Kosta Tszyu vs. today's fighters

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  1. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    How would a prime Tszyu do against the following fighters @ 140.

    Amir Khan
    Timothy Bradley
    Manny Pacquiao
    Marcos Maidana
    Devon Alexander
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Victor Ortiz
     
  2. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    He'd decapitate Khan so hard that even Roach would be doing the chicken dance.
     
  3. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    he would kayo all except alexander, as only he has the defensive skills to avoid the bombs of zoo. todays marquez wouldnt have much chance against zoo, but maybe marquez from 18 months ago would have done.
     
  4. Rise Above

    Rise Above IBHOF elector Full Member

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    I'd pick him against all of them except maybe Pacquaio.
     
  5. igotJUIC3

    igotJUIC3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Bradley, Alexander, Pac all give him great fights
     
  6. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Pac and Marquez are more than a level above those other fighters and would beat him in their primes (we haven't seen a 140 Marquez). Bradley's a good champion, and the rest are barely out of the prospect phase of their careers. It's a toss-up but he'd be a favorite among the younger ones I think.
     
  7. MaliBua

    MaliBua Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He beat them all and schools one dimensional Pacman.
     
  8. Casamayor122

    Casamayor122 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pac would beat him.
    Tszyu would demolish Marquez at 140.
    If Alexander lives up to his potential it would be great fight. Still too young. 23.
    I'm not sold on Bradley and Khan.
     
  9. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    Alexander doesn't seem to have all that great a defense if you ask me. It wasn't too hard for the slow, wide swinging Juan Urango to hit him with those wide hooks of his. Bradley has the better defense iMO, but alexander does seem to have a solid chin.
     
  10. I'd give anything to see Kostya v Marquez. What a war.

    Pacman would knock him over sadly, Khan wouldn't be THAT bad for Kostya.
     
  11. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    just to note, i dismissed pacman as he is a 147-er i believe.

    alexander has great reflexes and with a bit of fine tuning could be as skilled as cory spinks was, plus the knockout punch as an equalizer.

    maybe i overrate alexander, but i see something special in him.
     
  12. MaliBua

    MaliBua Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Marguez would get mutilated at 140. His techincal skills are over rated by country miles. He would not win Kostya at Boxing match. and his chin wold not carry him through with Kostya's right hands.
     
  13. Interceptor

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    You must be a mexican:rofl
     
  14. Interceptor

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    Zoo was overrated as hell...as proven by Vince Phillips.
     
  15. Casamayor122

    Casamayor122 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Most boxers "have been proven as overrated" by someone. :smoke