If Kostya Had A Different Trainer.....

He gets away from shots better in the first fight and does seem to have a lot more thought to his work. A lot of fighters change styles when they turn pro,maybe they felt he was not making enough of an impact fighting that way in the pros and decided to use a more risky style which brought ko`s and attention.I can see your point though someone like Steward would have worked with the amateur style he had and developed it.Maybe he could have done more with a trainer like that.

 

Kostya essentially trained himself mate, Lewis was more of a guide for him - there wasn't much he could offer in the way of technique etc. after such an extensive amateur career, he said it himself in Kostya's book.

Kostya became a very efficient/economical fighter after he turned pro - he fell in love with his power in his early pro days, and hence his loss to Phillips - he was able to be drawn into a brawl and came off second best on that occasion.

He did rely on his power a bit more than his technique in his latter years, but he was a still a brilliant tactician, a chess player in the ring, but used his footwork and ring generalship to put his opponent where he wanted them before dispatching of them with his power.

 

Steward, and Roach arent the answer for every fighter. Tszyu is a HOFmer for Christ sake, and did just fine with his style while still maintaining his skills. I'd say he maximized his talent, and that Lewis did just fine with him.

 

Watch KT in his first couple years as a pro. He's the only boxer in the world I would ever say could have taken the title in his pro debut, that right hand was insanely quick and powerful, and his reflexes were amazing. A lot of boxing observers believe he stayed in the amateurs waaaay too long, had way too many fights and we didn't even get the best of him as a pro fighter, or not for very long anyway.

 

Even as a pro he still thought about his punches and was a good tactician at times. I think he did well for himself, **** he's HOF material.

 

kostya had the nacho beristein fighter style, if only they coulda hooked up...

 

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Tsyu wasn't all that good. I never saw what others did in him. B-Level fighter with A-level results, to his credit. LUCKY.

 

I never liked Tszyu.... but thats just a dumbass thing to say.

 

How so? His first US fight, he got starched. Chin sorta sucks.

 

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He fought Hector Lopez in US and won his first title against Jake Rodriquez as well in US.




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I can't see how he can be called a great fighter when he managed to avoid all the good fighters of his era? Maybe it wasn't his call but if he'd really wanted to he could have at least gotten in the ring with one of these guys; DLH,Quartey,MOSLEY,WHITAKER,CAMACHO,AN UNDER 39yr.old CHAVEZ,FMJ