Tougher Fight: Tszyu @ 140... or Delahoya @ 154?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I'm sure this has been covered but do you think if not for the mid fight brawl in the Judah fight where he was choked do you think zab could have won that fight? From pieces I saw zab seemed to be workin pretty good. Got a link for that fight actually I'd like to see the whole thing.

Rhys,

No. Zab was being dominated at that point. He was getting beat pretty bad .

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

And, skipped out on Tszyu. Don't forget to tell them about that, Dios.

Of course. Oscar ducked Tszyu to fight Trinidad and Hopkins.

[Rhys79]

I see said the blind man. I dont like Floyd but he his damn good. I saw I fight a while back where he broke his hand half way through the fight and continued to whoop ass with one hand. I think it was earlier in his carrer.

[Jim Jeffries]

Of course. Oscar ducked Tszyu to fight Trinidad and Hopkins.

You're sarcasm is so witty. You don't think DLH made tons more money fighting Trinidad and getting anihilated by Hopkins?

[THe TRiNiTY]

Of course. Oscar ducked Tszyu to fight Trinidad and Hopkins.

Yeah.. I'd be afraid of the 140 pounder, I'd rather fight the equally (and in my opinion, better) skilled fighters at 147 and 160 (Both at a lower weight then they probably should have been by that time.)

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I see said the blind man. I dont like Floyd but he his damn good. I saw I fight a while back where he broke his hand half way through the fight and continued to whoop ass with one hand. I think it was earlier in his carrer.

His early career hand problems were very bad. His hands were very brittle. He credits rafael garcia with helping his hands, and he switched to a new brand of gloves. But at 147, they use bigger gloves.

[steptwome]

Oscar was NEVER a THREAT at 154............You could ask Felix Sturm that question.

[joepal]

I wanted to get the board's opinion on an often-debated topic.

Wiley Hyena is a big Kostya Tszyu fan. He said this today:

"IMO Hatton's win over Tszyu is a greater accomplishment than any single fight on Floyd's resume."


I will respect that is HIS opinion.

But I wanted to ask the board for their HONEST opinions, and ask you to vote above.

Which is the greater accomplishment (i.e Which is the tougher fight for a JWW fighter)

36 year old (2005) Kostya Tszyu @ 140 pounds, or

34 year old (2007) Oscar Delahoya @ 154 pounds?

Beating a prime Tszyu will always be A MILLION TIMES better than beating the balding businessman version of Dela Hoya.

Tszyu had beaten contenders just before the Hatton fight. Delahoya lost to Mosley twice, Sturm, Hopkins just before the Floyd fight.

The Mayorga win dont mean squat.

And besides lotsa people thought DLH beat Floyd. Nobody thought KT beat Hatton.

Two ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ACHIEVEMENTS (if you would call Floyd running from an old man an achievement), only Floyd nuthuggers would even claim to use the two victories in the same breath.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Oscar was NEVER a THREAT at 154............You could ask Felix Sturm that question.

Oscar fought Sturm at 160.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Beating a prime Tszyu will always be A MILLION TIMES better than beating the balding businessman version of Dela Hoya.

Tszyu had beaten contenders just before the Hatton fight. Delahoya lost to Mosley twice, Sturm, Hopkins just before the Floyd fight.

The Mayorga win dont mean squat.

If Tszyu was prime, why hasn't he fought again?