A lot of people will feel like Shane would school Kostya, but I don't believe that would be the case. Vernon Forrest had Shane down twice and in serious trouble, and Tszyu hits a lot harder. You cannot **** with Tszyu's power. I don't think he would knock Shane out, but I think he would be able to control the fight for the most part and beat him on points. Fast fighters are not Tszyu's problem.
Shane isn't schooling Tszyu. Tszyu was a pretty skilled and intelligent fighter. He had a good sense of timing and distance, had pretty good handspeed in his younger days, a solid jab, and a powerful accurate right hand. He would definitely give Mosley his share of problems, as Mosley often liked to wing shots and would be open to straight shots down the middle. Still, I'd have to make Mosley the slight favorite in this one. It would be a very interesting and competitive fight.
I don't have a problem if the majority of the people weighing in on this say that Mosley would win. But please don't bring up the "he would quit on his stool" bull****. Doing it one time in the last fight of your career, after a rough fight which you were losing, doesn't indicate some kind of pattern. Tszyu does not just quit when things get tough. He has always had the heart of a true champion.
If its competitive that means Tsyzu losses as in his only 2 close fights he got brutally KOed by Phillis and quit vs Hatton.
If Mosley actually fought more than a couple times at 140 we would have a better idea. All things considered it would have been a great fight regardless of the outcome.
Tszyu's win over Urkal was close, as was his short war with Hurtado (or close enough that Tszyu survived a scare).
Numerous greats, far greater than Tszyu, have quit. He got stopped on his feet when he was half-conscious. He got dropped twice in round 1 by Hurtado, then rebounded and stopped him a few rounds later.
An undefeated Zab who was on top of the world and who everyone thought would make short work of Tszyu. Or Sharba in the rematch when Tszyu has been gone for 2 years and nobody thought he could beat a top contender with that long a layoff after an injury. Guys always count him out and he proves why he was one of the best. Lets not also forget that Tszyu never ducked any fighter, but the likes of DLH, Mosley or any "Superstar" never wanted a fight with him, or just passed him over all together. :good
mosley's handspeed coupled with his power and snap on each punch. against the one shot powe rof zoo's right hand, solid jab and outside ability. it's odd that zoo even though a great hitter wasnt an inside fighter he did but he was abit sloppy. i totally see mosley and zoo jabbing for a few round with zoo launching the right hand and maybe smacking mosley on the chops stunning him. tszyu then goes to the body but mosley takes over on the inside he slips the jab and throws and breaks all type of poterry on the inside with the combo's remember tszyu's chin was tough even if he was dropped he was a a hard man to ko...it was his defence his defence was tuly awful when the rounds piled on. mosley and tszyu have a good scrap but mosley picks up the pace on his workrate and inside work. sd too mosley close fight and a good fantasy fight
Those were his only close fights because he destroyed everyone else who go t in the ring with him atsch