Zab Judah on Mike Tyson, Roy Jones, Jake Paul, Nate Robinson, Boosie, TK Kirkland (Full Interview)

In this VladTV exclusive, former boxing champion Zab Judah sat down for an in-depth conversation about a number of topics ranging from the exhibition match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. to the now-infamous knockout Jake Paul served up to Nate Robinson. He also demonstrated some key boxing techniques and what he thinks about Michael Jai White saying he could beat up Bruce Lee.

[@FleaaForbes718]

I live in East New York Brooklyn, down the block from Brownsville and I can tell you first hand last year I’ve seen Zab in construction clothing in my hood fish spot. I’m thinking to myself “Did Zab have to go get a job? That’s crazy” after watching this I see this cus his dad owns a construction company and he was working on site helping out. This is a testament to him really being in the hood.

[@yankees29]

I did a few jobs over there recently. The neighborhood has changed a lot. I was used to the old days when there were spots on every other corner. Lol

[@michaelwilcox7052]

@@yankees29 k..............................mm.m..m...

[@yankees29]

@@michaelwilcox7052 what? East New York was no joke in the 90’s.

[@hushyomouf6]

Gotta admit, didn't like Zab's character back in the day, but after getting to know him in these last two interviews I'm a big fan of the man now. Respect✊🏾

[@cristobal9677]

Feel the same way, cant knock his talent, but did not like before....but I am a fan now, Zab is a cool cat

[@justinmix143]

Yeah man; feel the exact same way. Tyson’s an awesome dude in retirement too, love both these cats. But totally agree-kinda thought Zab was a dick back in the day,

[@abuhannah07]

Same

[@PeteOrta]

The interviewer was jabbing for drama but Judah kept bobbing and weaving to control the game. Class act.

[@coreyjohnston9195]

Yeah Casanova can learn something from him.

[@stackspaper4598]

That’s how you do it!!! The FBI wanted him to say Tyson really won and could have went harder but Zab did it smooth...

[@user-theblackDrPhil]

Big facts

[@user-theblackDrPhil]

@Stacks Paper man go somewhere wit that sarcastic bs. Even if he ain't the feds we all know the feds watch these interviews & so does Vlad. I don't blame him but don't make it seem like he don't profit of ignorant black people

[@rhysconnel8755]

Dj Vlad is a likl battybwoy , end convo....

[@chrisdurkin1509]

that man said “you KNEEBOWED the wrong person” 😂😂😂

[@JamesHall_II]

“You know you didn’t have to do that shit on live TV” took me right TF out 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@marvinwilliams30]

Lmaoooo was looking for this comment before i posted it 😂😂😂😂😂

[@twistedlogic4742]

Zab is such a likable guy...outside the ring.

[@jayay107]

Zab was the truth on knockout kings 2000

[@ssmith4614]

Roy Jones Jr as a monster on there too!

[@poconobean]

Judah!!! The Champ Is Here!!!

[@jcutrer8v9]

@@ssmith4614 a

[@tigershark8657]

ZAB JUDAH IS THE MAN 🥊

[@donniejohnson5157]

Lmaooooo I fux wit jab...real dude and he funny 🤣🤣💯

[@lowlyfesocks]

No way they fought for no damn $600. VLAD stay trolling 😂😂😂

[@knuckletherapyserveothersf6092]

I admired this world champion before this interview . Now I see much more. He's a great human being. Thanks champ for all the memories 🙏. Can't wait to see what's next for you. Wish you nothing but the best. The realist 💯 A true warrior

[@djbuttstuff4904]

Damn I love uncle Zab he’s the realist

[@davidlipkins3226]

I love Zab Judah! He has knowledge, speaks with clarity and still has skills. I could watch him just shadow box!

