Kostya was shot

my point...:thumbsup both lacy and Tszyu were coming off the best performances of the career against top opposition. To say kostya was shot is stupid.... there was no evidence of this.

 

Both Lacy and Tszyu were tipped to win and were coming off good wins but you can't really compare a 35 year old inactive Kostya Tszyu with a 27 year old active and prime Jeff Lacy.

Tszyu wasn't completely shot but was definitley not a peak Tszyu that is pretty obvious due to his age and the period of inactivity in the 2 years previous.

Only the Hatton haters will say he was shot.

 

But Tszyu was eating WAY WAY better opposition and had proved himself as an elite fighter. Lacy never had.

If you take age out of the equation - and it doesn't necessarily belong in the equation to start with - Tszyu was a much more difficult opponent than Lacy.

And to be fair that's how it played out, Tszyu gave Hatton hell, people forget that.

If he was shot, but still gave Hatton a much harder night than a bunch of legitimate titlists, he must've been superman to begin with.

 

Not really. Just that a prime Tszyu is better than a prime Hatton that's all.

 

that I don't agree with

 

You're missing my point. Why would a 'shot' fighter give a (now) proven world level fighter like Hatton such a hard fight? Doesn't make sense.

The fact Tszyu gave Hatton - the Ring magazine fighter of that year - his second toughest fight ever lays utter waste to the idea that Tszyu was 'shot'.

Trouble is, people these days don't have the intelligence to debate a subject without reverting to hyperbole. Kostya was probably past his best, common sense suggest that.

But 'shot'? Only a total idiot would even consider using that word to describe him.

 

Read my posts I never said Tszyu was shot :huh

Over the hill definitley but not shot.

 

Then you'd be wrong...

 

No, you didn't, I wasn't accusing you of doing so either

I just got on one about the title of the thread

Apologies

 

onourway makes an appearence. Ok, class in session

Your gay Hatton loving ass is jealous that I can post on here all day whilst getting paid more than you your boyfriend and your father combined, all the while you flip burgers at McDonalds

I'd be bitter too :good

 

Actually Lacy was beating better competition than Shamba Mitchell in Reid, Pemberton and Vanderpool

 

Reid was shot to bits, although brave.

 

Mate forget Powerpuncher he is a Tszyu hater.
Mitchell had beat Tackie,Stewart and Ndou leading up to that fight with Tszyu.

Vanderpool had beat Ballogou,Jenkins and Tito Mendoza not exactly Great opponents.

Reid had lost to Ottke then beat Magee and Serdjane

Pemberton had beat a old Shieka and Camlin and Crawford.

Neither Reid,Vanderpool nor Pemberton were ranked any higher than 7 by Ring yet Tszyu after 2 years off beat the 3rd ranked Mitchell in 3 rounds.

God there is some stupid people on this board.

 

your problem gets no better does it?:-(

 

well jeff as you know all of these guys tipped ricky to beat a "shot" tszyu at the time.i mean we all know nobody expected tszyu to win did they?:roll: