By Mac Arnold
Fighting Side Editor

This Saturday's matchup for the unified super lightweight title between Amir "King" Khan and Zab "Super" Judah has all the right makings to be an exciting fight even if both boxers possess similar styles.

It also is a crossroads bout for each as well. Khan, the WBA champ at 25-1 with 17 KOs, can hold claim to his rightful place among today's best fighters and continue on in his quest to gain a fight with five-time champ Floyd "Money" Mayweather.

Judah, the IBF champ, at 33 a loss at this point in his career would likely drop him into the category of faded ex-champs. He already has lost a 2006 IBF welterweight title fight against Mayweather.

Both pugilists are puncher-boxers who focus more on putting punches together in order to score a knockout and are content on winning a decision if need be to take the fight.

Often similar styles can break fights rather than make them, but since each boxer here is more brash than the ordinary fighter, I see this heightening the action.

The volatile Judah (41-6 28 KOs), who shoved a ref with a glove and tossed a stool after he was stopped in his November 2001 junior welterweight title match against Kostya Tszyu, often starts fast and fades in the later rounds.

Khan, who says his youth will be served in this fight, counts on his hand and foot speed to get inside of his opponent to score punches and then get out.

Both fighters have highly touted trainers with Khan being handled by an even bigger loud mouth, Freddie Roach, and Judah having longtime Olympic and lightweight champ Pernell Whitaker in his corner.

I see this fight going the distance with Khan having his hand raised after the final bell rings in the 12th round. There could be some early struggles for the British battler, with the southpaw Judah scoring a flash knockdown perhaps in the third or fourth round.

The fight is on regular HBO and I'll be front and center watching in the Arnold living room at 10 p.m. Saturday.