[@Sammie551]

Word of the day: Phenomenal

[@NBAx]

T.K Kirkland: I told them to add the 19 to Covid

[@MultiMilTown]

@Douangphatay Bouphasavanh wow. You killed his dreams of comedy

[@NBAx]

@@MultiMilTown no he killed ya wife relax

[@Sirenity01]

😂😂😂

[@MV.ENVIRONMENT]

i love zab! he is a greate technical and one of the fastest boxer i ve ever seen!!

[@Hazliiz]

👍😎Zab Brooklyn Brownsville in here🤷🏽‍♀️💪🏽❤️

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

Zab is so nyc with his slang straight up

[@GabrielSanchez-br4hi]

Man Zab is a real real Gee! Always keeps it 100!

[@RiskyRich_Gaming]

Yeah. He's a real Gee. A Triple Double O-Gee.

[@Skottink]

No matter what color or weight all our old boxing greats got the slur an stutter an the watery eyes. It’s sad for the ones who ain’t got money anymore.

[@knasheed8092]

I’ve said this before but it’s worth saying again. Judah is a SUPER smart dude.

[@donloco6203]

Great guy big homie zab

[@ohiorichkidbeats]

Vlad..this was a good 1

[@justinmix143]

Both Zab and Tyson are both such awesome, wise, cool-ass dudes in retirement. I just admire and dig TF outta both of ‘em, love watching anything they’re a part of in any way. Especially Mike is like this brilliant, humble, unbelievably wise old sage in his older age. These two are the best; it’d be a dream come true to kick it w/ either of them, even just for a bit

[@OskarasNauseda]

both grew up in the same hood different time

[@justinmix143]

@@OskarasNauseda I’m 43. I’m quite aware of their age difference, lol (I watched the Tyson Douglas fight live on ppv in fifth grade. I was at the Zab-Ward fight at this kooky casino in the Everglades outside Miami the summer after my sophomore year in college. I’m old-I know these things kid). Edit: But thanks 😉

[@Rsam86]

I can't recall a boxing interview where Tysons name doesn't come up

[@QuoVadisGates]

Lol Zab holding AB down... lol

[@sdmull1]

I had no idea Zab Judah was such a cool and nice guy.

[@pauljudah1235]

I love zab

[@chubrokkortiz4904]

If you ask me I prefer to watch boxing I love how technical boxing is its all about being smart using your intelligence strategy and skills boxing is the best to me

[@ceesbrand830]

I agree, Snoop took away from the Tyson fight

[@itsthatwutangguy.9370]

The title should always start off with the words tk Kirkland.

[@FIGHT101TV]

Who? lol

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

People don’t realize how much work Tyson had to do to get into that kind of shape for this last fight. We are identical heights. And he weighed where I was at (300). And I am not even as old as him. And you have no idea how much harder it is to lose weight and get into that kind of shape at an older age just as they said. Until you get there yourself, you feel invincible when you are younger. Body aches, pains and the other are definitely there when they never were (or you don’t feel them anyway) when in your teens and 20’s. Props for his damn hard work to be that kind of machine in this latest fight! 🥊 🛎 💯💯💯💯

[@Dejuan4980]

Only thing missing from Mike was that extremely huge neck.

[@gwensalador4325]

One thing tho.....Tyson was a professional boxer!!! Hrs of training was ingrained in him ....the mental part was the hardest part more than the physical!!! Once he was able to get his mind back into that training mode it was done.......he used to workout 10-12 hrs a day unlike us regular joes his body was able to keep up with these types of insane workouts despite the age

[@DEEPMMA]

finally. just put up a new podcast Mike tyson did yesterday and plenty of zab clips if anyone wants to check it out

[@deezipickard]

I think that Willie D snippet must be very profound, because its the snippet I have heard about 20 times now. I ain't complaining i am just saying 👍

[@peterlabat1527]

I heard it enough times

[@patrickkt423]

Judah had the best knock out ever meaning it happened to him he got hit told the ref he was OK and fell it was a awesome knock out

[@yankees29]

The old fish dance against Kosta Tzyu

[@davidalvarez906]

Tk kirkland said stop😂😂😂

[@djisrael2734]

NO ZAB.. IT TAKES SKILLS TO BE A GOOD MMA FIGHTER AS WELL

[@shayakanime18]

Zab got heart.

