I wish more Americans agreed with us. Seems like hardcore American fight fans loved Kostya and knew how special he was. The general public didn't know who he was and he couldn't sell out here which was a shame. It hurt his chances for some super fights with Oscar, Shane, Floyd as the risk and reward has to balance out. I always admit that Kostya technically didn't beat a prime great...but his career is special in other ways - he beat the ever-loving shit outta many very, very good fighters, champs and his early career was amazing as he beat up veterans and former world champions as a rookie pro.
It's great to read comments like this from Americans who can see past his fighting ability to the respectful person he really is, thank you and cheers from Australia x
If I were Santos I would get rid of everyone in his corner. The remarks to him after round six, calling him a coward and threatening to stop the fight are definitely not encouraging words. Their job is to encourage their fighter and offer helpful advice as how to improve his fight plan. What losers!
He learned from the Phillips fight to control himself and show a bit of patience and pick his moments. Kostya said he learned from the Phillips fight so much and it's the best thing that happened to him as he basically became "unbeatable" - which he was for nearly 10 years before finally succumbing to Hatton at the end of his career.
EL RUSO ES UN BUEN PELEADOR. ..PERO EN ESTA PELEA LE PERDONARON GOLPES PROHIBIDOS. ERA DESCALIFICACION. ES UN DEPORTE CON REGLAS CLARAS. EL SANTOS SE PASO DE BUENA GENTE.
El mexicano siempre apartaba la cara de los golpes y exponía la nuca a los golpes. El juez vio esto y entendió que el mexicano lo estaba haciendo a propósito. Por lo tanto, no advirtió a Kostya.
Mexicans have hard heads and no doubting their toughness. A lot of the right hands landed by Kostya would have stopped fighters earlier, but AS took them. They still hurt though and add up as you see his face swelling up. I think I'll stick to my day job lol.
DeLaHoya handlers carefully picked his opponents during that time. They weren't gonna risk him getting ko'd. Even the big names he did fight in that time frame you listed. We're guys like Camacho and Whitaker with no ko power.
Plus his showcase fight to push the DeLaHoya fight. He got screwed by a Draw later changed to a NC. For a "unintentional foul" of hitting on the break. But Cortez the judge was very vague as usual. Plus the guy he fought was whining and didn't want to continue. It reeked of foul play. IMO.
@@jillconner5062 yeah I know, but what could you do even if you go back in the time machine with the true facts now. All of them prize fighter$ practice that doctrine for the purpose of ca$hing innn the cow and the PiG$ . 🙉🤡🐽
If Tszu had not moved to Australia NO on would have ever heard of him, yet he has disrected Australia and considers himself Russian while his 2 kids and wife ...ex wife..consider themselves Australian.
Santos ca,m to fight and fought the fight he had to fight. He didn’t have a lot of power so he had to stay busy. Kosta got the win with rabbit punches. I’m always liked Kosta and followed him his whole career but in this fight he should have been called and lost points on the fouls. He hit Santos on the back of the head 3 or 4 times during the fight. I believe Kosta would have won the fight anyway but should have done it clean.
Oliver... Irrelevant really! My point stands above all your "He should Won that, one, she should've beaten Hatton, " stuff? When you made a criticism without giving your own Opinions, it wasn't right! You would expect someone to give reasons for his criticisms of you, wouldn't you? Well, it was that and only that, that inspired my post! It is so easy to criticize, but you have to back it up with better opinions, which you did not do! Now you give a lengthy monologue that just shows your favoritism of Tszyu, as you mentioned "Should've beaten him easily," or "He would have easily beaten him in a rematch!" Those are baseless opinions for the only thing that counts is the HISTORY of Kostka's fights, or anyone else's fights! What Kostka could do, or would do, is not fact or even an opinion, as History demands offers more concrete opinions, not wild speculations about future fights that never happened! Yes, we could make predictions, but as we all know, we are too often wrong, and no one wants to hear them from Joe Blows like us! Let the pundits make fools of themselves by airing out their thoughts that mean nothing, even though they are thought of as experts? One can only make a solid opinion when the two guys meet in the ring, and match their styles and abilities, and show us what really happened? And who knows what new things each fighter will bring into the ring on any particular night? We don't even know enough about each fighters overall abilities, as they are rarely expressed in all their fights! Look at Wlad Klitschko for example? All the ability in the World, so he thought, but when a smart guy like FURY fought him, Wlad rarely was able to launch the attack he thought he was capable of delivering! Even he didn't give a fair opinion of himself, and he was the guy doing the fighting? If he had all the ability he so often spoke about, he should've been able to get by Fury's defensive and offensive tactics, but he couldn't do it! There are always "Holes" in someone's offense, and defense too! So one cannot always go by past fights where he was in control? When his opponent is smart enough, he can turn that "Control" around in his favor, and place his opponent into a new situation he never encountered before! As for Kostka, he is one of my favorite fighters, and I loved watching him! One of the greats yes, but with Hatton's "Always attack while in motion" offense, Kostka rarely, if at all, could land that daunted right hand! It usually missed or glanced off Hatton's head that was always moving? Hatton always seemed to be throwing punches, with Kostka throwing defensive right hands when he could, which wasn't very often, or strong enough as the defensive fighter has a hard time getting into the position he likes to be in to throw that favorite punch of his? Hatton was more varied in his Attack and was more intense, so he had Kostka just where he wanted him most of the time! Hatton seemed to want it more, and swarmed Kostka as few others had? Phillips seemed to overwhelm Kostka and fought the fight he wanted to fight! IMO only...
