How would kosta tsyzu do in the current 140 division

Id expect him to be a top guy at 140 in any era.

Based on the fact Vince Phillips stopped KT, fighters of today that give KT movement would beat him. This is just the most strange post. So a guy that stood in front of Tszyu, took his bombs in a war of attrition and ended up landing a monster shot late in the fight, means that guys that move will beat Tszyu, despite Tszyu beating all the guys that tried moving on him easily? They went to war. Phillips didn't move at all. As for the Judah not focused comments, what horse****. He was as focused for that fight as for any he's ever had, if not more so. He just got beat.

Based on the fact Vince Phillips stopped KT, fighters of today that give KT movement would beat him. Vince Phillips engaged in a shootout with Tszyu. He stood his ground, withstood bomb after bomb and always responded in kind with right hands of his own. It's a blueprint, of sorts - but still an incredibly dangerous and risky one that requires a ridiculous level of bottle and stamina. A focused Judah would have beaten KT. For Judah to be "focused", he'd have to be something he's never been. He's made a career out of lacking discipline and famous for lacking mental fortitude.

Tszyu matches up well with the current guys, at his best he would have Ko'd most of them. I think he would have outboxed Mattysse, but that would be a dangerous fight, the reason why I like Tszyu over him is because, it's actually a compliment to Lucas that he brings educated smart pressure, but to beat Tszyu you needed to be reckless and bring animal type pressure at the risk of being KO'd. I think in this fight Tszyu at his best would have time to get off and pick Mattyysse off with hard shots. Vince Phillips upset Tszyu, but probably shortened his own life in the process, I think it was one of those situations where Tzsyu may have overlooked him a little, but he was also a little more rangy and an extremely hard hitting jww like Matthysse. Tzsyu vs Garcia would be a tough fight also, I would expect some knockdowns and both guys being hurt, but Tzsyu had faster hands and through straighter and hit that bit harder with more accuracy, I expect those things to make the difference. Garcia has a chance in this fight, but Kostya was better period. Bradley is the guy I think gives him the most problems, because he has fast hands and he can go in there and be an animal, and swarm Tzsyu and give him no time to think. He also has an unbelievable chin and powers of recovery so yeah lots of qualities to get the job done. Prime vs prime I expect a see-saw battle and I will sit on the fence on this one. Good post. This is basically how I see it.

How quickly people forget. At his best, beats everyone at 140 today, Matthyse included.

Being hit to the body and terrible infighting were Kostya's flaws.

This is Kostya when pressured and hit back...! Knocked down in first link, and stoppage in the second link. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NmgVy7FE6bY&feature=relmfu http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pl6wiJXckoc No criticism. Peep Kostya's style and how he is so straight up with chin in the air.

If Judah couldn't take Kostya's right hand, then Kostya couldn't take Cool Vince Phillips right hand either.

He would be facing prime fighters, and that was Kostya's achilles heal pretty much his whole career.

A focused Judah would have beaten K Judah couldn't take Tszyu's right hand, and it would have landed eventually. Stop making excuses.

old judah did decent with garcia and matthysse, and finished the fight with both. prime judah did the chicken dance with tszyu. Styles make fights but I have to agree. Prime Tszyu is on a completely different level with the current crop.

Prime Kostya beats everyone, not sure about Lucas though This^^^^^^^^

Tszyu matches up well with the current guys, at his best he would have Ko'd most of them. I think he would have outboxed Mattysse, but that would be a dangerous fight, the reason why I like Tszyu over him is because, it's actually a compliment to Lucas that he brings educated smart pressure, but to beat Tszyu you needed to be reckless and bring animal type pressure at the risk of being KO'd. I think in this fight Tszyu at his best would have time to get off and pick Mattyysse off with hard shots. Vince Phillips upset Tszyu, but probably shortened his own life in the process, I think it was one of those situations where Tzsyu may have overlooked him a little, but he was also a little more rangy and an extremely hard hitting jww like Matthysse. Tzsyu vs Garcia would be a tough fight also, I would expect some knockdowns and both guys being hurt, but Tzsyu had faster hands and through straighter and hit that bit harder with more accuracy, I expect those things to make the difference. Garcia has a chance in this fight, but Kostya was better period. Bradley is the guy I think gives him the most problems, because he has fast hands and he can go in there and be an animal, and swarm Tzsyu and give him no time to think. He also has an unbelievable chin and powers of recovery so yeah lots of qualities to get the job done. Prime vs prime I expect a see-saw battle and I will sit on the fence on this one.

Being real, Tsyzu was a smart boxer with a very accurate lazer bomb of a straight right. I don't care how Judah fought, Tsyzu would land that punch and KO Judah sooner or later in my opinion. If he fought Judah 10 times I really believe he would KO Judah 10 times. Tsyzu had not really peaked yet when Phillips stopped him. Tsyzu had a very strong run of fights after the loss to Phillips and was rated in the top 3or 4 pfp. fighters in the world when Phillips was finished. I think Tsyzu would have KOed Phillips in a rematch. If you think Judah would have won a rematch with Tsyzu I respect your opinion. KT was the champion when he fought Phillips, KT was past the midway in his career, he was in his prime. A focused Judah would have beaten KT. Speaking of the Phillips vs Tsyzu fight here is it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwiXc-WN4_Y KT has terrible defense.

Let's be real about this, if Judah hadn't got careless and c.ocky the outcome would have been different. The fact Vince Phillips not only beat Tsyzu, Phillips stopped him. Says a lot about it. Being real, Tsyzu was a smart boxer with a very accurate lazer bomb of a straight right. I don't care how Judah fought, Tsyzu would land that punch and KO Judah sooner or later in my opinion. If he fought Judah 10 times I really believe he would KO Judah 10 times. Tsyzu had not really peaked yet when Phillips stopped him. Tsyzu had a very strong run of fights after the loss to Phillips and was rated in the top 3or 4 pfp. fighters in the world when Phillips was finished. I think Tsyzu would have KOed Phillips in a rematch. If you think Judah would have won a rematch with Tsyzu I respect your opinion.

Based on the fact Vince Phillips stopped KT, fighters of today that give KT movement would beat him. Yeah i always thought if kt and floyd fought, that floyd would shut him down

He asked how Kostya would do in the current 140 division but yeah I'd pick prime Phillips over Khan, Peterson & many other top fighters of today at 140. Based on the fact Vince Phillips stopped KT, fighters of today that give KT movement would beat him.

I'd probably pick Matthysse and Bradley over him.

I would pick Tsyzu to beat all of them except Matthysse. I think Matthysse would KO Tsyzu but Tsyzu is a dangerous fight for anyone. Khan is moving to 147 and Peterson may not be the same anymore.Rios, Alvarado, and Garcia are all good fighters but I think Matthysse is the superstar of 140.

Vince Phillips says otherwise. He asked how Kostya would do in the current 140 division but yeah I'd pick prime Phillips over Khan, Peterson & many other top fighters of today at 140.