Perhaps Young will bill it as: Unwanted Vs. Undeserving. Or Nobody Cares But We're Putting It On, Anyway. Something scintillating like that.
Are you ready for the boxing blockbuster TBA?

Zab "Banned By Nevada" Judah against Hector "Is He Still Fighting" Camacho, Jr.
I can hear New Jersey's singing son, Springsteen, in the background and he is warbling "Glory Days" even though, clearly, the Gatti Sellout Era is over and done with on the Boardwalk. A certain fellow from Santa Fe, Argentina named King Carlos Baldomir (more on Baldy below) took care of that.

If this fight materializes, Hazzard's many critics will come out of the woodwork. There will be stories and columns written deploring New Jersey not following Nevada's lead on the Judah ban.

But guess what? Hazzard, who has ruled Garden State boxing with his iron fist and no velvet glove for 20 years now after his appointment by Gov. Tom Kean, won't be flouting any law if he does license Judah.

And, if you know Larry like I know Larry, Hazzard will green light Judah to box in his state. Hazzard has already spoken about doing so. Sure, Larry might lay a grandfatherly rap on Zabdiel but rest assured he will be licensed. 

Kizer and associates in Nevada will be steamed, yes. They revoked Judah's license 
for several bad acts, including his throwing a chair at ref Jay Nady and the more recent in ring brawl with the Mayweather crew. But this is a disciplinary suspension or revocation and no other state is legally bound to follow it.

No other state is even required to honor any other state's revocation of a boxer's license for medical reasons. There prime examples of that now are heavyweight Baby Mesi, medically banned by both Nevada and his home state of New York, and Evander Holyfield, banned by New York for "poor performance and diminished skills," but currently licensed and prepping for his second comeback bout in the great state of Texas. You might argue that New York's remarks about Evander's diminution of ring skills is not "medical" but that is a picayune point.

So, while there will be a mini-controversy about Hazzard licensing Zab, the real storm figures to be the question of licensing Zab's father, manager and chief trainer, Yoel Judah. Yoel and Roger Mayweather bought were slapped with one year Nevada cornermen suspensions. Mayweather aide Leonard Ellerbe only got a four-month ban because he did not throw any punches in the in-ring melee.

The Association Of Boxing Commissions, led by Missouri's Tim Lueckenhoff, would join Nevada in urging New Jersey to honor Yoel's Nevada suspension. But the ABC and Maverick Larry have a troubled past.

"New Jersey does not pay dues to the ABC," an insider told me today. "And New Jersey, meaning Hazzard, has not attended ABC conventions for four or five years. Larry ran for vice president the last time he attended and he did not win the post. Larry's secretary, Rhonda, was a poor loser. She blasted the organization and its members as "racists."

And you thought John Kerry took losing an election badly.

So Zab gets his license but what about fiery Pop?

"I think Maverick Larry will give it to Yoel and give him a lecture also," the insider said. "And that is when the shit storm will start." 

I don't know what hotel-casino Brian Young can sell this one to or what TV entity, excluding ESPN, would buy it. Some guy told they might try PPF which, in this case, would mean Pay Per Few.

Young man, Young man, you might want to keep this one down in Tennessee or Mississippi.

Or a brighter thought: save us all the sturm and drang and wait until April 8, 2007, when both Judahs can reapply in Nevada. They'll get reticketed and you won't put Marverick Larry into a fight with the ABC folks.

Hazzard vs. Lueckenhoff figures to be more interesting than Judah against 
Camacho when you analyze it.

Fight Beat Talkee-Taklee or, in tribute to the late, great and seldom sober, Ben Greene, Strike Me Pink If I don't think that...

Oleg Maskaev is making his move...with a moving truck. Next week, the new WBC heavyweight champ will relocate his family from Staten Island to West Sacramento, Ca.

