imn sure the ozzy contingent on here will disagree. they think kostya one of the best there ever was. you ever seen that doc on him
Pacquiao doesn't hit as hard as Tszyu, but he's better in pretty much every other way. Pacquiao brutal TKO mid-late. Both men would get hurt though, it'd be a bloody war.
Tsyzu carries the one thing Southpaws hate....a big right hand straight down the pipe. Logic says Manny by TKO in 9, but don't count Kosta out by sudden k.o. while trailing after 7 rds.
He wasnt really overated. He was an excellent olympian that beat Vernon Forrest and a few other big names. He was a solid pro as well. I think he was rushed along too much as a pro, but he had some good wins. His style as a pro was more of a pressure style because he was physically a lot stronger than a lot of his JW opponents. I wonder what would have happened with him had he signed with Top Rank or Main Events coming out of the olympics. He probably would have been campaigned as a welterweight against his amatuer rivals.
As much as I like Kostya..Pac would go through him like a hot knife goes through buttah..a ninth round bloody tko for Pac.
Has Manny taken Zab Judah's Course in "How to "chicken dance" and get pissed at the Ref all in the same fight? (always good to have a 'back-up plan")