Kostya Tszyu VS Ricky Hatton

[BrooklynBomber]

damn yankees , they think the world starts in LA and ends in NY.

ya know the worst ? when they say " he is a protected fighter , he never fights outside his country , he should prove himself in vegas "

do they realize that their fighters fight in their country too that would be like sayin jeff lacy should prove himslef in PARIS or MANCHESTER? they say michachelzwky was scared because he never lived germany to fight RJJ , but RJJ never leaved USA neither .

sometimes it makes me which colonel lafayette would have sided with you brits.

No thats not true. The world starts in NY and ends in LA. But this is just the US arrogance. Even though boxing is dying in US and getting bigger in Europe we still think that Las Vegas is boxing Mecca. but give it 5-10 years and you will see us americans change our opinion on who is who in boxing.

[J !]

haha i love your footer was is all that about

"i lie to girls"

funny!

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

It doesnt get any better, i've been fighting the UK corner for a while now, Frank The Tanks backed me up a lot but the Yanks dont rate anyone who doesnt kiss their ass!!

I've been told by many they would rate Hatton better if he got beat by Tszyu is the US than they would if he beat Tszyu in the UK!?!? I'll never understand that, IMO it doesnt matter where the ring is, its the fighters in it.

That's F**kin' crazy man!...

"I've been told by many they would rate Hatton better if he got beat by Tszyu is the US than they would if he beat Tszyu in the UK!?!? "

I swear, some of them live in a goldfish bowl. Not all Yanks of course, some are quite sensible.

[Invader_Stu]

Edit: Eek wrong thread :s

[majestiC]

I can see Hatton winning this within five rounds but depends on his chin/cuts, I honestly don't see tzu keeping up with Hatton's non-stop insane pace due to the lack of rounds tzu has had in the past 2-4 years! Hatton looked more hungry than ever against olivera and with a world title fight with the best he surely must be eating large african elephants at the moment, I cannot wait any longer it sure will be a amazing peice of boxing!

[Moon]

Ricky is a lot better than people are giving him credit for... And everyone say's he ONLY fights bums. That's not entirly true.

I wouldn't say that Harris's, Witter's, Gatti's, Mayweather's opposition in there last 2yrs/3-4 fights is very different in level to that of Hatton's.

Martin .... you can add Judah's latest exploit to that list.
What a disgrace to have put that man in in ring with Judah. So what if the guy was supposed to have the chin-of-steel, he was dead slow, scare to death, and had very limited c-level skills. Judah must be proud.

[the_painless]

I am from Australia and i hope to god tszyu smashes him cause i have been winding up a few of my british friends at work. However i think this could be a war! Interestingly here in oz is that some of the betting agencies have tszyu as hot favourtie. The only advice i could give to my workmates is for them to get their money on hatton cause they are giving great odds.
Who is the favourite in England and what's it payin?

[elveiel]

Tszyu 2/5

Draw 25/1

Hatton 7/4

[mosley]

Martin .... you can add Judah's latest exploit to that list.
What a disgrace to have put that man in in ring with Judah. So what if the guy was supposed to have the chin-of-steel, he was dead slow, scare to death, and had very limited c-level skills. Judah must be proud.

You got that right. And yet Judah still acts like like an arrogant jerk. A graduate of the Floyd Mayweather school of charm.


GO KOSTYA!

[Moon]

From BBC Five this morning ........

Hatton warned by confident Tszyu

Tszyu has been beaten once in 33 contests Kostya Tszyu believes that he is far better than anyone Ricky Hatton has ever faced before. The IBF light welterweight champion arrived in England on Sunday, with his 12-strong entourage, for the 5 June clash at Manchester's MEN Arena.

Tszyu said: "Ricky has fought some great fighters but he will find that I am another level above them.

"It is a great challenge for Ricky and he has got guts to step up and take it. I respect all my opponents."

The Russian-Australian has held a version of the world title for 10 years and beaten superstars like Julio Cesar Chavez, Zab Judah and Miguel Angel Gonzalez.

"The Manchester fans have a chance to show the world how good they are" Kostya Tszyu

And the 35-year-old, who has set up camp in Bolton, believes he is in better form than ever having recently returned from a two-year injury absence with a crushing win over Sharmba Mitchell.

Tszyu also insisted the prospect of fighting in front of 22,000 screaming Hatton fans holds no fears.

"If the fans are crazy it will make a great night but I am sure they understand and love boxing," said Tszyu.

"When I fought Chavez in Phoenix in front of 15,000 Mexicans it was so bad I never even waited for the decision.