Kostya Tszyu Extremely Overrated

Dozens and show me one fight where he was pushed like those 2.

 

Have you watched his fight with Hector Lopez?

 

Bull****. He became undisputed by beating every other world champion. When he beat Judah everybody thought Judah was going to crush him and regarded Zab as the best. Likewise for his rematch with Mitchelle, Mitchelle was universally regarded as the #1 contender at 140lbs.

 

Then it's settled once and for all Judah and Mitchelle were the best of his era, check mate!

 

If you have seen that wrestling match you know the outcome would've been different if it wasn't in GB right? Because you mention nothing about thatatsch
Nearly everyone knows Hatton wrestled Kostya to death with PLENTY of illegal tactics. Kostya fought the ref AND Hatton that night.

 

Kostya? A boxer with probably the best timing ever? Kostya turned water into whine man! How many hyper fast and slick guys did he smash just from patience and masterful timing? He did all of this with decent power and OK speed. That is AMAZING. Overrated? Maybe. He is still the man. That BS MMA match with Ricky Hatton would have never happened in a country with decent officials. RH would have been knocked out!

 

Wow why not just stick an i'm a ****ing idiot sticker on your forehead it will save you the time typing.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Yes. He would have ended up REALLY hurt, with possible brain damage, had the fight went on. Tszyu was just starting to close the distance and find Judah. He was finding a clear headed Judah. He would have literally murdered a half conscious Judah. Zab didn't fall back down because he got up too fast, though that didn't help. He fell back down because he had no business remaining on his feet after that career changing shot. He was DONE!

 

KT was a great fighter who I liked a lot. I also think he can get a bit overrated in the grand scheme of things due to his popularity. His attributes were his timing, power and ring generalship. His negative points were lack of decent fights (however it can be argued it was all he had available at the time) people using his amateur record to rank his pro career and some big losses. (phillips, hatton)

The fight against Hatton for me was purely that Hatton wanted it more and went out and tore the title of Tszyu. Yes it was ugly and dirty, but i don't think it's fair to take the accomplishment away from Hatton...he deserved that win. I don't think KT is a 'quitter' either because he was later diagnosed with internal bleeding and bruising to his brain tissue. I'd rather his trainer Lewis didn't risk his life and throw in the towel than have another McClellan on our hands.

You usually find the people labelling him a quitter have never boxed before and probably have a dislike for Tszyu so it comes from a place of ignorance and bias.

 

Exactly - count in his amazing amateur career and you have a boxer that was amateur world class and pro world class for over twenty years. He is not the greatest but certainly one to match up to the greatest in the division.

 

The point is at the time he fought Judah and Mitchelle they were considered the very best competition at 140lbs. There is no way of knowing who is going to be an all-time great, hell at that time the book was still wide open on Mayweather after his fight with Castillo. Hindsight is always 20/20, but look at old articles leading up those fights and check out how much praise Mitchelle and Judah got leading up those fights with Tszyu. Than Tszyu crushes them both inside of a few rounds and everybody backtracks and claims Judah and Mitchelle were no good to begin with.

 

Most who rate him rate him on his skills + career and achievements. Most who don't rate him base it on what he DIDN'T do.

It's all opinion and semantics.

He was a chess match boxer, a slugger and an absolute weapon. He has precision, timing, power and intelligence up there with the best. If you don't see it then fair enough - there are as many people who don't see what you do in some of your faves too.