Oscar De La Hoya vs Kostya Tszyu

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  1. KirkK

    KirkK New Member Full Member

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    Two all time greats. Guy DLH wins a close decision. But truthfully could go either way and probably would in multiple fights.
     
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  2. KirkK

    KirkK New Member Full Member

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    You can’t possible think DLH avoided him or anyone?! Great match up all agree. Think DLH takes it but you never know. Also Oscar fought Chavez for the first time four years before Tszyu. Both dominated also Oscar put first loss on undefeated Gonzalez. Probably wrong choices in opponents. Where I would go is what Kostya did to Zudah and Hurtado (who gave Pernell a life and death fight).
     
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  3. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Lineal champs only! Go Lineal or go home. Full Member

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    Kostya Tszyu was very much in the 'don't fight him if you don't have to' category. Particularly while he was undefeated. Oscar competed on the international amateur circuit at the same time Kostya did. He knew better than anyone posting on this thread how good Kostya Tszyu was. The top A-level Americans at the time who were well advised didn't fight him (Oscar, Shane Mosley & a bit later on, Floyd). It took a young, foolish one, who wasn't quite A-level, to get in the ring with him & by then he wasn't undefeated & had slowed up a bit.
     
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  4. zoley

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    vince phillips.
     
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  5. buster007

    buster007 FAB 4 R A GAY PORN CLUB Full Member

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    Kostya connects with EVERY punch he throws, defeats ODLH.
     
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  6. Pimp C

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    Oscar bigger better faced and beat better opponents. Oscar by UD 8-4 9-3 type of fight.
     
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  7. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion

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    You have to be kidding me???
     
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  8. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Yep Mosely even skipped 140 all together to avoid Tszyu.
     
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  9. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Lineal champs only! Go Lineal or go home. Full Member

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    I deal with reality, Pimp. Not like American boxing fans who can't possibly contemplate that their heroes could be fallible. Oscar, to a lesser extent, Shane Mosley & Floyd fought who they wanted. None of them ever really wanted Kostya Tszyu.
     
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  10. Serge

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    Best I've Faced: Miguel Angel Gonzalez

    BEST PUNCHER

    Kostya Tszyu: “Kostya for his devastating way of hitting. Julio and Oscar had a respectful power. [Kostya] made me struggle on several occasions. My corner was worried and they considered stopping the fight, which happened anyway.”


    BEST OVERALL

    Tszyu: “Kostya as he beat me by KO. His explosive way of finishing off rivals. He was a Demolition Man. Chavez and De La Hoya were both very good, true idols of the people. It was a great honor to fight them.”


    Livingstone Bramble

    BEST PUNCHER
    Kostya Tszyu: There’s nobody I’ve been in the ring with that hits as hard as Tszyu. Roger (Mayweather) punched hard but, if you look at the tape, Roger hit me behind the ear. It wasn’t a legitimate, correct punch. I can’t give it to him. I don’t know if it was because of how old I was or where I was at in my career but Kostya Tszyu was a hard puncher. The guy stayed focused. He knew where to hit and he knew when to hit. When he hit me, the first shot to the kidney, I dropped. My kidney shut off. There was nobody who hit me and gave me something to think about…he did. When he hit me, I said to myself, ‘Man, I’ve got a wife and kids. This guy’s not killing me.’ I thought about my family in the ring. Kostya hit like a mule. You couldn’t take two good shots from Kostya Tszyu because you’d be totally done.

    BEST DEFENSE
    Kostya Tszyu: That would have to be Kostya Tszyu. He was very hard to hit. He punches real hard and he kind of pulls back when you come at him but you couldn’t charge him because he had so much power, so you had to be careful how you go into him.

    BEST OVERALL
    Kostya Tszyu: Only a couple of guys I learned something from. I learned something from Roger Mayweather. He was very strong. I would think Kostya Tszyu. I think it was his power. He was a very difficult guy to fight.'

    Jake Rodriguez

    BEST HANDSPEED
    Kostya Tszyu: "Believe it or not Kostya Tszyu was kinda fast, he throws three, four punch combinations fast and strong. It caught me many times, I went down in that fight five times."

    BEST PUNCHER
    Tszyu: "He hurt me. A very hard puncher."
     
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  11. The Real Lance

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    He was also in the "He's a Showtime fighter, while XXXX fights on HBO."

    It took Mike Tyson and Lenox Lewis to finally get the networks to work together. Ands even that didn't go smoothly.
     
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  12. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol: He skipped 140 for bigger fights at 147.
     
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  13. Braindamage

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    Again with this Floyd ducked Tszyu nonsense. 2 things, facts you need to realize. FM moved to 140 in May 2004, KT came back after an almost year and a half layoff due to injury in November 2004. KT fought Hatton in June 2005 then retired. 7 months KT and Mayweather actively fought in the same division and it was KT that retired. And yet, somehow, you believe FM ducked. Please explain how you come to believe this. Because I'm certain that if it were Mayweather that retired after KT moved into his division, you'd be chirping that FM retired instead of facing Tszyu.
     
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  14. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ahh, the response of an idiot.

    Jog on you muppet.
     
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  15. MidniteProwler

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    Yep you are not allowed to have any bad performances or lose any fights otherwise you are a bum because upsets never happen in boxing :lol:
     
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