The Greatness of Kostya Tszyu

[Nicky_Hatton]

Prime Tszyu would've knocked Fatton out cold

I wont start to mention the amount of people who could knock your boyfriend out pal.

[MELLY-MEL...]

have always loved kostya, and have tried to explain to some of the morons here that he was a monster, but as you can see by some of these responses, some are just that, morons. kostya is a top 10 atg at a buck 40, and a p4p atg puncher!

[Left Hook Tua]

I wont start to mention the amount of people who could knock your boyfriend out pal.

maybe even a few super lightweights.......

[the_godslayer]

have always loved kostya, and have tried to explain to some of the morons here that he was a monster, but as you can see by some of these responses, some are just that, morons. kostya is a top 10 atg at a buck 40, and a p4p atg puncher!

agreed, remember friend, and you know this better than I as you have been around longer, but there are a lot of haters and ill informed pundits on here, the real, well informed boxing fans would agree with your statement whether they liked Tszyu as a fighter or not.

[Left Hook Tua]

Top 100 Greatest Punchers

have always loved kostya, and have tried to explain to some of the morons here that he was a monster, but as you can see by some of these responses, some are just that, morons. kostya is a top 10 atg at a buck 40, and a p4p atg puncher!

The Ring Magazine Top 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time

In 2003, the writers of Ring Magazine published a ranking of the 100 greatest punchers of all-time. Not unlike an all-time pound-for-pound ranking, this list compares fighters across different weight categories and different eras. As such, it's entirely open for debate ...

1. Joe Louis
2. Sam Langford
3. Jimmy Wilde
4. Archie Moore
5. Sandy Saddler
6. Stanley Ketchell
7. Jack Dempsey
8. Bob Fitzsimmons
9. George Foreman
10. Earnie Shavers
11. Sugar Ray Robinson
12. Ruben Olivares
13. Wilfredo Gomez
14. Rocky Marciano
15. Sonny Liston
16. Mike Tyson
17. Bob Foster
18. Thomas Hearns
19. Khaosai Galaxy
20. Alexis Arguello
21. Carlos Zarate
22. Max Baer
23. Rocky Graziano
24. Matthew Saad Muhammad
25. Julian Jackson
26. Danny Lopez
27. Gerald McClellan
28. Roberto Duran
29. Rodrigo Valdez
30. Felix Trinidad
31. Pipino Cuevas
32. Jim Jefferies
33. Lennox Lewis
34. Bennie Briscoe
35. Marvin Hagler
36. Edwin Rosario
37. Tommy Ryan
38. John Mugabi
39. Joe Frazier
40. Carlos Monzon
41. Tony Zale
42. Michael Spinks
43. Joe Gans
44. Elmer Ray
45. George Godfrey
46. Naseem Hamed
47. Alfonso Zamora
48. David Tua
49. Cleveland Williams
50. Julio Cesar Chavez
51. Tiger Jack Fox
52. Joe Walcott
53. Gerry Cooney
54. Al (Bummy) Davis
55. Max Schmeling
56. Florentino Fernandez
57. Henry Armstrong
58. Bob Satterfield
59. Al Hostak
60. Jesus Pimentel
61. Eugene (Cyclone) Hart
62. Lew Jenkins
63. Harry Wills
64. Tom Sharkey
65. Terry McGovern
66. Jersey Joe Walcott
67. Kostya Tszyu
68. Leotis Martin
69. Buddy Baer
70. Donovan (Razor) Ruddock
71. Jose Luis Ramirez
72. Tommy Gomez
73. Jose Napoles
74. Kid McCoy
75. Antonio Esparragoza
76. Ricardo Moreno
77. Evander Holyfield
78. Ike Williams
79. Luis Firpo
80. Ricardo Lopez
81. Humberto Gonzalez
82. Bobby Chacon
83. Jock McAvoy
84. Eduardo Lausse
85. Eder Jofre
86. Charley Burley
87. Mike McCallum
88. Salvador Sanchez
89. Roy Jones Jr.
90. Rodolfo Gonzalez
91. Nigel Benn
92. (Irish) Bob Murphy
93. Paul Berlenbach
94. Battling Torres
95. Chalky Wright
96. George (K.O.) Chaney
97. Andy Ganigan
98. Fred Fulton
99. Ingemar Johansson
100. Charley White


Source: Ring Magazine (2003)

[MELLY-MEL...]

agreed, remember friend, and you know this better than I as you have been around longer, but there are a lot of haters and ill informed pundits on here, the real, well informed boxing fans would agree with your statement whether they liked Tszyu as a fighter or not.

exactly bro! cheers. k for u!

[the_godslayer]

exactly bro! cheers. k for u!

respect, its a pleasure to speak with the well informed minority on here, the ones who can hold a reasoned debate even if the topic is against a favourite fighter etc.

[KabukiJoe]

...I like Hatton...he's a "throwback" to when boxers were fighters...but, if he had Joe Cortez in the ring when he fought Kostya, he'd have lost worse then vs Mayweather...Mayweather is a good boxer, but he has average power...Kostya is a good boxer but he's got great power...and Joe Cortez is the difference in those 2 Hatton fights...and I garentee you that 90% of the people that come to this forum just can't ***see*** how a ref makes that big of a difference in a fight...


Kabuki Joe

[the_godslayer]

...I like Hatton...he's a "throwback" to when boxers were fighters...but, if he had Joe Cortez in the ring when he fought Kostya, he'd have lost worse then vs Mayweather...Mayweather is a good boxer, but he has average power...Kostya is a good boxer but he's got great power...and Joe Cortez is the difference in those 2 Hatton fights...and I garentee you that 90% of the people that come to this forum just can't ***see*** how a ref makes that big of a difference in a fight...


Kabuki Joe

i unerstand the point you are making but we need to decide which Joe Cortez? the one who stopped Hatton infighting against Floyd or the one who let Bhop do exactly the same thing with Calzaghe?
Thats the thing about Cortez now, he is shot and too inconsistent for your point to be fully valid my friend.

[KabukiJoe]

The only certainty in all of this is that Mayweather would never go out on his stool.

...LMAO...he's never be hit hard and now he's GAME...you know, I'm pretty tolerant of people with their heads up their asses, but you pushed me past the limit of decency...Floyd is a "punk" that doesn't like to get hit and he's probably the best at it...maybe ever...but to say he'd never sit on the stool because he's never been hurt, all I can say is, what a ****ing idiot...


My apologies,


Kabuki Joe