Recorded May 27, 2014

Noah recently appeared on the "The Rick and Brad Morning Show" on 100.5 The KATT.  His next opponent, the future, and his family were all discussed in this entertaining six-minute interview.

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 Published in the Jan/Feb 2014 edition of Thrive Oklahoma magazine

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Published August 25, 2013 at EastsideBoxing.com

In front of a packed house last night at the Lucky Star Casino in Oklahoma, WBU Lightweight Champion Noah Zuhdi did not disappoint the partisan crowd as he knocked out clever counter-puncher Gyula Vajda in the second round to defend his championship.

Zuhdi (17-1, 13 KOs) came out strong and Vajda (12-4, 8 KOs) came out stubborn in the first stanza. In a lightening quick exchange in the center of the ring, Zuhdi followed up a jab with a thudding straight right, right as Vajda was trying to counter. The flash knockdown seem to only wake the Hungarian up, however. Vajda began fighting at a heightened sense and temporarily stunned Zuhdi with a counter left that the champion described as “the second hardest I’ve ever been hit with.”

Dickie Wood, Zuhdi’s trainer, explained afterward, “He just got away from the gameplan. That’s all it was. He wasn’t moving around enough. I did my best to set him straight and get him back on the right page, the gameplan. And he did." continue reading

Published August 23, 2013 by EastsideBoxing.com

When WBU Lightweight Champion Noah Zuhdi (16-1, 12 KOs) steps in the ring against Hungarian challenger Gyula Vajda (12-3, 8 KOs) on August 24 at the Lucky Star Casino, he is not just fighting a sharp counterpuncher in his first title defense.  He is fighting the litany of naysayers and people who subscribe to an archaic notion that a boxer has to be born and act a certain way in order to thrive in the sport.

We know what real fighters are.  Fighters are not practicing lawyers or attorneys.  Fighters do not start training in their twenties.  Fighters do not grow up geographically and socioeconomically in middle America.  And certainly real fighters do not video chat with a wife and infant son every night while in training camp.  Yet, Zuhdi is and does all of these things, and he has fought his way to the fringes of boxing stardom. 

Beginnings

Zuhdi’s passion for the sport fueled a victory for the World Boxing Union (WBU) Lightweight Championship last year in what WBU executive Joe Louis Barrow II—yes, son of that Joe Louis—hailed as “the best fight I’ve seen in ten years.”  Despite playing college basketball and starting boxing while in law school, the 30-year old always had a love for boxing.

“Even though I grew up the son of an amateur boxer (my dad),” Zuhdi explained, “it was actually my mom who first introduced me to boxing.  She knew me and my interests and told me one night, ‘Come over here and watch this.  I think you’ll like it.’ It happened to be a Mike Tyson fight.  From then on, I knew this was a sport I wanted to follow.  It was both beautiful and brutal inside the ring.”  continue reading



Published January 11, 2013 at OKC Friday
By Rose Lane

In honor of his historic World Boxing Union world lightweight championship, Noah Zuhdi signed the gloves he used to win the title and donated them for an exhibit at the Oklahoma History Museum.

Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma History Center, was a special guest during a multi-course dinner honoring Zuhdi. He captured the world title at the Cox Center on Sept. 20, 2012, defeating in a 12-round unanimous decision German Jurado (12-2) of Changuinola, Panama.  continue reading

Published October 4, 2012 by DoghouseBoxing.com

By David Ruff, Doghouse Boxing.

Noah Zuhdi, 16 and 1, of Oklahoma City made his city and family proud by winning the WBU lightweight championship on September 20, 2012, at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City.

This was known as “the fight for glory,” and it made Oklahoma history.  This was the first title fight of its kind ever held in the Sooner State.  Don “Moose” Lewis, president of the WBU, said, “I knew Oklahoma City was recognized worldwide for its commitment to big-time sporting events.  Now it’s also added a world-champion boxer in Noah Zuhdi.”

According to Lewis, the WBU was the subject of a recent Academy Award-winning film, “The Fighter,” based on the life of Mickey Ward.  Such legendary boxers as Mickey Ward, Ricky Hatton, Thomas Hearns, and George Foreman have won the WBU title in the past, and now we can add Noah Zuhdi.  continue reading

Check out the cover story Edmond Outlook had on Noah here.

Published November 12, 2009 by The Oklahoman

By Robert Przybylo

Lightweight boxer Noah Zuhdi is known for many things. He was a point guard for St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee. He has a law degree from the University of Oklahoma. But all he really wants to be known as is a fighter. Entering his third year as a professional, Zuhdi knows this year is crucial to his development. Zuhdi, the Oklahoma lightweight champion, will fight in one of the five bouts at Remington Park tonight. continue reading