How would Kostya Tszyu fare against today's 140 lbers?

He beats them all, no question, I'm not going to break each fight down, but for the two highlighted, please bring the emergency ward to the venue as they would be so badly hurt it wouldn't be funny!

 

I'm just waiting for Freddy Wak to come wading in with something **** to say about Tszyu...

 

Agreed. Con and Ortiz would both be executed. It wouldnt pretty. Actually I take that back... it would be beautiful to watch Kostya destroy those ****s.

 

He cleans out the division, but has some memorable battles along the way. I can see Khan landing some shots on him early and some great exchanges with Maidana, but the results are the same. T/KO 7th on or UD in every bout.

 

He would beat them all.

I feel in his Prime if were talking the Tszyu from 1998 to 2003.

Mate the only fighter i see maybe going 12 rounds is Bradley.

But i dont have Bradley winning.

Having watched a lot of footage of Tszyu and some of the others at 140 now.

Khan, Would start well like Judah with quick shots but theres also the fact that Khan does not like Power and does not adjust well to big Power shots.

Tszyu TKO 7

Alexander, well Alexander being a flashy Southpaw does not go well for him as Tszyu record against all Southpaws is (8-0) with 8 KO's.

Tszyu KO 5

Bradley, Bradley has some good speed but so did Mitchell and Judah and Tszyu with timing and his ability to cut off the ring never lost to a Flashy Fast guy. More so lost to Brawlers that fought in Close.But unlike the other Bradley has the skills to maybe last but he would not win.

Tszyu UD

In most fights you can see were fighters lost there ability to win against Kostya it was always after they felt his real Power. The typw when they were on the end of his shots. Thats why Ricky and Vince did well they had the game plan to be inside the Power and it worked. But having said that Vince got Kostya not really in his Prime and same with Ricky they got Kostya at the right time.

You put todays fighters in with Tszyu and well I would favor Kostya skill and Power everytime.

 

Their both over-hyped, weak ****s. It would be beautiful to have watched Kostya destroy them.

As much as Khan held on in 10th against Maidana, he also half turned his back at points, held on (far too much holding) twisting Maidana's arm etc and the ref was poor on that.

Kostya would have murdered Khan's chin so bad, they still be finding pieces of the shatter now.

As for Ortiz, that pissweak pea-heart barely set's foot in the ring with Kostya. He'd **** his pants at centre ring when final instructions were given!

 

only problem is..kosta would feed on mayweather caliber 140 pound opponents like he did when he he was deemed so great...the guy fought a bunch of garbage fights considering who all was at 150, or jumping to 140, or would drop down to meet him since he never went up in weight
...which means tszyu vs sharmba mitchell III :good

 

KT wins all

though Bradley may make the distance though Holt decked him 2X

Ortiz may do well

Alexander had a nightmare with Kotelnik KT is a better version

Khan would have lots of toruble too though the reach and jab help his cause

 

I think Tszyu beats them all. But wow, just imagining Tszyu vs. Khan is awesome, what a demolition that would be.

 

how would they fare against the Tszyu of the Hatton fight I wonder...

 

The Tszyu of the Hattin fight was done ... Last fight, struggled to make weight and barely threw a right punch aside from a hail Mary at the start of each round

That's like saying how would the DLH of the PAC fight go against today's 147 - 154 fighters

 

No, the tszyu in the hatton fight, was not just fighting hatton but the ref, i mean tszyu got a knock down in round 6 i believe, an the ref waved it off, hatton threw a dead shot on tyzu balls, i think the 10th, an hatton didn't even get deducted 2 points, hatton cheated his ass off, an the ****en ref robbed tszyu of victory,,,,,,An trust me, if tszyu was in there with pacman that night instead of hatton, he not going out in the 2nd,,,,i could actually see tszyu, with his skills to time fast people with great right punches, an pacman i think could been one of them.

 

Winner! :happy

They wouldn't even stand up anymore to do the chicken dance.

 

atsch Kostya was a class above all fighters his size (~5ft 7). Champion for nearly a decade and he started late at 23 and fully developed -- that's why he never moved up in weight. Boxers like Mosley and Oscar moved down in weight classes to win their first titles against smaller fighters. Tszyu could easily have won a title at LW.

You want to match him with 6ft Forrest, 5ft 11 Trinidad 5ft 10 1/2 Oscar etc. atschatsch

 

He did pretty well with Forrest in the 91 amatuers - Different style altogether, but still!