How old was Wladimir when he fought Fury? 39, do you think that was a prime WK? I'm a TF fan too but age is a huge factor, especially in combat sports. How old was KT when he fought Hatton? I see your logic but you did not acknowledge the main argument which was that Hatton fought an old inactive KT. I repeat IT DEPENDS WHICH KT we are talking about.
The point is that in every fight No one can predict anything? Look at the Ward-Kovalev fight 2? Kovalev was leading on most Analysts scoresheets, but when Ward started to hit below the belt, and the Ref didn't even warn Ward, all the offensive fire left Kovalev? Who would have thought that Mr. Clean, Andre Ward, would unleash such deadly blows... and who would have known that the Ref would be so unconcerned about the low Blows? Things like that can easily change the direction of the fight! By the way, I would have liked to have seen Kovalev go after Ward the same way! Would Weeks have treated Kovalev the way he treated Ward if Kovalev started blasting Ward's belly and Below?? I wonder? About Klitschko, His loss to FURY showed many that Klitschko thought too much of himself, & quite possibly thought that his experience would get him past Fury? All the killer emotions were lost to mainly technique IMO, and as a result, there was no real power in his punches, no need to calculate the problems enough, and was not really "There" most of the fight! I guess it shows that no personal feelings should enter a fighter's mind, but that is easier said than done, especially with a dominant heavyweight who passed just about every test along the way! By the way, I think that Wladimir was 39 Y/O when he fought Fury? Maybe some of that was true in Kostka's fight w Hatton, when he allowed Hatton to do almost everything he wanted to do! Maybe his confidence made him lag behind in his defensive skills, for every opponent must be taken seriously! I don't think KT was at his very best in that fight as he only showed intensity a few times in the fight! Hatton was very good yes, but somehow KT allowed him to express all his Offensive abilities, a NO NO when it comes to fighting a top tier opponent? Then the Mayweather debacle, when the Ref took everything out of Hatton's offense when he continually wasn't allowed to fight "Inside" the way he ordinarily does! Then comes the Question of ref's and Mayweather's management, who certainly got through to Cortez's mind IMO, for that was the way Mayweather's management team did with every fight? Complain and demand, complain and demand! So who can ever predict a fight when so many factors have to be considered, and can never really known to all of us because we can't see what is going on behind closed doors! Predictions are not in my book, I just want to enjoy the fight, and see if my favorite fighter comes out on top? GD...
Kostya is not americanised in his boxing. yanks can sometimes be ignorant fools of Australian toughness instilled in its fighters. Australia and Russia have historical and humour similarities, better suited for Kostya
If Kostya had a proper trainer he would have been even more dominant than he was. He never went to the body consistently and he was in love with his power. In that preflight interview and during the fight they talk about his power increase. It’s obvious to me and everyone he’s strong but he could have ended fights earlier in so many of them. Great fighter, entertaining as hell never taking a step back but someone should trained and advised him better.
Yes, Kostka has the style of strength, but a quick guy like Hatton took him to school, and left him laying in the Schoolyard after the bell rang? Fair defense and an aggressive offense with a conventional opponent like himself, but when an active guy fought him, KT had problems!
Zab and Sharmba were both way quicker than Hatton. If you did your research you'd know the background story to the Hatton Tszyu fight but obviously you chose to make an inaccurate assumption based on a limited amount of information first.
