has accomplished thus far makes him a candidate for heavyweight greatness) but also his intelligence and generally good natured disposition. He has been a good ambassador for our sport, and just an all around great guy.

He is the odds-on favorite for his rematch with Hasim Rahman. He should be. For most of their careers Lennox has operated on a higher level than the current heavyweight champion of the world. Rahman was knocked out by Oleg Maskaev and in big trouble against Corrie Sanders. Lennox has beaten Evander Holyfield (twice - although their first fight was ludicrously ruled a draw), David Tua and Ray Mercer once each. He knocked out Andrew Golota in one round and Michael Grant in two. He is 6-5, 250 pounds, has fast hands, devastating power, tons of world class experience, and an underrated ticker. A prepared Lennox Lewis should win the rematch. But I'm picking Rahman.

I hope this is not the reason Lennox will not speak to me. I cannot believe that it is. He has always been too professional for that kind of petty nonsense. I am going with Rahman because Lennox is getting up there in age, because Rahman presents certain stylistic problems for Lennox, because Rahman is brimming with confidence and for the only time in Lewis' career so far, has gotten the better of Lewis psychologically. Oh yeah, and because I already saw Rahman knock Lennox out once before. Would I be surprised if Lennox were to win a dull 12 round decision, or if he were to systematically chop Rahman down and stop him inside the distance or even if he were to obliterate Rahman in the early rounds? Not a bit. In fact a Lennox Lewis victory is probably more likely than an Hasim Rahman victory. Something just tells me that the less likely scenario is the one that is going to actually happen here. Then again, it's been so long since I have picked the winner of a major fight, Lennox should now be considered a lock to win.

Carl Moretti will talk to me. Carl is the matchmaker for Main Events and one of the best people in boxing. He called me the other day to check whether I agree with the assessment that Zab Judah-Kostya Tszyu is the most anticipated junior welterweight showdown since Meldrick Taylor-Julio Cesar Chavez. I concurred. True, Oscar De La Hoya-Julio Cesar Chavez was a bigger event than this fight will be, but that fight was about feeding an old lion to a young tiger, not about determining the best 140-pounder in the world by creating an undisputed champion. This fight Saturday night has hard core fans salivating.

Zab is the superior fighter on paper, and Kostya is not the puncher some in the media make him out to be, yet this fight is not without intrigue. Zab has had a problem in the past keeping his emotions under control. At his best he is an improbable and frightening combination of Pernell Whitaker and Mike Tyson. However, when he becomes overly excited, he has a tendency to try to rush the knockout and he will wing lead uppercuts from too far away. It happened when he won the IBF belt against Jan Bergman, and it happened again when he won true recognition as a champion in his fight with Terron Millett. In both cases Zab was winning big and easy. In both fights he seemed on the verge of a knockout win when he lead with the uppercut and was countered by a big left hook. In both cases he went down from the punch, and in both cases he quickly rose and went on to win the fight by fourth round KO (yes, both fights by fourth round KO). If he makes a similar mistake against Kostya it could be disastrous, because Tszyu is a better fighter and finisher than either Bergman or Millett.

Zab is faster, more skilled, younger, has better punching power and is probably at this point in his career hungrier. Kostya is physically stronger and more mature, more experienced, and has a better chin. Zab has let his emotions get the better of him, while Kostya keeps his under control. Will Kostya finally assert himself as the dominant force he was predicted to be when he turned pro as a highly decorated and celebrated amateur star? Or will it be Zab who comes into his own as the budding superstar guys like me have been saying he is for the past three plus years? As if all of this isn't enough, in what other sport do you get a Zab Judah fighting a Kostya Tszyu? What is this, the final scene of Star Wars Episode Two? Where do two guys with names as cool as these come off fighting for the undisputed junior welterweight championship of the world? Finally, this fight joins Floyd Mayweather-Diego Corrales earlier this year as one of the two best non-pay-per-view matchups in recent memory. You got to love it.

Max Kellerman is a studio analyst for ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.