Is Kosta Tszyu the most overrated fighter on ESB?

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  1. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    1. Kosta Tszyu
    2. Julio Cesar Chavez
    3. Roberto Duran

    I can understand Chavez and Duran. They fought like 100 fights, throw back type guys and have alot of champions on their resume and basically fought everyone there was to fight at their weight classes. However Kosta fought a bunch of gate keepers. Guys who had potential but never really amounted to anything. Hurtado, Judah, Mitchell, Urkal, Tackie, Leija, and even was stopped by Phillips and Hatton, admittedly probably a little past his prime against Hatton, but still.

    junior welters with punching power but average boxing ability that make ESB'ers cream themselves?
     
    Danny_Rand, Apr 22, 2009
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  2. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Watch him some more.
     
    Gneus7, Apr 22, 2009
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  3. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    not by a long shot.

    Hamed, Trinidad, and Jones Jr. are way more overrated on here than Tszyu.
     
    Rico Spadafora, Apr 22, 2009
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    Proud Warrior Well-Known Member banned

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    No,no,no.no,no.no.....! One word....LEGEND
     
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  5. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    His fights with Mitchell and Hatton are on ESPN classic all of the time. Seen his fight with Philips and Judah aswell.

    And none of which leads me to believe he'd beat Oscar, Mosley or Mayweather. Yet there are a plethora of people that think he would.
     
    Danny_Rand, Apr 22, 2009
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  6. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He's slightly overrated in terms of 140lb ratings, but I think that's because fighters like Locce and Loi are only starting to garner attention among contemporary boxing fans again. H2H, he's good enough to have moments against anyone he fights, although he probably doesn't beat all of them.
     
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  7. China_hand_Joe

    China_hand_Joe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tszyu on his best day is one of the 5 best fighters in history, lets just leave it at that and end this completely misleading thread. Nobody here overrates Tszyu.
     
    China_hand_Joe, Apr 22, 2009
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    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Floyd...he's great no doubt...but guys like EZE and Pimp C will tell you he's god
     
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    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :rofl
     
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  10. Danny_Rand

    Danny_Rand Slick N Quick Full Member

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    Seems like it. That jab and over hand right combination would KO Mike Tyson.
     
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  11. thewoo

    thewoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As a fighter I do not think that he is over rated. I do think that his power is over rated though.
     
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  12. ray fredrickson

    ray fredrickson Member Full Member

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    Tszyu is greatly UNDERATED hes great!! For overflated guys De La boya ( oh im so so quiet),Ugly Hop (cant fix his teeth)Who did these guys ever beatPRIME,PRIME!!!!!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
     
    ray fredrickson, Apr 22, 2009
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  13. Mrboogie23

    Mrboogie23 what the?? Full Member

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    He was a damn good fighter, but I dont think he carried as much power as people say.

    Hard hitter but not in the upper echelon of the hardest hitters out there.
     
    Mrboogie23, Apr 22, 2009
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  14. thewoo

    thewoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Who did Kostya ever beat prime?
     
    thewoo, Apr 22, 2009
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  15. steele311

    steele311 Wanna Dance? Full Member

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    Not hardly. Watch his fight against Ben Tackie if you want to see him showcase his true boxing skills. I've been told he purposely fought Tackie the way he did to dispell certain rumors/myths going around that he was a one-trick pony... I call this fight the boxing ballet. Look for it and be amazed...
     
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