Pal, you are so smart, why didn't you give the reasons why Hatton won the fight? It is SO EASY to criticize, but gutless when you have to give your own OPINION, YOU DIDN'T? LOL? Come on Ignorant one, make your opinion known? In court where one has to PRODUCE something in his defense, the Jury would laugh the defendant out of the Courtroom if he used the same Tactic you used? Maybe I missed something, but until you spell it out in detail, your words are meaningless!!! I'll give you another opinion pal, and don't criticize until you have one of your own OPINION to replace mine with? LOL Hatton's style was more multi-varied than Kostka's was, and he used all his Talents, while Kostka depended on his slow plodding aggressive style that got him that far in his career! The aggressive movements of Hatton, along with his Power, which is underrated by many, gave Kostka fits, and Kostka was unable to use his power as he would have liked to? Hatton was able to use his power because of his punching speed and other attributes! IMO... Take it or leave it
twaflyer1 What is your reason for the insults? What's with the aggression and hostility? Do you actually think YOUR argument is worthy in a court where one has to PRODUCE something in their defense? In reply to your "opinion" It all depends which Tszyu it is we are talking about. If we are talking about a prime Tszyu here are just some reasons why you really are making a whole lot of inaccurate assumptions based on a limited amount of information. Saying he's just a one dimensional power fighter is ignorant. You don't get to that level, stay champ for a decade at one of the most talented divisions, stay in the P4P top ten for a decade by being one dimensional. I guess you need to actually watch him to figure that out. Because his style was not flashy and rather orthodox his high skill level was very elusive to the untrained eye. Guys like you can so easily ASSUME he was uni-dimensional or would have trouble with speed. He beat prime versions of Oktay Urkal, who was the unbeaten EU champ, an awkward slippery fighter who no one wanted to fight, a poorman's Mayweater if you like, and Kostya had to go the DC to beat him.. Jan Piet Bergman was an unbeaten puncher from South Africa.. Tszu went toe to toe, and KO'd him in 6.. Another terrific performance was against Cuban star, Diosbelys Hurtado, a fighter who only lost to 3 world champs in his whole career.. Tszyu took care of him a lot easier than what Pernell Whitaker did.. What about the hugely underrated performance against the big punching Miguel Angel Gonzalez.. He'd only dropped a DC to DLH, before getting KO'd by Kostya.. For those that say he has a poor resume, i'd only agree to that in quantity.. The quality of his resume is in complete contrast.. Here is a list of some of the opponents he beat , their record when they first fought Kostya and some of the titles they've held. Zab Judah (27-0-0) WBO/IBF140 , WBC/WBA/IBF147 Champion Sharmba Mitchell (47-2-0) WBA/IBF140 Champion Julio Cesar Chavez (103-4-2) WBC130 , WBC/WBA135 , WBC/IBF140 Champion Roger Mayweather (54-11-0) WBA130 , WBC/IBO140 , IBA/IBO147 Champion Rafael Ruelas (52-3-0) IBF135 Champion Jesse James Leija (43-5-2) WBC130 , IBA135 Champion Oktay Urkal (28-0-0) Ben Tackie (24-2-0) Miguel Angel Gonzalez (43-1-1) WBC135 Champion Diobelys Hurtado (28-1-0) WBA/IBA140 Champion Calvin Grove (49-9-0) IBF126 Champion Ismael Armando Chaves (40-5-3) Jan Piet Bergman (32-0-0) WBU147 Champion Corey Johnson (20-1-1) IBC140 Champion Hugo Pineda (27-0-1) Jake Rodriguez (26-2-2) IBF140 Champion Pedro Sanchez (26-1-2) Angel Hernandez (40-1-2) Hector Lopez (26-2-1) Livingstone Bramble (34-11-3) WBA135 Champion Juan LaPorte (37-12-0) WBC126 Champion Add Jake Rodriguez to that list. He was fighting great ex-champs and future champions within ten fights! Find someone these days who does that. Bar Loma Tszyu was also the perfect fighter against slick boxers. He actually rarely ever had any trouble with them and nearly every slick fighter he fought he knocked out. The reason being, he was a brilliant boxer with all the tools to become a classic, slick, defensive boxer-puncher, and that gave him the knowledge of how to fight them. Of course after the amateurs he changed his style dramatically and went with power as his main game in the pros. Tszyu also had a tremendous amateur career which is so often over looked. He was brilliant against southpaws, knew exactly how to fight them and his timing neutralised the speed difference which often gave him the advantage against the faster, slicker boxer. Did you know Tszyu was also a multiple amateur world champion with a record of over 260 fight 11 losses as an amateur ? People do underrate him and he was certainly one of the best ever at 140. In the top five easily. Of course his only losses do hurt him as they were fights he should not have ever lost. The Hatton fight was understandable as he was 36 against a peak hungry fighter with stamina to burn, but, he still should have beaten him easy. While the ref screwed him over pretty bad he also fought the wrong fight for his age at that point. To your defense I believe People fail to give Hatton any credit for his victory but there is a reason for that, everyone knows even Hatton freely admits he was lucky to win that fight. KT was not exactly at his best, he was an old Tszyu who had been in many wars also Tszyu had to stay awake to 3am (Aus Time) to suit the UK viewers as Hatton had a larger following. His Phillips loss hurt him greatly also which he never revenged. It should have been his first fight back as it should have been a very easy win for him. Again, due to bad, slack training at the time and forgetting about his boxing