Zab might win the first couple of rounds with his speed, but Palomino's pressure starts to tell by the mid rounds, and he stops Zab around the 10th.
They were both good fighters whose limitations were exposed at the highest level...unfortunately for Judah, his were also exposed somewhere below the highest level, as evidenced in losses to Baldomir & Clottey. I agree with you, CDogg...Palomino has him beat, in about ten or eleven rounds, I should think.
definitely, Palomino's biggest strength was his energetic commitment... he worked in there, kept pressing... far more talented fighters have done a lot less