kostya used to play with guys, he enjoyed the fight and that has cost him in the past...the greatest mentioned the phillips fight...kostya lost that one, he got knocked out, but he fought vinces fight i think because he was enjoying it so much..lol..he was enjoying the bergman fight also until he got his head split open...then he got serious and knocked him out instantly on the restart of the fight, nearly killed him...he was enjoying the chaves fight also until he got the low blow from julio, and he knocked him out instantly on the restart of the fight...judah caught him early in the 1st round, this cost him as kostya stalked him through the 2nd until he got him...bang....hutardo dropped him early, he paid for it..jessie james quit in rd 6 from a beating and a broken ear drum, he nearly killed corley with a 1st rd destruction, gonzalez was beaten to a pulp, toughest guy ive seen, but he went low early and got the beating of his life...if you doubt his skill, watch him fight roger mayweather...12 rds of the best boxing youll see..lister to what roger says and had to say after that fight..and roger was a true great boxer..the reason floyd has never bagged out kostya is because he knows the quality of the guy, not just the one punch ability he brings...he heard that from his trianer who had first hand experience goin 12 rds with a young kostya on his way up..
his corner stopped it man, if he was gunna quit he coulda stopped alot earlier...his trainer is to smart and looked after his fighter who was gone, and had been gone for about 5 rds...but he never went down, and just kept punching, until the uppercut to the balls....
its not his eye, its his heart.....he is good when hes handing out a beating, but he panics an gets scared when he gets hit hard, he has always done it, and he always will do it...its his nature...he lacks heart under pressure..a good fighter who will take it to zab, will beat him 9 outta 10, a great fighter like tszyu will sort him out in a few minutes and knock him out..he turned his back a few times and grabbed the ropes today....wtf is that.. he was scared, he wanted to leave...and the ref shoulda tko`d him for not defending himself instead of jumping in and restarting the action without a 8 count....zabs only a winner when hes winning...but the cur comes out when the pressure is on even a little bit..and this guy wasnt even a big puncher, just a game guy there to fight hard...mayweather would play with him, hatton would kill him...back to those easy fights that made his hype..
i dont think ricky can beat floyd, but i think it will be a good fight..ricky is game, and a non stop type, but floyd will have his number..he fought well against kostya, but he couldnt put him away, kostya was shot by rd 6..absolutely gone...but it took his corner to stop him, not ricky..i think he would walk thru zab in a few rds, and same with baldimor..but floyd will beat him, and i think kostya would school him in a rematch.
i think hatton, then mayweather, if all goes well and zab still has all the 147 belts, i can see that as his last and he will win that easier than the other 2..
the phillips vs tszyu fight was a great hard fight, kostya fought vinces fjght, middle of the ring slugfest, i dont remember kostya takin one backward step in that fight, that cost him the fight, he was loving the battle, 1st time he really got pushed, and he walked into a great punch..great fight that was, kostya would beat him every time after that fight, and it taught him bigtime to fight his fight..watch that fight, between every round kostya is pattin vince on the ass sayin good fight between rounds. he loves to fight and he loves a hard challenge, he just didnt change during that fight and paid the price..that came from being young,confident and undefeatted..kostya is the most skillful guy around, his ring craft is way underrated, overlooked by the right hand, but he gets himself in position to throw that right hand, because hes worked the other fella out..and i think he will beat hatton with a body shot..kostya hits the body and head harder,faster and more accurate than hatton..he should beat hatton, beat mayweather and move up, destroy judah and retire...have 1 comeback fight to stop delahoya..i think he beats all these guys, i think he beats mayweather early and by ko..
no disrespect to hatton, as he is a good fighter, but i dont think he has enough to take kostya`s title. if he is serious about his plan to move forward and crowd and throw alot of punches then i think he will get knocked out early, if all he see`s in kostya is a straight right hand then he better not show up.. :p .i like the way kostya can really take anyone out at any time, especially if fouled..ala bergman headbutt after takin a boxing lesson for about 8 rnds..ko`d straight after, nearly killed him, ala chaves boxing lesson for 6 rnds, then the last low blow..resumed to a instant devestating left/right knock down, ala hurtado after being down,etc..roughhousin kostya pisses him off, and a mad kostya is devestating..il back tszyu in 5.
He`s Got The Punch, If He Gets Mad, Which He Does Rarely, He Goes For The Kill. Ala Chaves , Bergman etc, And Some Of Those Tko`s Were Awesome, Gonzales,ruelas,mccory,judah,chaves,mitchell Etc...even The Draw Was Great, He Knocked The Guy Down 3 Times In The 1st Round And The 3rd Was On The Bell, He Played The Draw And Got It...joke, Should Be A Ko.