What Made Kostya Tsyzu Great?

[kayjay]

ya rwk you're an idiot mosley never fought anybody at 140, so no hes not better than anybody at 140. and tszyu is great because he went 19-2 in title fights w/o ducking people.

I'm pretty sure he fought at 140 a number of times before getting the 135 lb. title. But this is not what was meant.

[Dirt E Gomez]

Tszyu was a solid fighter and a good champion. Nothing more, nothing less. Too discredit him too far is a joke and to suggest he was fantastic was a bigger joke.

[Slotff]

His best win is over an overrated Zab Judah and a Sharmba Mitchell that isn't that good to begin with. He beat up on an old Julio Cesar Chavez and Jesse James Leija. ...

If you think Judah is overrated along with Mitchell and Chavez and Leija are old then there is nothing great about him. I am not really disagreeing. Judah is overblown, and those two were old, but the facts are:

Notable wins:

Ruelas- TKO
Mitchell- TKO
Mitchell II- TKO
Urkal- UD
Chavez- TKO
Jeija- TKO
R. Mayweather- TKO
Judah- TKO
Tackie- UD

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Zoo's reign was long and impressive

but I pick all of the following to beat Zoo at 140 (or be in a pick'em fight with him)

Ricky Hatton
Floyd Mayweather Jr,
Shane Mosley
Oscar De La Hoya
Wilfredo Benitez
Roberto Duran
Aaron Pryor
Duilio Loi
Nicolino Locche

and I probably forgot others (Ross, Armstrong were possibly too small)

[j]

how dare some of you arm chair critics criticize kostya. he beat everyone in front of him except 2 peoples. one- ending in a standing tko. the other, that hatton bull****! other than that, pure ass kicking machine.

funny that some people like to worship boxers that were well before their time, yet be barely able to compliment some of the great boxers we have seen in the last 10 years.

lay off the the memories and watch what is in front of you. don't try to be slanted like burt sugar.

[majestiC]

how about we ignore every post sin makes? alwasy biased ****

[satori555]

rememeber when hatton beat a 52 year old retired zoo and people took it seriously? talk about picking your spots

[majestiC]

rememeber when hatton beat a 52 year old retired zoo and people took it seriously? talk about picking your spots

yea a 36 year old zoo that was p4p 3, why dont we go at hopkins hes 42?

[EMPOROAR]

Bottom line - this guy dominated the 140 lb division and in impressive fashion. The thing that made him so special was his style. If you made a mistake, he would tag you with the right hand and stun you with it. The next time, he would rock you, and the next time you would be flat on your ass. He was as clinical as you can get and never, ever has been outboxed.

I personally think he would beat Floyd Mayweather easily at 140.

[iron mike tyson]

rememeber when hatton beat a 52 year old retired zoo and people took it seriously? talk about picking your spots

52 because hatton fought and beat him but if it was mayweather in the ring that night and beat him hed be that 36 year old great champnion who was p4p top 3 at the time and mayweather beat