Thread: Kostya Tszyu hall of fame induction

Just wanted to post this to get some feedback from the Aussie fans. It's my take on the career of Kostya Tszyu ahead of his Hall of Fame induction this weekend.

Tszyu takes his place among greats - Other Sports - Sportal Australia

Haven't been around much on the forums lately, to be honest the absence of a Pacquiao Mayweather fight has dimmed my enthusiasm for the sport a bit. Still, there are some good things going on - Pac keeps looking good, and Carl Froch has impressed me an awful lot lately.

Hope all the old heads are doing well.

Originally Posted by Greig

Just wanted to post this to get some feedback from the Aussie fans. It's my take on the career of Kostya Tszyu ahead of his Hall of Fame induction this weekend.

Tszyu takes his place among greats - Other Sports - Sportal Australia

Haven't been around much on the forums lately, to be honest the absence of a Pacquiao Mayweather fight has dimmed my enthusiasm for the sport a bit. Still, there are some good things going on - Pac keeps looking good, and Carl Froch has impressed me an awful lot lately.

Hope all the old heads are doing well.

Good work mate, nice to see you, hope alls well.

Well written mate.

Would have loved him to have fought Vince again.

You could have easily put the word right after this sentence..

But the simple fact of the matter is that, as a fighter, Tszyu was better than all of them – and in most cases by the length of the straight ....

I'm not an aussie, but I thought Kostya had a hall of fame career, tarnished a bit by his loss to Ricky Hatton in his last fight as a pro.

I'm hope Tszyu is doing well financially and otherwise, and congrats on being inducted into the boxing hall of fame!

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I'm not an aussie, but I thought Kostya had a hall of fame career, tarnished a bit by his loss to Ricky Hatton in his last fight as a pro.

I'm hope Tszyu is doing well financially and otherwise, and congrats on being inducted into the boxing hall of fame!

Unlike Jones Jr and Mosley Tszyu did the right thing and retired, he fought a young gun in Hatton on his home turf, with just 3 rounds in the ring in 36 months, an english ref and 20,000 Hatton fans cheering on every low blow that was landed..so the noise was deafening. Tszyu was approaching 36 yrs old, coming back after a shoulder injury and was quite simply done. More than half his pro fight career was against 16 World Champions. The Phillips loss being the only real blemish and that was due to a gastro attack that left him drained before fight time after the weigh in. Remember he almost had Phillips out of there in round 3, he had nothing left in the tank after round 5, a rematch would have seen a very early KO win. The only reason a rematch didn't happen was Millet stopped Phillips in 1999 and Tszyu went onto to fight Gonzalez. The amazing thing is, i don't think we ever really saw the best of Kostya Tszyu, we saw glimpses of it, but without a Mosley, DLH or Floyd fight i think he will always have a question mark against in his name and that's a shame. He was an undisputed world champion in his time and that is a rarity in boxing.

Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I'm not an aussie, but I thought Kostya had a hall of fame career, tarnished a bit by his loss to Ricky Hatton in his last fight as a pro.

I'm hope Tszyu is doing well financially and otherwise, and congrats on being inducted into the boxing hall of fame!

Unlike Jones Jr and Mosley Tszyu did the right thing and retired, he fought a young gun in Hatton on his home turf, with just 3 rounds in the ring in 36 months, an english ref and 20,000 Hatton fans cheering on every low blow that was landed..so the noise was deafening. Tszyu was approaching 36 yrs old, coming back after a shoulder injury and was quite simply done. More than half his pro fight career was against 16 World Champions. The Phillips loss being the only real blemish and that was due to a gastro attack that left him drained before fight time after the weigh in. Remember he almost had Phillips out of there in round 3, he had nothing left in the tank after round 5, a rematch would have seen a very early KO win. The only reason a rematch didn't happen was Millet stopped Phillips in 1999 and Tszyu went onto to fight Gonzalez. The amazing thing is, i don't think we ever really saw the best of Kostya Tszyu, we saw glimpses of it, but without a Mosley, DLH or Floyd fight i think he will always have a question mark against in his name and that's a shame. He was an undisputed world champion in his time and that is a rarity in boxing.

Funny thing with Kostya was we knew just how good a clean precise boxer he could be, yet we saw him want to slug it out up the hard route in so many fights.
Good on him, it made for a very entertaining number of years giving the fans exactly what they wanted.

Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I'm not an aussie, but I thought Kostya had a hall of fame career, tarnished a bit by his loss to Ricky Hatton in his last fight as a pro.

I'm hope Tszyu is doing well financially and otherwise, and congrats on being inducted into the boxing hall of fame!

Unlike Jones Jr and Mosley Tszyu did the right thing and retired, he fought a young gun in Hatton on his home turf, with just 3 rounds in the ring in 36 months, an english ref and 20,000 Hatton fans cheering on every low blow that was landed..so the noise was deafening. Tszyu was approaching 36 yrs old, coming back after a shoulder injury and was quite simply done. More than half his pro fight career was against 16 World Champions. The Phillips loss being the only real blemish and that was due to a gastro attack that left him drained before fight time after the weigh in. Remember he almost had Phillips out of there in round 3, he had nothing left in the tank after round 5, a rematch would have seen a very early KO win. The only reason a rematch didn't happen was Millet stopped Phillips in 1999 and Tszyu went onto to fight Gonzalez. The amazing thing is, i don't think we ever really saw the best of Kostya Tszyu, we saw glimpses of it, but without a Mosley, DLH or Floyd fight i think he will always have a question mark against in his name and that's a shame. He was an undisputed world champion in his time and that is a rarity in boxing.

Tszyu was one of my favorite fighters, he was fun to watch, and the creator of the World famous "Chicken Dance" as performed by Zab Judah.

Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

I'm not an aussie, but I thought Kostya had a hall of fame career, tarnished a bit by his loss to Ricky Hatton in his last fight as a pro.

I'm hope Tszyu is doing well financially and otherwise, and congrats on being inducted into the boxing hall of fame!

Unlike Jones Jr and Mosley Tszyu did the right thing and retired, he fought a young gun in Hatton on his home turf, with just 3 rounds in the ring in 36 months, an english ref and 20,000 Hatton fans cheering on every low blow that was landed..so the noise was deafening. Tszyu was approaching 36 yrs old, coming back after a shoulder injury and was quite simply done. More than half his pro fight career was against 16 World Champions. The Phillips loss being the only real blemish and that was due to a gastro attack that left him drained before fight time after the weigh in. Remember he almost had Phillips out of there in round 3, he had nothing left in the tank after round 5, a rematch would have seen a very early KO win. The only reason a rematch didn't happen was Millet stopped Phillips in 1999 and Tszyu went onto to fight Gonzalez. The amazing thing is, i don't think we ever really saw the best of Kostya Tszyu, we saw glimpses of it, but without a Mosley, DLH or Floyd fight i think he will always have a question mark against in his name and that's a shame. He was an undisputed world champion in his time and that is a rarity in boxing.

Kostya Tszyu didn't look like he had any problems during the Vince Phillips fight, he just fought a guy who was hungry and didn't give him space. As it's been said many times Kostya Tszyu likes distance, his inside fighting skills aren't great which is why he was beaten by both Hatton, Phillips.

Originally Posted by Andre

Well written mate.

Would have loved him to have fought Vince again.

You could have easily put the word right after this sentence..

But the simple fact of the matter is that, as a fighter, Tszyu was better than all of them – and in most cases by the length of the straight ....

Ha, indeed Andre - along with Tommy Hearns one of the best right hands I've ever seen.

Hey Memphis, all ok down under mate, what about yourself?