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Zab Judah still in hospital after suffering KO defeat as former world champion receives huge outpouring of support from boxing world Zab Judah, 41, was stopped in the 11th round of his fight with Cletus Seldin  He was dominated and took hundreds of punches to the head on Friday night It was thought that Judah was in a coma but he is awake and communicating  Tony Bellew and Frank Buglioni were among those to offer support online 

By Will Griffee For Mailonline

Published: 19:03 BST, 9 June 2019 | Updated: 19:19 BST, 9 June 2019

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Zab Judah is still in hospital after suffering a heavy knockout defeat and taking around 300 punches to the head on Friday night. 

The 41-year-old former light-welterweight world champion was comprehensively beaten by Cletus Seldin and there were fears he was in a coma, prompting a massive outpouring of well-wishes from the boxing fraternity. 

Fortunately the recent developments are more promising and Judah is understood to be conscious and able to speak. 

Zab Judah is still in hospital after suffering a heavy knockout defeat on Friday night

Zab Judah is still in hospital after suffering a heavy knockout defeat on Friday night 

Star Boxing president Joe DeGuardia, told Sky Sports News: 'Zab is in the hospital. He is awake and communicating and making progress.

'At present, he and his family are just requesting privacy with respect to anything further and we will have an update on Tuesday.'

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