skills. One thing that sometimes annoys me is people that claim he was only a power puncher. He was a very skilled boxer and I believe had he stayed fighting from Russia he may have become one of the ATG boxers of contemporary times. He changed the way he fought a lot when he went pro. As an amateur he had freaky skill. Amazing hand and foot speed, incredible defense, combinations, power and the ability to think through a fight. He lost a fair bit of his speed and defense and became more of a power puncher but still had the ability to box when needed. He should have used it more and I wonder if coming to Aus had something to do with that. I think if he had stayed with his speed, defensive boxing style in the pro's he would have been unstoppable. As it was though he had an amazing career and yes, he is still very underrated. The fighters he fought from day one are simply incredible and very, very few pros would or could (or be willing) to do what he did The greatness of Tszyu is underappreciated. Nonetheless, most consider him a top three to five 140 pounder ever, which is a huge compliment considering the stacked talent of the division. He was a great fighter in a great division at a time that the 140 pound division had the deepest talent in boxing. A top P4P'er for a decade fighting his first champ in only his fourth fight and from thereon out only ever fought the top contenders and championship caliber fighters. He fought an incredible sixteen champions in his short career (only had thirty or so fights) and was often stifled during his prime years for lack of willing opponents. He just missed out on big fights with Mosley, Oscar, Mayweather for the high risk, low reward factor that he brought up until his final years as an older fighter in one of the top divisions in boxing where he was finally a big money opponent and name. As mentioned previously, he had only fought one round in a year at the time of the Phillips fight and had fallen into shocking training habits well away from his proper boxing, speed and stamina training that he picked up again after that loss. Also, during his peak years as already mentioned he struggled to find willing opponents to take the high risk low reward fight shown in his activity during his best years and early career often fighting only twice a year, sometimes only once from as early as his fourteenth fight! Even before that he was only able to fight three times a year which would be a normal champions routine, instead of a young, up and coming prospect. I think that was one of the banes of his career and that inactivity finally caught up to him by the end of his career struggling with numerous injuries and having to postpone fights etc and by the end was only able to fight once a year for the last four years of his career. One of his better years though was 2001 which he was able to get three fights unifying the titles in a great fight against Sharmba Mitchell, defending it against the number one contender and undefeated 28-0 Oktay Urkal, then finishing the year by spectacularly knocking out the undefeated 27-0 IBF champion Zab Judah in two rounds thus becoming the first undisputed 140 pound champion in over thirty years. He first turned pro in '92 and by '95 was already champion and for the rest of his career only fought the best. Great underrated career and fighter. No disrespect to Hatton he was a good champion but his greatest achievement a was and always will be beating (and only just beating) an aged 36 year old Tszyu one was a much greater champion, face it.
@@twaflyer1 Youre an idiot. Kostya wasnt fight fit against Hatton and some would say past his prime. Despite that Kostya was ahead in the fight. Credit to Hatton though, it only take one punch.
twaflyer1 Tszyu didnt make weight for the weigh in against Hatton and had to sweat it off big time to cut while Hatton was eating and drinking. It left him dehydrated and drained for the fight. He was sapped and Tszyu’s trainer convinced him to quit even though he was in the fight because he was worried about Tszyu’s hydration level and his health knowing it was his last fight. Hatton couldnt hold Tszyu’s water in his prime.
WOW ,it impressed me to see kostya tszyu beggining to sing our American anthem and to see him show respect for it, thats why we like him.
I wish more Americans agreed with us. Seems like hardcore American fight fans loved Kostya and knew how special he was. The general public didn't know who he was and he couldn't sell out here which was a shame. It hurt his chances for some super fights with Oscar, Shane, Floyd as the risk and reward has to balance out.
I always admit that Kostya technically didn't beat a prime great...but his career is special in other ways - he beat the ever-loving shit outta many very, very good fighters, champs and his early career was amazing as he beat up veterans and former world champions as a rookie pro.
The perfect Russian Spyker 🇷🇺🏳️🌈🇨🇳
It's great to read comments like this from Americans who can see past his fighting ability to the respectful person he really is, thank you and cheers from Australia x
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If I were Santos I would get rid of everyone in his corner. The remarks to him after round six, calling him a coward and threatening to stop the fight are definitely not encouraging words. Their job is to encourage their fighter and offer helpful advice as how to improve his fight plan. What losers!
From what I saw it was just one of them. I agree that he was unkind and stupid.
Least your okay with the commentating.
Rayna216, WTF does that mean ??? Do not abuse the commenter !!!
Tszyu Tszyu Tszyu!!!The legend!
Tszyu in his prime was as good as any 140lb boxer who's ever lived.
KT were always patient and careful not to hastily finish off his opponent even when they were wobbled. Very smart
He learned from the Phillips fight to control himself and show a bit of patience and pick his moments. Kostya said he learned from the Phillips fight so much and it's the best thing that happened to him as he basically became "unbeatable" - which he was for nearly 10 years before finally succumbing to Hatton at the end of his career.
Great boxer and fighter, Kostya tszyu, Legend 🥊🥊🥊🥊😊
That commercial at the 23:00. 😅😅😅
Two class fighters!
Is Bobby still with us? If so, Bobby, he was NOT Americanised, he was Australianised!
EL RUSO ES UN BUEN PELEADOR. ..PERO EN ESTA PELEA LE PERDONARON GOLPES
PROHIBIDOS.
ERA DESCALIFICACION.
ES UN DEPORTE CON REGLAS CLARAS.
EL SANTOS SE PASO DE BUENA GENTE.
El mexicano siempre apartaba la cara de los golpes y exponía la nuca a los golpes.
El juez vio esto y entendió que el mexicano lo estaba haciendo a propósito.
Por lo tanto, no advirtió a Kostya.
UN ABRASO EN DONDE QUIERA QUE ESTE MI COMPA HAMED SANTOS..!! DESDE PHOENIX AZ
If you bend over while a guy is throwing punches it’s too bad!
Que año pelearon?
That fucking Bobby Czyz must say "pound of flesh" ten times per fight.
descalificacion por pegar un golpe prohibido eso no se hace no provoca ver BOXEO en esas condiciones.
Mexicans have hard heads and no doubting their toughness.
A lot of the right hands landed by Kostya would have stopped fighters earlier, but AS took them.
They still hurt though and add up as you see his face swelling up.
I think I'll stick to my day job lol.
👍👍👍💕❤️🙏🙏🙏
He should have fought de la Hoya any time since 93 till 98 👿
DeLaHoya handlers carefully picked his opponents during that time. They weren't gonna risk him getting ko'd. Even the big names he did fight in that time frame you listed. We're guys like Camacho and Whitaker with no ko power.
Plus his showcase fight to push the DeLaHoya fight. He got screwed by a Draw later changed to a NC. For a "unintentional foul" of hitting on the break. But Cortez the judge was very vague as usual. Plus the guy he fought was whining and didn't want to continue. It reeked of foul play. IMO.
@@jillconner5062 yeah I know, but what could you do even if you go back in the time machine with the true facts now. All of them prize fighter$ practice that doctrine for the purpose of ca$hing innn the cow and the PiG$ . 🙉🤡🐽
He was, Vince Phillips just was the party spoiler. The fight fell through
im sorry for santos, his corner is the worse corner I have ever seen.
Получил по хлебалу клоун,лучше бы в первом раунде упал и не мучился!
If Tszu had not moved to Australia NO on would have ever heard of him, yet he has disrected Australia and considers himself Russian while his 2 kids and wife ...ex wife..consider themselves Australian.
I must break you or you will lose, I wonder which one Kostya said to the brave mexican
Santos ca,m to fight and fought the fight he had to fight. He didn’t have a lot of power so he had to stay busy. Kosta got the win with rabbit punches. I’m
always liked Kosta and followed him his whole career but in this fight he should have been called and lost points on the fouls. He hit Santos on the back of the head 3 or 4 times during the fight. I believe Kosta would have won the fight anyway but should have done it clean.
Hope Santos moved to a different trainer after that
Удары по затылку
Костя грязновато боксируетт или ошибаюсь
he kept hitting Santos behind his head...Foul
He wasn't AMERICANIZED he was AUSTRALIANISED!
True.
Westernized would be the best way to put it.
Oliver... Irrelevant really! My point stands above all your "He should Won that, one, she should've beaten Hatton, " stuff?
When you made a criticism without giving your own Opinions, it wasn't right! You would expect someone to give reasons for his criticisms of you, wouldn't you? Well, it was that and only that, that inspired my post! It is so easy to criticize, but you have to back it up with better opinions, which you did not do!
Now you give a lengthy monologue that just shows your favoritism of Tszyu, as you mentioned "Should've beaten him easily," or "He would have easily beaten him in a rematch!" Those are baseless opinions for the only thing that counts is the HISTORY of Kostka's fights, or anyone else's fights! What Kostka could do, or would do, is not fact or even an opinion, as History demands offers more concrete opinions, not wild speculations about future fights that never happened! Yes, we could make predictions, but as we all know, we are too often wrong, and no one wants to hear them from Joe Blows like us!
Let the pundits make fools of themselves by airing out their thoughts that mean nothing, even though they are thought of as experts? One can only make a solid opinion when the two guys meet in the ring, and match their styles and abilities, and show us what really happened? And who knows what new things each fighter will bring into the ring on any particular night? We don't even know enough about each fighters overall abilities, as they are rarely expressed in all their fights!
