Is Kostya Tszyu a Hall of Famer?

[Orange Sneakers]

What a silly question. He's one of the greats...

[Steak]

Tszyu is a shoe-in for HOF at 140. No question. He's considered one of the BEST 140s of modern times. I won't do your homework for you. Does anybody know what years KT was ranked #1 p4p?

never?????

hes a HOF fighter tho, he has very good wins.

[Wiley Hyena]

never?????

hes a HOF fighter tho, he has very good wins.

Wrong......about your first statement.

[Steak]

I dont see him on this list... http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.ph...r_Pound--1990s
or this one... http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.ph...r_Pound--2000s

[Addison]

I have beef with Tszyu.

The guy was horribly innactive. And now he's just.. Inactive.

The Aussies (Tszyu Crew) tell him he's Jesus Christ, daily. I like the guy tremendously as a fighter but I feel he'll have more than just his resume to prove to some people.

Where is the "fire burning deep inside?" Where was it?

[Easton Assassin]

Best wins were over Zab Judah and Sharmba Mitchell.

Knockout losses to Vince Phillips and Ricky Hatton.

The better/more dominant fighters during "his era" were JCC , Pernell, Oscar, RJJ, Toney, BHop, MAB, Trinidad, Winky, Mayweather, ...

My personal opinion is that Tszyu, IN HIS PRIME, was a very good fighter. But probably a notch below HoF. One of the criteria that I use for HoF eligibility is that you had to have beaten another HoF-level guy, if possible.

Thoughts?

Tzsyu is a first ballot HOF.

Maywether maybe 5th ballot!

[RodBarker]

Im an aussie and dont think KT was the same level as ODH Mosley Trinidad Hopkins Nelson **** you could write a big list ,, and main reason is because he may have beaten them all but he didnt , he has actually a very tame resume compared to ODH or Mosley ,, KT just didnt fight anyone , thats the first reason , and he got beat badly thats the second ,, you got to do more than just win to be a HOF , there are lots of dominate prolific winners in boxing , HOF is more than that ,,,,what did Kostya do that was special ?

[Animal Squabbs]

Kostya had a dominate run in a real deep division, and when he beat Judah and Mitchell when no one else was. Now Mitchell is past his prime and still only lost Mayweather and that giraffe Williams. Tszyu koed Judah in 2 and Judah went on to win the Welterwight title.

[Wiley Hyena]

Im an aussie and dont think KT was the same level as ODH Mosley Trinidad Hopkins Nelson **** you could write a big list ,, and main reason is because he may have beaten them all but he didnt , he has actually a very tame resume compared to ODH or Mosley ,, KT just didnt fight anyone , thats the first reason , and he got beat badly thats the second ,, you got to do more than just win to be a HOF , there are lots of dominate prolific winners in boxing , HOF is more than that ,,,,what did Kostya do that was special ?

We've argued this extensively in prior threads Rod. You just don't like KT, for whatever reason. KT is HOF and I'm not the one that came up with this idea. There's alot of boxing material on KT, his skills, and him being HOF. He was dominant at 140 and alot of boxers including Oscar and Floyd simply would not consider risking their superstar status on the danger he presented.

[wolfgang]

I say no because his best to wins are against overrated fighters.