[@Trahern100]

I was in a club in this warehouse in Brooklyn 15 years ago I ran into Zab this nicca chest stuck out like 2 feet before the DJ announced who he was in his walk thru I knew he was a superstar or someone famous Bird gang was there that night too standing on a row of couches

[@ChojinLove]

Bruce Lee was a real fighter. Wish people would do some actual research on him instead of going along with the "he's just an actor" thing.

[@donowhattowriteb616]

Bruce Lee wasn’t shit 😂😂😂

[@ChojinLove]

@@donowhattowriteb616 ok sheep.

[@paulkehoe3425]

zab judah,,, good fighter!!! nice fella too! who ever said nothing good comes out of brownsville!

[@jbr865]

What a stupid take on mma. 1. There's no tapping in "wrestling" 2. MMA is a mixture of a bunch of skills it's not barbaric this isn't 1992.

[@iamyouyouareme9905]

Zan was just a Great Boxer from the Hood that was miss understood.

[@simonjohnson514]

How was he misunderstood? 😳

[@situationit]

If I've ever seen a draw, that fight was it!

[@22chiwi]

Zab seems like he’s in a good place good for him

[@allYoube1]

Good mindset Good heart feeling good place in life

[@robertwalker7010]

Zab super Judah looking like new money. George Forman was a come back Mike & Jones not so much. Respect to anyone who steps in that square circle.

[@John_Makaveli]

Anyone notice Tyson get kinda pissed right after the match? I felt like he got wind of a winner about to be announced but thats not what it was about, I dunno go watch it

[@deescott7418]

Boxing is a science but so is MMA it takes alot of skill also its not just barbaric

[@pauljudah1235]

I wanna see what he look like now wit hair lol

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

Zap 1,000% correct on his description of boxing and MMA. And Tyson is right, boxing is dying, if not mostly dead....

[@artgarrelli6752]

wrong ......hes basically saying mma is not skill in which you and him are 100% clueless

[@thatogabanakgosi4077]

20:10 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rezaninorowzin1060]

Zab is loyal as F

[@goblazers9723]

What about James Johnson used ta play for the Miami heat that man can fight and he's in the NBA hell his whole family can fight

[@allenm.355]

Vlad how can a expert tell you better than your own eyes????

[@tman3829]

Tf is going on with the thumbnail

[@MTCullen]

Nearly 2 hours would be a better listen on Spotify.

[@acpjr]

No Vlad, you're not a professional interviewer, you're a professional agitator.

[@rashidmuhammad621]

By the way Muhammad Ali is the GOAT Mike Tyson have said that himself many times.Ali needed to feed his family to get back in the ring but his name was already solidified for making change all across this world.

[@ogflyy100]

Russell Simmons?

[@aTribeCalledBreast]

Vlad interview Chuck Norris

[@spidermovendi]

Vlad just mad he wasn`t on the same page and it wasn`st even intendted

[@K9boxing]

Me and Zab got a lot in common both World Champions and both are the other 2 guys 2 stop Cory Spinks KZbin K9Boxing🥊

[@johncho7149]

Putting blood in your mouth. - Zab

[@JasonPaypaChayson]

Ask about lil kim

[@doodawisemantv9780]

Vlad keep trying to uplift jake i see in this interview.

[@marianolopez4720]

Jones vs Tyson was not a draw. Tyson really won. But it was the right decision Herbst they both legends. You can't bust their egos at that age. The fans were the winners.

