Kostya Tszyu vs Oscar De La Hoya?

At 140 Oscar was trained by Jesus Rivero, the man that trained Canto and the only trainer in Oscar's career that actually understood De LaHoya as a fighter. He was creating a masterpiece and fighting KT right after Gonzalez would have been the crowning jewel.

 

Oscar would be my pick on points.

 

X is hardcore so I'm not going to change his opinion. I will however answer his question. Let's see now:

1990 - Andreas Zulow the 1988 Olympic lightweight champ.
1991 - Vernon Forrest in the final of the World Amateur championships @ light welter & Zulow again.
1992 - Former world champs Juan LaPorte & Sammy Fuentes in his first half dozen pro fights.
1993 - Former world champ Livingston Bramble.
1994 - Olympic finalist Hector Lopez who was razor sharp for this one & as live as they come.
1995 - The reigning IBF world champ at the time & former two time world champ Roger Mayweather.
1996 - Two undefeated mandatory #1 contenders.
1997 - Went 1-1-1 for the year. I think Oscar would have won had they faced each other in this year.
1998 - Diobelys Hurtado (very live & had given Pernell Whitaker fits in a welterweight title challenge).
1999 - Destroyed Miguel Angel Gonzalez. The same fighter Oscar boxed cautiously behind the jab to defeat @ 140.
2000 - Dropped Julio Cesar Chavez like a sack of potatoes. Can't say I ever saw anyone else do that.
2001 - Defeated a decent world champ for the WBA strap, an undefeated mandatory #1 contender who had made the Olympic final & undefeated Zab Judah to unify the 140 championship.

Oscar went undefeated at light welter but only fought there twice. Most of his big fights came at welter & above. Many of which he lost. Some of those losses were disputed, but then again, so were some of his wins.

Tszyu fought on the road for much of his career. To suggest he wouldn't have stood a chance against Oscar @ 140 when at his best on a level playing field is the real myth.