Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather has the exact style to defeat Tsyzu. Mayweather is a defensive genius and I picture him outboxing, outsmarting, outslicking Tsyzu much like the way Pernell Whitaker did to Chavez. The only thing Tszyu has in his favor is his power which can be nullified and counterpunched by a defensive master like Mayweather. Some people talk like Tszyu is unbeatable. I guess they never seen the Vince Phillips fight. The next guy to beat Tszyu is the one man who can thouroughly outbox his azz and that man is Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather. :D
Floyd mayweather is awesome, him not having a good chin or whatever is irrelevant because of his defensive skill. It comes down to whether or not Kostya is fast enough to overwhelm him. probably not.
zoo has big time power but will he be able to handle PBFs speed. I think floyd would beat zoo to the punch surely he will catch him with a big punch but if floyd weathers a few big power shots i could see him using his speed and defense to ud or maybe stop zoo late in the fight. This fight will be great i cant wait its only a matter of time.
Firstly, the Vince Phillips fight was 1997. Anyone who has watched Tszyu knows that he fights totally differently now than he did then.
Secondly, Tszyu's body punches are way, way better than people think. And Tszyu is much smarter than people think. People said he couldn't catch Zab, people said he couldn't catch Mitchell.. Tszyu has a saying..."you have to stop to punch"... Floyd will taste more power in this fight than ever before, and wouldn't last 12.
Well said IMO.
You can't actually throw effective powerful punches when your moving away from your opponent. If he wants to hit Tszyu, he'll have to stop. If he does, at some point in the fight he will get tagged. I'm not saying that will end the fight either way, just that there cant be many people who seriously think Tszyu will never land a punch for the whole match.
Tszyu did struggle a little with Zab's speed in the first round, its true. But Tszyu is a patient fighter. He picks his opportunities. He is also very accurate, and doesnt waste energy by throwing useless flurries of speedy weak punches, that seems to wow so many fans (why I dont know..).
Either way I'd love to see this fight, like millions of other fight fans around the globe, but it will never happen. It keeps being brought up every few weeks but this fight is destined to be a fantasy fight only. The two fighters are contracted to different networks, and while Tszyu's career has to come to an end sometime and would take this fight I'm not sure the younger PBF would want to.
Let's look at this in an unbiased perspertive. Mayweather has a good chance at defeating Tszyu, but the odds are against him. I know you guys love Mayweather, but lets be realistic. This fight would be like ODLH agaist Hopkins. Oscar had a chance because of his talent, but the chances were bleak. Mayweather has lots of talent but Tszyu is the man in the light-welters. The only way Mayweather has a chance is if Tszyu ages overnight or if he proves he belongs in this weight class.
Firstly, the Vince Phillips fight was 1997. Anyone who has watched Tszyu knows that he fights totally differently now than he did then.
Secondly, Tszyu's body punches are way, way better than people think. And Tszyu is much smarter than people think. People said he couldn't catch Zab, people said he couldn't catch Mitchell.. Tszyu has a saying..."you have to stop to punch"... Floyd will taste more power in this fight than ever before, and wouldn't last 12.
It seems that the majority of the people on this thread think that Tszyu will eventually impose his power on Floyd and KO him rather easily. I'll go against the grain and say that Floyd fights very cautiously and either stops Tszyu late after wearing him down or takes a close decision. Power isn't everything. I think Floyd would rise to the occasion and win this fight.
That is my point power aint everything. Time after time throughout history we have seen power punchers fall to a slick style boxer. From Ali Vs. Foreman, Ali Vs. Liston, Holyfield Vs. Tyson, Leonard Vs. Duran II, Whitaker Vs. Chavez, Hopkins Vs. Trinidad. The list goes on and on. I just see it in the styles Mayweather is too defensively slick for Tszyu to land anything solid wnough for a KO therefore Tszyu will outpoint him and win by UD. Not a KO a UD.
There's plenty gone the other way too. :)
Yeah, plenty have gone the other way!!
And the fighters mentioned were the same weight as each other, Floyd is a lot smaller than Tszyu so the power will be more effective.
That is my point power aint everything. Time after time throughout history we have seen power punchers fall to a slick style boxer. From Ali Vs. Foreman, Ali Vs. Liston, Holyfield Vs. Tyson, Leonard Vs. Duran II, Whitaker Vs. Chavez, Hopkins Vs. Trinidad. The list goes on and on. I just see it in the styles Mayweather is too defensively slick for Tszyu to land anything solid wnough for a KO therefore Tszyu will outpoint him and win by UD. Not a KO a UD.
There's plenty gone the other way too. :)
I would believe you if he wasn't fighting a complete bum in his next fight.
it dont really matter. its the styles I'm looking at. Mayweather has the style to defeat Tsyzu no matter who he fights next.
Well that was his FIRST fight at 140...as he settles in he will get more used to the weight....also from the Vince Phillips fight I would say that Tszyu chin didnt look so great. :D
I would believe you if he wasn't fighting a complete bum in his next fight.
The thing is that PBF's chin did not look that great in his first fight at 140 lbs.
Well that was his FIRST fight at 140...as he settles in he will get more used to the weight....also from the Vince Phillips fight I would say that Tszyu chin didnt look so great. :D
That is my point power aint everything. Time after time throughout history we have seen power punchers fall to a slick style boxer. From Ali Vs. Foreman, Ali Vs. Liston, Holyfield Vs. Tyson, Leonard Vs. Duran II, Whitaker Vs. Chavez, Hopkins Vs. Trinidad. The list goes on and on. I just see it in the styles Mayweather is too defensively slick for Tszyu to land anything solid wnough for a KO therefore Tszyu will outpoint him and win by UD. Not a KO a UD.
The thing is that PBF's chin did not look that great in his first fight at 140 lbs.
Tszyu will have his hands full with Floyd just like Floyd will with him but i think it would be an amazing fight. Floyd ain't never met anyone with the power of Tszyu and the worst thing for Floyd is that Tszyu is fast with it. It will be a good fight for Floyd because we would see whether he can hang with the 140 guys. In this fight Floyd will obviously get tagged by Tszyu, when he does will he cope or fall? Tszyu boxing skills wise isn't as good as Floyd and his hope of vicotry is a stoppage, Floyd on the other hand needs to outbox and move. I don't want to make a call on this because as we all know, power ain't everything.
That is my point power aint everything. Time after time throughout history we have seen power punchers fall to a slick style boxer. From Ali Vs. Foreman, Ali Vs. Liston, Holyfield Vs. Tyson, Leonard Vs. Duran II, Whitaker Vs. Chavez, Hopkins Vs. Trinidad. The list goes on and on. I just see it in the styles Mayweather is too defensively slick for Tszyu to land anything solid wnough for a KO therefore Tszyu will outpoint him and win by UD. Not a KO a UD.
Tszyu will have his hands full with Floyd just like Floyd will with him but i think it would be an amazing fight. Floyd ain't never met anyone with the power of Tszyu and the worst thing for Floyd is that Tszyu is fast with it. It will be a good fight for Floyd because we would see whether he can hang with the 140 guys. In this fight Floyd will obviously get tagged by Tszyu, when he does will he cope or fall? Tszyu boxing skills wise isn't as good as Floyd and his hope of vicotry is a stoppage, Floyd on the other hand needs to outbox and move. I don't want to make a call on this because as we all know, power ain't everything.
Tszyu has never fought a man with as great defensive skills as Mayweather. When he gets in the ring with Maywaether he will find that he cannot catch Mayweather, and round after round PBF will build up a lead. Tsyu in the last 5 rounds will know he is behind, in desperation with go for the knock out. When a fighter fights indesperation he is bound to make mistakes. Tsyzu will make mistakes and get countered severely for the rest of the fight. Mayweather wins wide UD :D
Really? I would expect something more like this.
http://www.sportinglife.com/pictures/general/allsporttszyuputsmitchelldown.jpg
http://www.boxingpress.de/fotos/Tszyu0401.jpg
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Nov-04-Sun-2001/photos/judah.jpg
Mitchell and Judah are no where near the fighter Mayweather is. Vince Phillips can tell you that. LOL :D