Will Pacquiao Fight Zab Judah Next if He Beats Marquez?

Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO's), holder of the IBF junior welterweight (140 lbs.) world title, challenged Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO's), the No. 1 fighter at lightweight (135 lbs.), to a match this summer.

Marquez appears interested, likely to get a chance to become the first Mexican-born fighter to win world titles in four weight divisions. Marquez has already won titles in three.

Judah is fast and smart. Marquez is tough and smart. Either man could go down if they slip up too much against the other.

Now that an official date is being explored for July 30 or August 6, according to queensberry-rules.com, one must think of the many possible outcomes of this match.

One obvious outcome is Marquez's victory and another is Judah vanquishing Marquez.

Marquez has wanted a third and final fight against Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO's) for a long time to close their well-documented epic series of close fights.

Unfortunately, Marquez fights under the Golden Boy promotional banner and Pacquiao fights under their much-hated rival, Top Rank.

The two refuse to work peacefully together.

As long as those sides feud, Pacquiao and Marquez can't ever come together. Being that Marquez is 37 years old, there's not a whole lot of time to mend a feud that spans many years.

Now, if Judah can pull off a victory, his promoter can be quite agreeable to land a match with Pacquiao.

Kathy Duva, the CEO of Main Events, has a track record for pulling off great negotiations.

Judah is a perfect bad guy for a good documentary fight promo.

Even if he is not as villainous as welterweight bad boy Floyd Mayweather, he is still a controversial and sometimes unpredictable character.

Judah has great speed, decent power and is the same age as Pacquiao, 32.

These things will leave the audience wondering whether Judah could beat Pacquiao, especially if Judah beats Marquez in a fantastic fashion.

Judah is a great boxer with amazing ability that some have compared over the years to Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO's).

Mayweather has been hard to negotiate with, and if he continues to be challenging, a fight against Judah may be the best option.

Most other fighters are either too old (Shane Mosley), too inexperienced (Andre Berto) or too big (Sergio Martinez)

Judah is just the right size, age and experience level to be considered a fair opponent for Pacquiao.

So if he pulls off the upset, would you like Zab "Super" Judah to face Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao?