Southpaw former world champion Zab Judah (pictured) scored a second-round knockout over Ubaldo Hernandez on Friday night at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas to improve to 38-6 with his 26th career KO. The victory was the fourth in the past five fights for the 32-year-old Judah since June 2007, when he was knocked out in the 11th round by Miguel Cotto.
A former three-time titlist, Judah scored three knockdowns while ending a nearly 12-month layoff against Hernandez (22-20-2, 10 KOs), who, like him, weighed 145 pounds for their welterweight matchup.
Judah was coming off of last November's 10-round unanimous decision victory over Earnest Johnson, which helped him to rebound from being stopped in the ninth round by Joshua Clottey in August 2008.
Hernandez lost for the third straight time.
In another welterweight fight, former four-time world champion Joel Casamayor (37-4-1, 22 KOs) scored an eight-round unanimous decision over Jason Davis (11-5-1, three KOs).
The Cuban-born Casamayor, 38, ended a nearly 14-month layoff in the process, improving to 6-1-1 since losing a split decision to Jose Luis Castillo for the WBC lightweight title in December 2004.
Also a southpaw, Casamayor was coming off of a September 2008 loss to Juan Manuel Marquez, when he was stopped for the first time in his career in the 11th-round of a tightly-contested, lightweight (135 pounds) matchup.
Also on the card was Salvador Sanchez (17-3-2, eight KOs), who earned a six-round unanimous decision over Jose Pachecho in a 124-pound bout.
