Prime Kostya Tszyu V Mayweather

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  1. Proud Warrior

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    Prime Kostya Tszyu V Mayweather at light welterweight.

    What would of happened?
     
  2. HARDCORE HEALEY

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    Mayweather easy UD. Far too quick.
     
  3. fruitpunch

    fruitpunch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Would have been a good fight
     
  4. Proud Warrior

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    But if Tszyu hit him it would of only took that one shot. GGG dose not hit like Tszyu did in my opinion.
     
  5. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've always found Kostya predictable. 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-2 1-2. I think Mayweather would have found his patterns too easy. Kostya had excellent timing and power and other intangibles but he was not very innovative in there. He looked very ordinary in there against Oktay Urka and Vince Phillips - everybody remembers the old JCC, Sharmba Mitchell and young Judah destructions but Kostya had some real weaknesses as a boxer in an entirely conventional sense (his style was very ordinary). I feel like he was an overachiever, honestly.
     
  6. Imperial1

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    Tysu really had a punchers chance ..If he couldn't catch Floyd he would lose by decision
     
  7. BlizzyBlizz

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    You have to be able to fight Floyd on the inside and out to beat him. A basic 1-2 won't beat him. Floyd tko in 9.
     
  8. Enigmadanks

    Enigmadanks Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kostya is one of the great 140 lb fighters ever, but this is a bad matchup for him.

    He's too slow and flat footed for Mayweather. Like someone mentioned above, he has anvils in his gloves so he definitely has a real puncher's chance to hurt Floyd, but if he can't catch him, I'd imagine Mayweather beats him by a relatively wide UD.
     
  9. RingKing75

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    I think Floyd wins but tsyu had insane timing so speed wasnt a big issue for him. Make no mistake if he wouldve been able to time floyd and catch him once the fight couldve been over in a flash. Just ask Zab.
     
  10. Proud Warrior

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    I found nothing about Tszyu ordinary. It was like watching a rocky film. I think Mayweather is boring to watch. Give me the Tszyu's Gatti's Froch's any day. They might be limited but never boring.
     
  11. TheDarkLord

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    I could see Zoo catching him to be honest his timing was excellent. It did'nt take him long to suss Judah out.
     
  12. Kid Cincinnati

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    Tszyu's speed, footwork and knockout power would have given Fkoyd plenty of problems. Prime Floyd ducked Tszyu, so that tells you everything you need to know about how Floyd felt about this fight.
     
  13. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I know that Tszyu would most likely destroy Gatti, but the punch variety and angles Gatti and Froch threw always seemed to me to be much different and more entertaining than Tszyu, who stayed in his comfort zone. Did you watch his fights with Phillips and Urkal? Did you find them entertaining? I felt like he really wasn't a blood and guts let it all hang out kind of fighter. Mayweather is boring, sometimes. As he would be in decisioning Tszyu,in what I imagine would be a Baldomir type performance from him
     
  14. TheDarkLord

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    I hope your not saying Zoo hits harder that GGG :D
     
  15. Jake LaMotta

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    Tszyu is up there with the most overrated boxers of all time. Floyd by mid to late round TKO. Too much punishment dished out.