Where would Kostya Tszu rank in today's 140 pound division.

[Sheldon312]

that's a good fight

It's basically Crawford vs Postol 2.0

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Typical teenager response. Obviously you never seen Kostyra tszyu fight. The guy was a legit first ballet HOFer who could box, brawl, and had iron in his fist.

He would of make Crawford do the chicken dance.

Old scared coward

[Fists_of_Fury]

#1 Lineal champ. If he fought Crawford at his peak I would pick Tszu by T/KO. Crawford is chinny and I haven't forgotten that since Gamboa exposed it. Tszu knew how to fight "slick" fighters and had the remedy for speed too. His timing and power were great for his size at his peak. He could be mugged or outboxed still though so he wasn't unbeatable. I just don't think that highly of 140lbs. at the moment. Crawford doesn't have the resume yet for me to pick him over Tszu and imo is overrated.

[satiev1]

Thurman and Spence are bad match ups for him.

More spence not thurman. Thurman is an easy fight for kostya. Thurman is an outside fighter that needs space. He can't fight on the inside. You get koed fighting kostya from the outside. Just like zab who was much faster than thurman in his prime and still got caught. You need to come in the inside and rough him up like hatton. Thurman dosen't fight like that. Easy matchup for kostya.

[Fists_of_Fury]

You would favor Floyd over KT but not Crawford even though Crawford has a similar style to Floyd's.

Crawford is a bum compared to Floyd all around!

[Fists_of_Fury]

Outside of Chavez and Pryor who else beats KT at 140? I don't think Floyd, Duran, Wilfred, or Pacquiao beat him at that weight he is just a terrible match up for a lot of guys.

There are tons of great fighters who would beat Tszu if they both competed at 140lbs at the same time at their peak besides Pryor and Chavez. Floyd, Pacquiao, Sweet Pea, De La Hoya, Mosley, Duran, etc... I think Cotto had a good shot at beating him there too with the drain.

[Sheldon312]

More spence not thurman. Thurman is an easy fight for kostya. Thurman is an outside fighter that needs space. He can't fight on the inside. You get koed fighting kostya from the outside. Just like zab who was much faster than thurman in his prime and still got caught. You need to come in the inside and rough him up like hatton. Thurman dosen't fight like that. Easy matchup for kostya.

True but Thurman has better defense and chin compared to Judah. He is also a better counter puncher as well compared to Judah. But I agree Spence is a bad match up for KT compared to Thurman. I think this Porter could pull it off though.

[Sheldon312]

There are tons of great fighters who would beat Tszu if they both competed at 140lbs at the same time at their peak besides Pryor and Chavez. Floyd, Pacquiao, Sweet Pea, De La Hoya, Mosley, Duran, etc... I think Cotto had a good shot at beating him there too with the drain.

Floyd and Delehoya maybe. I don't think Mosley, Duran, or Whitaker could handle Technician like KT. He is like a smaller version of triple g bit faster.

[boxinghead530]

Old scared coward

Dude you are the true coward. Young mfer scared to show up.

You are a typical young pu$$y of this generation.

You born from a b1tch whore muz zie mfer.

[LoadedWraps]

I think he would be number 2 behind Crawford since Crawford is the better and more special fighter.

He would be higher than Crawford unless Crawford beats him, most likely.

I'm a big fan of Crawford and really hope he can become an ATG, but Tszu is a really underrated fighter, he was definitely a special fighter.