Look at Wlad Klitschko for example? All the ability in the World, so he thought, but when a smart guy like FURY fought him, Wlad rarely was able to launch the attack he thought he was capable of delivering! Even he didn't give a fair opinion of himself, and he was the guy doing the fighting? If he had all the ability he so often spoke about, he should've been able to get by Fury's defensive and offensive tactics, but he couldn't do it! There are always "Holes" in someone's offense, and defense too! So one cannot always go by past fights where he was in control? When his opponent is smart enough, he can turn that "Control" around in his favor, and place his opponent into a new situation he never encountered before!
As for Kostka, he is one of my favorite fighters, and I loved watching him! One of the greats yes, but with Hatton's "Always attack while in motion" offense, Kostka rarely, if at all, could land that daunted right hand! It usually missed or glanced off Hatton's head that was always moving? Hatton always seemed to be throwing punches, with Kostka throwing defensive right hands when he could, which wasn't very often, or strong enough as the defensive fighter has a hard time getting into the position he likes to be in to throw that favorite punch of his? Hatton was more varied in his Attack and was more intense, so he had Kostka just where he wanted him most of the time! Hatton seemed to want it more, and swarmed Kostka as few others had? Phillips seemed to overwhelm Kostka and fought the fight he wanted to fight! IMO only...
How old was Wladimir when he fought Fury? 39, do you think that was a prime WK? I'm a TF fan too but age is a huge factor, especially in combat sports. How old was KT when he fought Hatton?
I see your logic but you did not acknowledge the main argument which was that Hatton fought an old inactive KT. I repeat IT DEPENDS WHICH KT we are talking about.
The point is that in every fight No one can predict anything? Look at the Ward-Kovalev fight 2? Kovalev was leading on most Analysts scoresheets, but when Ward started to hit below the belt, and the Ref didn't even warn Ward, all the offensive fire left Kovalev? Who would have thought that Mr. Clean, Andre Ward, would unleash such deadly blows... and who would have known that the Ref would be so unconcerned about the low Blows? Things like that can easily change the direction of the fight! By the way, I would have liked to have seen Kovalev go after Ward the same way! Would Weeks have treated Kovalev the way he treated Ward if Kovalev started blasting Ward's belly and Below?? I wonder?
About Klitschko, His loss to FURY showed many that Klitschko thought too much of himself, & quite possibly thought that his experience would get him past Fury? All the killer emotions were lost to mainly technique IMO, and as a result, there was no real power in his punches, no need to calculate the problems enough, and was not really "There" most of the fight! I guess it shows that no personal feelings should enter a fighter's mind, but that is easier said than done, especially with a dominant heavyweight who passed just about every test along the way! By the way, I think that Wladimir was 39 Y/O when he fought Fury?
Maybe some of that was true in Kostka's fight w Hatton, when he allowed Hatton to do almost everything he wanted to do! Maybe his confidence made him lag behind in his defensive skills, for every opponent must be taken seriously! I don't think KT was at his very best in that fight as he only showed intensity a few times in the fight! Hatton was very good yes, but somehow KT allowed him to express all his Offensive abilities, a NO NO when it comes to fighting a top tier opponent?
Then the Mayweather debacle, when the Ref took everything out of Hatton's offense when he continually wasn't allowed to fight "Inside" the way he ordinarily does! Then comes the Question of ref's and Mayweather's management, who certainly got through to Cortez's mind IMO, for that was the way Mayweather's management team did with every fight? Complain and demand, complain and demand! So who can ever predict a fight when so many factors have to be considered, and can never really known to all of us because we can't see what is going on behind closed doors! Predictions are not in my book, I just want to enjoy the fight, and see if my favorite fighter comes out on top? GD...
Shut the fuck up you loquacious fool.
Kostya is not americanised in his boxing. yanks can sometimes be ignorant fools of Australian toughness instilled in its fighters. Australia and Russia have historical and humour similarities, better suited for Kostya
23:00 true Australian toughness 💪
If Kostya had a proper trainer he would have been even more dominant than he was. He never went to the body consistently and he was in love with his power. In that preflight interview and during the fight they talk about his power increase. It’s obvious to me and everyone he’s strong but he could have ended fights earlier in so many of them. Great fighter, entertaining as hell never taking a step back but someone should trained and advised him better.
Kostya said that he was making his own training program. His coaching staff did what he told them.
piss of dick head johnny was n is one of the best trainer anyone could have.
@@michaelrobertson8833 let me guess dick head is russian
johnny lewis is the best ever
Михаил Тепляков well training yourself is fucking insane. Nobody is good enough to train themselves and fight.
WTF. Singing seppo anthem.
Aussie dickhead
@@peterjohnson9077Lol. Suck me off
Yes, Kostka has the style of strength, but a quick guy like Hatton took him to school, and left him laying in the Schoolyard after the bell rang? Fair defense and an aggressive offense with a conventional opponent like himself, but when an active guy fought him, KT had problems!
