Kostya, The classy champion.

[Parody]

"I found a way to win, not necessarily boxing ability, but with my boxing brain between my ears, I was clever and smart and it worked. I drained him of his strength, I think the last five rounds I went like a Trojan and he couldn't me keep me off." Said Hatton

Hatton said: "Kostya came up to me after the fight and he said, 'You were the better man and you deserved to win'. He said, 'If you ever need any help and advice I'll give you my phone number and I'll be there for you' and I tell you what, that's not a champion that's a champion and a half. I can be half the champion Kostya Tszyu was I'll be doing well."

Indeed. Tszyu added: "I am a very proud man and I'm not saying it's the end of my career but I'm saying that today I lost to the better fighter."

[Exige Jr]

Yeah I heard about that at the time...

Props to Kostya for that, he shows that he is a class act. As does Hatton. You dont see them tainting any losses or wearing sunglasses to the post fight presser.

Such a shame people on these boards and similar ones cant give the same recognition Kostya does, to the win.

[Two Fisted Piston]

You gotta love the guy...

[Nacho_Analstain]

i like his ponytail

[Shanus]

He's a good sport.

I hear he's going back to school, best of luck to him.

[DLT]

You guys need to cut the ****. Im sick of all of you trying to play everyone like there so humble. Both Tszyu and Hatton talk just as much **** as anyone in boxing. They just dont have a mean face or threatend guys so you guys are ok with it. Ive seen them both talk so much ****.

Also, what else is Tszyu going to say? He ****in lost and quit on his stool. Ofcourse he thought Hatton was the better man.

This is boxing. You guys act like you have skirts on. Ive said it a million times: If you want to be humble then thats cool but you shouldnt penalize a guy just because he's not all humble about everything. I dont want everyone to be the same. I love it when guys talk ****. This sport would be so boring if you never had guys like Ali, Floyd, Toney, Hopkins, and so on.

Mostly every boxer you guys think are jerks are really good guys anyway. Everyone hates Floyd but then if a regular person meets them, they think he's the nicest guy in the world. The same about Paulie and alot of others. You have to be confident in boxing and you get to the point where you dont think anyone can beat you.

There are alot of guys our there who talk **** on the low, like Tszyu & Hatton. Then there are guys who want to be ****y sometimes but they think its better just to be polictaly correct. Then you have others who are man enough to say what they feel and you guys cant take it.

I wish more sports were like boxing. Football is sometimes. I wish some NBA guys would talk ****. A couple do like my boy Arenas. I wish Wade would say, "Kobe's OK but he'll always be 2nd best to me".

How tight would that be? The next time they play, it would be the most watched game in history

[BrooklynBomber]

You guys need to cut the ****. Im sick of all of you trying to play everyone like there so humble. Both Tszyu and Hatton talk just as much **** as anyone in boxing. They just dont have a mean face or threatend guys so you guys are ok with it. Ive seen them both talk so much ****.

Also, what else is Tszyu going to say? He ****in lost and quit on his stool. Ofcourse he thought Hatton was the better man.

This is boxing. You guys act like you have skirts on. Ive said it a million times: If you want to be humble then thats cool but you shouldnt penalize a guy just because he's not all humble about everything. I dont want everyone to be the same. I love it when guys talk ****. This sport would be so boring if you never had guys like Ali, Floyd, Toney, Hopkins, and so on.

Mostly every boxer you guys think are jerks are really good guys anyway. Everyone hates Floyd but then if a regular person meets them, they think he's the nicest guy in the world. The same about Paulie and alot of others. You have to be confident in boxing and you get to the point where you dont think anyone can beat you.

There are alot of guys our there who talk **** on the low, like Tszyu & Hatton. Then there are guys who want to be ****y sometimes but they think its better just to be polictaly correct. Then you have others who are man enough to say what they feel and you guys cant take it.

I wish more sports were like boxing. Football is sometimes. I wish some NBA guys would talk ****. A couple do like my boy Arenas. I wish Wade would say, "Kobe's OK but he'll always be 2nd best to me".

How tight would that be? The next time they play, it would be the most watched game in history

As Arnold would say "Talk to the hand". Just cause Foyd is a proper ****, does not mean it is acceptable. He is just a ****.

[DLT]

As Arnold would say "Talk to the hand". Just cause Foyd is a proper ****, does not mean it is acceptable. He is just a ****.

Its not just Floyd. Theres a million boxers like that. I admit, Floyd does go over the top sometimes but why do you guys want everyone to act like the Brady Bunch?

I love listening to Tarver, Toney, & Paulie. I love listening to Charles Barkley. Also like I said, dont overlook it when these so called humble guys talk **** because you guys know they do

[Kid Achilles]

The difference between a guy like Ali or Paulie talking ****, and someone like Mayweather or James Toney is that the first group comes across as self aware to me. They realize how ridiculous they sound, and get a kick out of.


Mayweather is just a fool and actually believes he's done enough in the sport to rank up there with Ray Robinson. I don't care if he's ****y or not, but at least have some brains and think before you say something. Anyone remember him chastising Corrales for beating his wife when he himself was known to hit his girlfriend? Talk about ****ing ******. He's sitting in his glass house on his glass sofa chucking ****ing bricks at the guy across the street.

See, I laugh along with Ali or Paulie, but I find myself just plain laughing at Mayweather, Judah, Toney, etc and their delusional antics.

If a guy is smart and articulate, I get a kick out of the vicious trash talk and the insults. After all, Johnny Rotten is one of my all time favorite personalities. But when a guy has his head in the clouds and is talking hypocritical **** about others, he's making a pretty big target of himself I think.

[GEOFFHAYES]

The difference between a guy like Ali or Paulie talking ****, and someone like Mayweather or James Toney is that the first group comes across as self aware to me. They realize how ridiculous they sound, and get a kick out of.


Mayweather is just a fool and actually believes he's done enough in the sport to rank up there with Ray Robinson. I don't care if he's ****y or not, but at least have some brains and think before you say something. Anyone remember him chastising Corrales for beating his wife when he himself was known to hit his girlfriend? Talk about ****ing ******. He's sitting in his glass house on his glass sofa chucking ****ing bricks at the guy across the street.

See, I laugh along with Ali or Paulie, but I find myself just plain laughing at Mayweather, Judah, Toney, etc and their delusional antics.

If a guy is smart and articulate, I get a kick out of the vicious trash talk and the insults. After all, Johnny Rotten is one of my all time favorite personalities. But when a guy has his head in the clouds and is talking hypocritical **** about others, he's making a pretty big target of himself I think.

Toney doesn't truly believe the **** he comes out with, not like Mayweather. I laugh at Toney, he's cool, hideously cool. You just know that the **** he comes out with are not his true feelings, they are just hate for the world (he's hated the world since his dad left when he was young - that's why he just loves to fight).