Floyd Mayweather Jr. have secured former rival Zab Judah as one of his sparring partners to prepare for the fight against Manny Pacquiao. Judah once fought Mayweather in 2006 when he lost to his fellow American via a unanimous decision. Judah posed a challenge for Mayweather in some rounds of their fight and he is a left-handed aggressive fighter like Pacquiao that Mayweather camp believes he can help the undefeated American in the preparation against the Filipino.

"Come Monday, we're going to work,” Judah said to FightHype.com on Saturday. “[Floyd Mayweather] He’s a dominant fighter. I have a lot of respect for him and I want to see him do good. And if I can be of help, that's what I'm here to do.”

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The 37 year old Judah has 42 wins against 9 losses in his boxing career. One of his losses came in April 8, 2006 when he lost to Mayweather at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather won via unanimous decision but two of the judges scored it 117-111 and 116-112 for Mayweather which means that Judah was credited to winning two to three rounds in the fight against Mayweather nine years ago. In that fight, Mayweather retained the International Boxing Federation welterweight title and won the vacant International Boxing Organisation welterweight title.

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Judah assured in the same interview that will “go hard” at Mayweather in the sparring sessions promising to be like Pacquiao and provide “good power, good speed, good angles, good movement.”Judah is in the downtrend of his career and has lost three of his last four bouts. He has won against Vernon Paris but lost to Amir Khan, Danny Garcia and Paul Malignaggi since 2011.

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The 38 year old Mayweather’s sparring partners also include another former opponent DeMarcus Corley, who lost to Mayweather in 2004 via a 12 round unanimous decision. Mayweather was more dominant in this fight compared to the Judah bout but Corley notched one round out of twelve in some of the scorecards.

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