Maybe when things get rough for the Governator, Pump You Up Arnie S., he can call over to the Big O. You know, for some political muscle when those Democrats get out of line in the Cali capital city. Coincidentally, Maskaev "acquired" a top-flight boxing writer in his new hometown. Sacramento Bee scribe Jim Jenkins covers 49ers football and boxing and knows both sports inside out. OK, Jim, you "win" Dennis Rappaport in the territorial draft...Which reminds that another Old School fight scribe is still plugging away in Reno and that is "ne'er do wel," and my former sports editor, Steve Sneddon...

Speaking of Rapstar Dennis, he's had discussions with Russian interests for a December optional title defense, maybe in Moscow. But I would think that Oleg's six-week complete rest for his left elbow really puts his next fight over into 2007. Now Rappaport will commence battling with Jose Sulaiman and the James Toney-Sam Peter winner over when Big O has to do his mandatory. Never, ever understimate the wiles of Rapstar...

Bosses at Sycuan Casino in San Diego are loving Carlos Baldomir for more reasons than his upset victories over Judah, Arturo Gatti and hopefully a Triple Crown upset over Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather on November 4. After the Gatti victory, Baldy, his wife and four kids hung out in Diego and made the usual stops, SeaWorld, Legoland, etc. But the fighter from Argentina also got busy in the casino and gambled away $10,000. A few nights later, Baldy's luck returned and he won $15,000. Tribal Chairman Dan Tucker, a visionary with a wicked sense of humor (they call it "the Sycuan needle{" when Big Dan ribs you) called Glenn Quiroga, boxing boss and tribal treasurer, and jokingly suggested Baldy cash in his chips and go home. In another example of his gambler's heart, when he weighed a huge 185 pounds at the start of training for Gatti, Baldy bet the Sycuan boys that he could lose 10 pounds in one week. The wager was made for $1,000 per pound and a week later Baldy collected his $10,000 diet bonus.

Soon after Baldy made a Vegas run and won $25,000 on the tables at the MGM Grand. So then he gave Sycuan VP Scott Woodworth a taste of "the Sycuan needle" in reverse. "Scott," Baldy said by phone, "I retire from boxing now. I have new career." Woodworth nearly went into cardiac arrest and then said, "OK, Carlos, what's the joke? "I'm a professional gambler now," Baldy said. When later told by Woodworth that the megafight with PBF was a done deal, the impish Baldy looked with his sad face and said, "Is this the end of Carlos?"

Baldomir's family used to be so poor that his four children couldn't even pay attention in school. Supplementing his dismal boxing income with fishing, Carlos and his wife wanted to make sure the just caught dinners were fairly shared by all the kids.So he and their mother told the kids to eat the fish carefully because of the dangerous bones. That lesson was well learned because, in AC one of his sons sat down with a plate of spaghetti, a new dish to the child, and he asked his mother, "Mom, are there bones in this?" So selling feather dusters on the street and splitting one skimpy fish between six people is all part of the incredible Baldomir journey...

As a former Red Sox fan, I can't wait for Patriots football to get going, lol. But Lou DiBella, who combines baseball, boxing and insanity into his so-called life, has his Class AA 

Connecticut Defenders (San Francisco farm club) battling through this weekend with New Britain to stay out of the Eastern League East cellar. Uncle Lou is staging fireworks after the Defenders play the Binghamton Mets and will make an on-field announcement that his team will host next year's EL All Star Game in Norwich. Among boxing people who invested in Met maniac DiBella's team are Jay and Alan Wartski...

I am done Laboring until after Labor Day, I think. Oh, yeah, no can do. Toney vs. Peters, all 490 pounds of them, on the tube Saturday night (Showtime) from LA....

Miss Manners, the advice columnist, should really give James some rudimentary lessons. He reminds me of the drunken Thanksgiving dinner guest who drinks up all the booze and then starts throwing turkey wings at grandma at the other end of the table...You'd think Dan Goossen could teach JT some of the social graces...