KT had great timing and accuracy and that's the reason he did great against very slick boxers. The Pac of today is a different beast than the one JMM fought. Roach has polished his boxing skills. If they fought today at 135 or 140 the fight will not last more than 7-8 rounds.
look at how Kostya has been beaten , angles give him trouble , although very fast judah went back and still does in straight lines , remember manny turns all of his oponents to his right and their left , moving away from his big right , Kostya also never moved his head well , i see this being the same distance as the hatton fight , not that Kostya or hatton were poor , but just made for manny
Why did KT never get in the ring with; DLH,somewhat prime Chavez,Mosley,Whitaker,Trinidad, these fights could have been made if his people had really wanted to.
Tyszu,too strong at his weight,always had a dynamite right hand,no, Pacquiao for all his ability would be beat good style.Cotto was a good win but Pacquiao win against a prime Tyszu,no not for me.
:roll: You have it backwards except for De La Hoya but Tszyu blew his chance. Even Mayweather went for the limited Gatti rather than take on the legit champ of the division.
I just wanted to add i dont know how many real Boxing fans know this. Not the ******s that just started watching Boxing and have never seen Tszyu fight. Plus only watched the last 3 Pac fights are and now Boxing experts. But Tszyu's record against Southpaws be it fast slick guys or Powerful Big Southpaws. IS A AMAZING. 8-0 all (8 KO) YES if you dont believe me look it up. Why some may ask. Because he always was as accurate as any fighter in the game and the biggest weakness a Southpaw has is a straight Right Hand. And Tszyu had the Best Straight Right Hand with Massive Power. Now i love both guys but i thought i might point that out to the guys that have never even watched a Tszyu fight.
You're right! I wasn't anyway trying to down play KT. He's a truly great fighter and one of the very best Jr. WW the division ever had....or at least one of the most dominant from any era....but for me JMM has more skills, tools and craft. KT was a good boxer but his great equalizer was that power and his ability to stay cool, calm and composed. I just don't think he was the kind of boxer JMM was or is.
You Sir are a Genius notice its always 1. Pea 2. Tszyu 3. Duran is the only one here deserving to be overrated...I ve said it before most underrated for some reason are 1. Ali 2. Leanord 3 Hearns
Are you saying the Boring Phillips that koed Tzyu is a much better fighter than the currnet version of Pac? :rofl Tzyu's "i come to you" style is tailor fit for Pacman.. I think Pac will only have difficulty with fighters who are slick (PBF) and crafty (bhop style Mosley).