Kostya is one of my favorite fighters of the last 20 years and my first thought was "Tszyu gets this" but immediately after I considered the opponent. JMM:deal..........gonna have to give this more thought:think
In all honesty Tszyu is not absolute elite , was pretty robotic and looked good if you stood in front of him . JMM would have been way quicker to the punch. Also Hatton gets a lot of shite on here , but he still beat a pretty good version of Tszyu , who looked his best in beating Mitchell in his previous fight. JMM late.
Tszyu by murder. JMM is crazy overrated. his counter punching is effective against Pac because he leaps in, allowing Marquez to time him properly. against other fighters, his counter punching leaves a lot to be desired. with Tszyu, his distance and timing are great. Marquez at any time wouldn't be able to compete with that. Tszyu knocks him silly.
Would be a great fight, two superb operators with very good technical skills, Im going to go with a Tzyzu late stoppage Id expect Kostya to go quite a bit to the body in this one, and he'd break down Marquez with an accumulation of shots. Still, couldn't be anything other than a war, and Marquez would no doubt have his moments.
Agreed. He has the perfect style to neutralize Pacquiao. Not confident in someone who had trouble with Diaz and Katsidis.
JMM had a rough night with Diaz and Katsidis, why not Kotsya? Yes JMM ktfo these 2, but against Tzsyu, he might get floored and stayed there. But JMM's heart and in-fight adjustment would win him through. It's just Pac's aggressiveness is all wrong against JMM.