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    US boxing promoter Don King has challenged Kostya Tszyu to step up a weight division and take on the winner of next month's welterweight world title fight between Cory Spinks and old foe Zab Judah.

    "We're ready for anybody who wants to fight out of all those guys from Kostya Tszyu, Shane Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya or whoever else wants to fight," King told a conference call with reporters to promote the Judah-Spinks February 5 bout in St Louis.

    King holds the promotional rights to both Judah and Spinks.

    Spinks is the current World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation champion of the 66.68kg welterweight division while Tszyu is the IBF champ in the 63.5kg junior welterweights.

    A Tszyu-Spinks superfight did not become a reality despite much talk in the media from both camps last year.

    Spinks and Tszyu were also linked to potential superfights with De La Hoya and Mosley, but they also did not happen.

    Instead of stepping up in weight Tszyu chose to remain a junior welterweight and defend his title against Britain's Ricky Hatton in Manchester, England, in June.

    Judah - who Tszyu destroyed in 2001 with a second round knockout - and Spinks both revealed desires to fight the tough Russian-born Australian later this year.

    "Of course," Judah said.

    "After I beat Cory Spinks I would love to fight Kostya Tszyu again."

    Spinks agreed.

    "Of course any boxer wants to fight the best," Spinks said.

    "We wanted Oscar. We were willing to fight Kostya Tszyu.

    "We were willing to take on Felix Trinidad, but sometimes that ain't the way the ball bounces."


    If Judah wins the rematch with Spinks this could be a great rematch to see. I imagine that Zab would do most of the talking and KT can go for a big payday and try to add to his legacy by winning the welterweight title belts.

  • #2
    Tszyu's already beat Judah once..I dont see him having any trouble doing so again, especially after the way he handled Mitchell! As for the Spinks-Judah rematch, I think Cory will outpoint him once again (just my opinion though)

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    • #3
      Any one of mentioned fights would be great to see.

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      • #4
        Mayweather or Spinks/Judah will do in the fall for Tszyu.

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        • #5
          I hope Judah wins, he is much more fun to watch than spinks.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by davico
            US boxing promoter Don King has challenged Kostya Tszyu to step up a weight division and take on the winner of next month's welterweight world title fight between Cory Spinks and old foe Zab Judah.

            "We're ready for anybody who wants to fight out of all those guys from Kostya Tszyu, Shane Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya or whoever else wants to fight," King told a conference call with reporters to promote the Judah-Spinks February 5 bout in St Louis.

            King holds the promotional rights to both Judah and Spinks.

            Spinks is the current World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation champion of the 66.68kg welterweight division while Tszyu is the IBF champ in the 63.5kg junior welterweights.

            A Tszyu-Spinks superfight did not become a reality despite much talk in the media from both camps last year.

            Spinks and Tszyu were also linked to potential superfights with De La Hoya and Mosley, but they also did not happen.

            Instead of stepping up in weight Tszyu chose to remain a junior welterweight and defend his title against Britain's Ricky Hatton in Manchester, England, in June.

            Judah - who Tszyu destroyed in 2001 with a second round knockout - and Spinks both revealed desires to fight the tough Russian-born Australian later this year.

            "Of course," Judah said.

            "After I beat Cory Spinks I would love to fight Kostya Tszyu again."

            Spinks agreed.

            "Of course any boxer wants to fight the best," Spinks said.

            "We wanted Oscar. We were willing to fight Kostya Tszyu.

            "We were willing to take on Felix Trinidad, but sometimes that ain't the way the ball bounces."


            If Judah wins the rematch with Spinks this could be a great rematch to see. I imagine that Zab would do most of the talking and KT can go for a big payday and try to add to his legacy by winning the welterweight title belts.

            ...Davico, is your sig a real fight? That **** is funny.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by tracylee
              Tszyu's already beat Judah once..I dont see him having any trouble doing so again, especially after the way he handled Mitchell! As for the Spinks-Judah rematch, I think Cory will outpoint him once again (just my opinion though)
              Judah is a much better fighter than Mitchell. I would favor Tszyu over Judah in a rematch and even pick him to win but I would not count out Judah. If Zab comes to box and not showboat I could see him beating Tszyu in a tough battle. I'm picking Judah to beat Spinks but convincingly this time. Thought he won the first time but not convincing enough.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by mic573
                Judah is a much better fighter than Mitchell. I would favor Tszyu over Judah in a rematch and even pick him to win but I would not count out Judah. If Zab comes to box and not showboat I could see him beating Tszyu in a tough battle. I'm picking Judah to beat Spinks but convincingly this time. Thought he won the first time but not convincing enough.

                ....I can't stand Judah, but I predict he knocks Spinks out this time. I thought he let him off the hook in the first fight by not pressing the action when he had him hurt.

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                • #9
                  As good as either of those 2 fights sound, I'd rather see Tszyu stay at 140 and take on Harris, Mayweather, Gatti, and to a lesser extent, Hatton. All would be good fights, though I have serious doubts about any but Mayweather beating him.

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                  • #10
                    Also, its tough to cut back down once you move up, so all of those good fights become much tougher for us to see. Plus, I think Tszyu is getting older and I'd like to see him have good EVEN matchups to end his career so he can either go out on top or lose to a better fighter rather than getting beaten by the weight differential.

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