July 29, 2000: Kostya Tszyu & his ponytail roll into Phoenix and demolish Chavez

He was. Nice guy but make no mistake he had no hesitation in bludgeoning you into a coma.

 

A lot of people like to pick holes in Kostya but for me he will go down as one of the best ever at 140.Judging him against Hatton is like judging Barrera v Khan.

 

Got that right.

Have an appreciation thread for him by the way.

 

I'm sure I've seen it.Worthy thread indeed.:good

 

Daddy Chavez got his ass beat worse than the beatings he put on all those Mexican cab drivers he fought. Funny stuff.

 

Nasty beat-down. Only thing to point out was that JCC was pretty much used up at this point in his career, having already been soundly outboxed by Willy Wise in his previous fight.

 

Tszyu my all time favorit fighter. Leonard and Ali other favorites,

 

Chavez was a decade past his prime at that point, not a particularly meaningful fight. It was shameful how the WBC pushed Chavez up their rankings for doing pretty much nothing so they could set this fight up and milk Chavez's name for a nice sanctioning fee.

 

This is why you are my homie!!! I agree fully. Tszyu was a great fighter and its funny how quickly many on here will say he is overrated or try to discredit him.

 

He was a ****in beast of a fighter mate.Well worth the first ballot entry.:good

 

The phrase you can't please anyone is a golden rule in here.

 

See the Rosario/Camacho fights.

 

Rosario, Camacho, Haugen, Taylor, Lopez, Ali, Hernandez etc, etc......


Tszyu is one my all-time favorites and this was a great performance but the win is somewhat irrelevant based on JCC being way past prime.