Impressive, dominant performance by Tszyu. Chavez was old (Hh was 38 years old from memory), yes, but that doesn't take anything away from Tszyu's performance. He fought who was in front of him, a man who had been down once in over 100 fights, and he knocked him down, and basically destroyed him. What was Tszyu supposed to do?
mr lemon :huh :huh ...oooohhhhh not talking "on papper" compardre'....the facts are Tszyu beat the **** chavez you kidz cant see a wind up when its right in front of you
i wasnt a happy camper when tszyu took this fight...i am a chavez fan...im also a tszyu fan...but i didnt want 2 c my idol(chavez) getting smacked by k.t...this woulda been a very diffrent fight if it was prime chavez...but it wasnt so......
the best version of chavez at 140 would would always get beat by prime tszyu. bad style match up. jcc was a beast at 135 though.
what a stupid post. I guess then that: Berbick is greater than Ali McBride is greater than Tyson Camacho is greater than Leonard
Facts: It wasnt a good Tszyu performance. Tszyu did not want Chavez, he was throttled unfairly up the rankings to get a shot. Opinion: You can tell by the way he acted towards Chavez that Tszyu didnt want to fight him. He usually gets pissed when people try dirty tactics and retaliates, this time he just smiled.
I would suggest you go to youtube and watch the Hurtado fight and see what punch kayoed the Cuban. Also, this fight(Chavez) was in Phoenix, Arizona...a hostile environment, to say the least.
Tszyu would always have beat Chavez. Tszyu is the only boxer in a hypothetical P4P H2H matchup, that I would consider significantly favoring over Joe Calzaghe.