[@rezaninorowzin1060]

Hé coud ended in 40 second

[@theawesomenan]

RIP MF DOOM

[@Stacks561]

@djvlad did it ever occur to you that we in a era where you can't even use the bathroom without it being posted.... With that being said rappers been getting killed you just not gon hear about it cause it wasn't always a fb, Twitter, insta etc. Hell I knew 4 that died in my city alone

[@blakneo1gib730]

Okay so now what

[@momoney9999]

I was in county jail with him in Las Vegas lol

[@Markanthony10704]

That's not sparring

[@Battle4Life222]

2 years changed that boxing is a dying sport...boxing is alive...this video didn’t age well

[@zackspence1668]

Zab is wrong when comparing MMA and Boxing. Calling MMA a barbaric hoax lol 😂

[@robertwalker7010]

Combat sports. What?

[@zackspence1668]

@@robertwalker7010 rephrase that question bud...

[@deescott7418]

Buster definitely had 13 secs

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

Brooklyn is not the Brooklyn of the 80s and 90s. You can still get it but niggaz is soft now

[@paulsteptore989]

I watch the Ali fighi

[@deescott7418]

Jones dosent have a draw Vlad knows nothing about fighting

[@jaycelebration6565]

Hey tactfully told vlad stop being racist on snoop, he is funny.

[@carnagebandzz2793]

Vlad this shit getting old and tired,arrogance is gonna be ya down fall ,time to start showing respect for the culture

[@markmessi9020]

What respect? He said mma is barbaric here too. He's not gonna change

[@skywatcher9076]

Bro Jake Paul got back end money PPV 💰 THEY GOD PAID TRUST ME

[@sinatra617]

Lol Judah thinks boxing is skill because you have to figure out a way to get your opponents hands down to hit him in his face. I guess trying to get someone hands away from their neck in the UFC so you can set a choke hold in isn't a skill lol. Come on Judah given that your into martial arts you should no better. If anything alot more skill goes into being a mma fighter because you're not just dealing with hands.

[@movmentztv5189]

Lol boxing is a skill, mma Is barbaric lmfao boxing is a very limited form of fighting. MMA is way better and way harder!

[@snyc6542]

Zab has zero idea about how much skill goes into MMA. Zero. In boxing you need 1 skill. In MMA you need multiple.

[@thehitman47]

Keep thinking like that

[@justinbrazil901]

This will be m last vlad interview searching for drama on tyson its like he was trying to show tyson in a angry way . Do better

[@SprainedKarma]

Let's keep it s buck. It's jones bc he is black zab. C'mon now don't be doing that

[@pamelagray6962]

Vlad is ridiculous what dose rappers have to do with Zab let these dead rappers Rest In Peace along with BMF.

[@jamesvan9012]

1st to view

[@Mavericks411991]

Random I know..but I'm sick of holding in this experience. I swear I met the reincarnated tupac. I expect nobody to believe me, but fuck it. I got do high off the marijuana extracts I had a psych break and cops had to bring me to the hospital where I got a shot of thorazine. I then became "better" in my mind, anyway. I was ready to go home. But nope...they take me to a psych ward. For some reason I thought in my head "I'm about to meet tupac"..as I'm changing in my psych ward clothes. A black dude walks in and gives me something I forgotten downstairs...nope wasn't Pac. Another black dude walks in to walk me up to the unit..nope not Pac. At this point I gave up on the whole thing and was thinking "damn I must really be crazy"..but then as the dude puts me in the unit with everyone else..I am instantly greeted by a short (5'8-5'9ish) light skinned dude(not black but not white..like Latino ish) he instantly runs to me and goes "YO ITS MAKEVELI THE DON SON I KNOW U BEEN WAITIN FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME WHATS POPPIN" and the weird thing was, I wasn't THAT surprised because I had the feeling before. I was shocked initially but if that happened again I'd drop to my knees in aw. I didn't do that. He respected that about me. Two dudes that knew ourselves. The story is long but u can email me if u want the whole thing. He showed me around..he carried a koran everywhere. He called it "the book". He would randomly have me read a part I randomly would open up to..I would legit cry everytime I did that because it was like that book knew me more than myself. It was amazing. But ya the whole staff knew him as "the guy who goes by MAKEVELI"..he would order Chinese food..he was stingy as hell with tho lol..had a whole plate and gave me the egg roll. Anyway..I became this dudes protege. 1 more quick story from in there..he had the hottest most beautiful white girl I ever seen probably to this day on his lap just chilling..I think she worked there on a different unit but idk how he got her. Anyways, the next day he comes to me and says "yo man the girl wants to hook up with u" (I didn't know if that meant make out or legit sex) and I say "nah man..she's too good for me. She's all yours bro" so about a day or so later he comes back to me and told me very emphatically "YO U MADE HER CRY DAWG. YOU MADE HER CRY" I guess that was a good thing because he then went around telling everyone "SEE I TOLD U HE WAS THE SON OF GOD..I TOLD U..HES RIGHT HERE" That made me feel good. Idk..I'm not gonna say it was definitely the reincarnation of tupac. But it very well may have been a soldier of pacs or an angel to come down and help me with the psych ward which I was very nervous about. Or he could have just been a legit psychopath who happened to look like pac, talk like him, same mannerisms..even to the mustache. He was not black, though, like I said. So it definitely wasn't Pac as we knew in the flesh. But a lyric of his comes to mind when I think about that whole experience..."take the figure of 30 niggas who all got me" Peace..email me ArtOfDialogue..or anyone else. Nobody seems to believe me when I tell them this story but I'm just s huge pac fan so for that to even happen by itself, even if it was just a psychopath, is a miracle. What are the odds of me (I always claimed to be the biggest pac fan..in school and to this day I studied him so much people nicknamed me Dpac. Lol. So the odds me and this random dude claiming MAKEVELI stuck together in that ward has to be one in a billion or something. Thank you for reading. I got some more little trinkets to the story if yall interested. This happened Jan 2014

[@mikeg103]

Damn I lost some respect for Zab for calling MMA Barbaric instead of skillful. Smh

[@farsarubin7728]

He is 100% correct . That's not sport and it is very simple to explain . We step in Octagon and fight nothing is gona happen .We go outside and pul same thing we gona get more then just few years .Ask fighters how many countrys are voting against mma to shut it down . Since I am Serbian i know for fact That Mirko Filipovic -Crocop got just one paper where thay made statment thay don't aprove it as sport . You can ask him to explain to you what they said . Start with Rampage , he is forgeting he has way to many inuries .Rashad had internal bleeding in brain ,Cat is in mess and she still fights ,Micheal is left with one eye , Daniel has perifer vision gone . Facts will tell u that more thne 90% beginners quit after they see what is real MMA . Don't listen to Joe Rogan llies .He never foought . Why not if he is so skilled like they say .He would but he coudn't .

[@mikeg103]

@@farsarubin7728 what kind of sissy shit is that? Look at the boxers who have DIED in the ring. Look at the boxers who have brain damage. It’s not just boxing and mma. Footbal players and pro wrestlers as well. That’s the risk you take. I completely disagree with you on this. And the main point I was making was that it takes MORE skill because you have to be good in so many disciplines.

[@Scout555]

@@mikeg103 that’s not how skill works. It’s not a number if skil but a deeper dive in the skill. Its like a one man band saying he’s more skilled vs. Jimi Hendrix because it takes more skill to play all those instruments. Now, there IS skill in MMA, its not barbaric but MMA requires a certain amount of knowledge of pieces of other sports but if a guy fights a specialist game -- an MMA guy who is NOT a specialist in a sport will not win vs the highest level of BJJ, Sambo, TKD , Muay Thai , Greco Roman because skill set in those are at a higher level.

[@Mrgood189]

That "sparring" session shows how full of shit Michael Jai White is. That shit wasnt even real or competitive sparring. Zab: Whats michael's record Vlad: ...eeh ... ehhhh.... You mean kabib 😂😂😂