Zab and Sharmba were both way quicker than Hatton. If you did your research you'd know the background story to the Hatton Tszyu fight but obviously you chose to make an inaccurate assumption based on a limited amount of information first.
Pal, you are so smart, why didn't you give the reasons why Hatton won the fight? It is SO EASY to criticize, but gutless when you have to give your own OPINION, YOU DIDN'T? LOL? Come on Ignorant one, make your opinion known? In court where one has to PRODUCE something in his defense, the Jury would laugh the defendant out of the Courtroom if he used the same Tactic you used? Maybe I missed something, but until you spell it out in detail, your words are meaningless!!!
I'll give you another opinion pal, and don't criticize until you have one of your own OPINION to replace mine with? LOL
Hatton's style was more multi-varied than Kostka's was, and he used all his Talents, while Kostka depended on his slow plodding aggressive style that got him that far in his career! The aggressive movements of Hatton, along with his Power, which is underrated by many, gave Kostka fits, and Kostka was unable to use his power as he would have liked to? Hatton was able to use his power because of his punching speed and other attributes! IMO... Take it or leave it
twaflyer1 What is your reason for the insults?
What's with the aggression and hostility?
Do you actually think YOUR argument is worthy in a court where one has to PRODUCE something in their defense?
In reply to your "opinion" It all depends which Tszyu it is we are talking about.
If we are talking about a prime Tszyu here are just some reasons why you really are making a whole lot of inaccurate assumptions based on a limited amount of information.
Saying he's just a one dimensional power fighter is ignorant. You don't get to that level, stay champ for a decade at one of the most talented divisions, stay in the P4P top ten for a decade by being one dimensional. I guess you need to actually watch him to figure that out.
Because his style was not flashy and rather orthodox his high skill level was very elusive to the untrained eye. Guys like you can so easily ASSUME he was uni-dimensional or would have trouble with speed.
He beat prime versions of Oktay Urkal, who was the unbeaten EU champ, an awkward slippery fighter who no one wanted to fight,
a poorman's Mayweater if you like, and Kostya had to go the DC to beat him..
Jan Piet Bergman was an unbeaten puncher from South Africa.. Tszu went toe to toe, and KO'd him in 6..
Another terrific performance was against Cuban star, Diosbelys Hurtado, a fighter who only lost to 3 world champs in his whole career..
Tszyu took care of him a lot easier than what Pernell Whitaker did..
What about the hugely underrated performance against the big punching Miguel Angel Gonzalez.. He'd only dropped a DC to DLH, before getting KO'd by Kostya..
For those that say he has a poor resume, i'd only agree to that in quantity.. The quality of his resume is in complete contrast..
Here is a list of some of the opponents he beat , their record when they first fought Kostya and some of the titles they've held.
Zab Judah (27-0-0) WBO/IBF140 , WBC/WBA/IBF147 Champion
Sharmba Mitchell (47-2-0) WBA/IBF140 Champion
Julio Cesar Chavez (103-4-2) WBC130 , WBC/WBA135 , WBC/IBF140
Champion
Roger Mayweather (54-11-0) WBA130 , WBC/IBO140 , IBA/IBO147 Champion
Rafael Ruelas (52-3-0) IBF135 Champion
Jesse James Leija (43-5-2) WBC130 , IBA135 Champion
Oktay Urkal (28-0-0)
Ben Tackie (24-2-0)
Miguel Angel Gonzalez (43-1-1) WBC135 Champion
Diobelys Hurtado (28-1-0) WBA/IBA140 Champion
Calvin Grove (49-9-0) IBF126 Champion
Ismael Armando Chaves (40-5-3)
Jan Piet Bergman (32-0-0) WBU147 Champion
Corey Johnson (20-1-1) IBC140 Champion
Hugo Pineda (27-0-1)
Jake Rodriguez (26-2-2) IBF140 Champion
Pedro Sanchez (26-1-2)
Angel Hernandez (40-1-2)
Hector Lopez (26-2-1)
Livingstone Bramble (34-11-3) WBA135 Champion
Juan LaPorte (37-12-0) WBC126 Champion
Add Jake Rodriguez to that list.
He was fighting great ex-champs and future champions within ten fights! Find someone these days who does that. Bar Loma
Tszyu was also the perfect fighter against slick boxers. He actually rarely ever had any trouble with them and nearly every slick fighter
he fought he knocked out. The reason being, he was a brilliant boxer with all the tools to become a classic, slick, defensive boxer-puncher,
and that gave him the knowledge of how to fight them. Of course after the amateurs he changed his style dramatically and went with power as
his main game in the pros. Tszyu also had a tremendous amateur career which is so often over looked.
