Was Kostya Tyszu P4P no. 2 in 2005, before his loss to Hatton?

No. It was Winky. End discussion

 

Right BEFORE Tszyu lost B-Hop was yet to lose to Taylor. P4P top 4 looked like this as of May 2005.

1. B-Hop
2. May
3. Winky
4. Tszyu

 

Flip # 3 & 4

1. Hopkins
2. Mayweather
3. Tszyu
4. Wright

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_2004

 

I respectfully disagree with Ring Magazine. Tszyu was very inactive by that time, having fought only two times in two years. At the same time Wright was coming from two consecutive wins against Mosley and one against Trinidad (if I recall correctly he was underdog against Mosley the first time and also against Trinidad). Wright was strongly on the rise, you could even make an argument that he was actually #2 already, ahead of Mayweather, like Wellsini wrote.

 

Think everyone agrees he was defo in the top5 at least. Hattons best win for me.

 

No, he was weigh drained and inactive. Hatton then wrestled him to victory.

 

Yet in his previous fight he looked better than ever.

He wasnt shot at 35 , very well kept , and if anything in better condition than a 35 year old Manny.

 

Good post :good. And the fellow that Kostya had beaten the year before he fought Hatton was none other than Sharmba Mitchell, whom he'd already stopped before that and who Mayweather stopped a year after Tszyu and Mitchell's 2nd.