He was brilliant against southpaws, knew exactly how to fight
them and his timing neutralised the speed difference which often gave him the advantage against the faster, slicker boxer.
Did you know Tszyu was also a multiple amateur world champion with a record of over 260 fight 11 losses as an amateur ?
People do underrate him and he was certainly one of the best ever at 140. In the top five easily. Of course his only losses do hurt him as
they were fights he should not have ever lost.
The Hatton fight was understandable as he was 36 against a peak hungry fighter with stamina to burn, but, he still should have beaten him easy. While the ref screwed him over pretty bad he also fought the wrong fight for his age at that point.
To your defense I believe People fail to give Hatton any credit for his victory but there is a reason for that, everyone knows even Hatton freely
admits he was lucky to win that fight.
KT was not exactly at his best, he was an old Tszyu who had been in many wars also Tszyu had to stay awake to 3am (Aus Time) to
suit the UK viewers as Hatton had a larger following.
His Phillips loss hurt him greatly also which he never revenged. It should have been his first fight back as it should have been a very easy win for him. Again, due to bad, slack training at the time and forgetting about his boxing skills.
One thing that sometimes annoys me is people that claim he was only a power puncher. He was a very skilled boxer and I believe had he stayed
fighting from Russia he may have become one of the ATG boxers of contemporary times. He changed the way he fought a lot when he went pro.
As an amateur he had freaky skill. Amazing hand and foot speed, incredible defense, combinations, power and the ability to think through a fight.
He lost a fair bit of his speed and defense and became more of a power puncher but still had the ability to box when needed. He should have used it more and I wonder if coming to Aus had something to do with that. I think if he had stayed with his speed, defensive boxing style in the pro's he would have been unstoppable. As it was though he had an amazing career and yes, he is still very underrated. The fighters he fought from day one are simply incredible and very, very few pros would or could (or be willing) to do what he did
The greatness of Tszyu is underappreciated. Nonetheless, most consider him a top three to five 140 pounder ever, which is a huge compliment considering the stacked talent of the division. He was a great fighter in a great division at a time that the 140 pound division had the deepest talent in boxing.
A top P4P'er for a decade fighting his first champ in only his fourth fight and from thereon out only ever fought the top contenders and championship caliber fighters.
He fought an incredible sixteen champions in his short career (only had thirty or so fights) and was often stifled during his prime years for lack of willing opponents. He just missed out on big fights with Mosley, Oscar, Mayweather for the high risk, low reward factor that he brought up until his final years as an older fighter in one of the top divisions in boxing where he was finally a big money opponent and name.
As mentioned previously, he had only fought one round in a year at the time of the Phillips fight and had fallen into shocking training habits well away from his proper boxing, speed and stamina training that he picked up again after that loss. Also, during his peak years as already mentioned he struggled to find willing opponents to take the high risk low reward fight shown in his activity during his best years and early career often fighting only twice a year, sometimes only once from as early as his fourteenth fight!
Even before that he was only able to fight three times a year which would be a normal champions routine, instead of a young, up and coming prospect. I think that was one of the banes of his career and that inactivity finally caught up to him by the end of his career struggling with numerous injuries and having to postpone fights etc and by the end was only able to fight once a year for the last four years of his career.
One of his better years though was 2001 which he was able to get three fights unifying the titles in a great fight against Sharmba Mitchell,
defending it against the number one contender and undefeated 28-0 Oktay Urkal, then finishing the year by spectacularly knocking out the
undefeated 27-0 IBF champion Zab Judah in two rounds thus becoming the first undisputed 140 pound champion in over thirty years.
He first turned pro in '92 and by '95 was already champion and for the rest of his career only fought the best. Great underrated career and fighter.
No disrespect to Hatton he was a good champion but his greatest achievement a was and always will be beating (and only just beating) an aged 36 year old Tszyu one was a much greater champion, face it.
@@twaflyer1 Youre an idiot. Kostya wasnt fight fit against Hatton and some would say past his prime. Despite that Kostya was ahead in the fight. Credit to Hatton though, it only take one punch.
twaflyer1 Tszyu didnt make weight for the weigh in against Hatton and had to sweat it off big time to cut while Hatton was eating and drinking. It left him dehydrated and drained for the fight. He was sapped and Tszyu’s trainer convinced him to quit even though he was in the fight because he was worried about Tszyu’s hydration level and his health knowing it was his last fight. Hatton couldnt hold Tszyu’s water in his prime.
Que pasooo si le pegk en la nuka...que no vio el referi
Здесь Костя был не прав100 процент сколько можно бить по затылку и нечаянно и зная !!!не надо Косте радоваться победе!!!!
Этот тоже не мальчик для битья открытой перчаткой закидыапет и вяжет
А хрена он башку подставляет !Лепи и все Правильно Константин !!!!