Remembering Kostya.

[eagle]

Just a little vid i found on Tszyu that reminded me just why i liked him so much as a fighter. Ignore the ugly singer at the start and admire the power of the man.

The Grove KO is brutal and i think should be mentioned more when ppl talk of great one punch KO's.

Enjoy.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmAGbQaBGQ

[Andre]

Like in that first ko, he used to love to measure the distance with the left tapping waiting for a reaction then straight down the pipe with the right at exactly the right time.

[LEGION]

I sorely miss Kostya; a great fighter. Sad alot of people remember him mostly for making Judah break dance

[eagle]

I sorely miss Kostya; a great fighter. Sad alot of people remember him mostly for making Judah break dance

It sucks that Zab gets more big fights, and will probably make 5 times the money Kostya did in his career even tho KT made him break dance in 2.

[Andre]

I sorely miss Kostya; a great fighter. Sad alot of people remember him mostly for making Judah break dance

It sucks that Zab gets more big fights, and will probably make 5 times the money Kostya did in his career even tho KT made him break dance in 2.

Its not what you got , its who you spend your time with, that really counts..
Kostya is doing ok for himself on both fronts.

[eagle]

I sorely miss Kostya; a great fighter. Sad alot of people remember him mostly for making Judah break dance

It sucks that Zab gets more big fights, and will probably make 5 times the money Kostya did in his career even tho KT made him break dance in 2.

Its not what you got , its who you spend your time with, that really counts..
Kostya is doing ok for himself on both fronts.

Yeah he is doing ok.

[bikersk]

Thanks for the vid. Kostya is the best fighter we have had in a while. Nice guy too.

[Wayne]

I sorely miss Kostya; a great fighter. Sad alot of people remember him mostly for making Judah break dance

It sucks that Zab gets more big fights, and will probably make 5 times the money Kostya did in his career even tho KT made him break dance in 2.

I gotta disagree with you there, buddy. Kostya had a 13 year career in which he had only 33 fights. Zab has been fighting 12 years and has had 41 fights, is still active and has not been plagued by injuries. It's easy to forget the dominant career Zab used to have because of how he's been showing in recent years, but it can be argued that Zab was the more exciting fighter even though Kostya beat him. The right place at the right time means something. Hell, Kostya didn't have to move to Australia- it's not like it's a boxing mecca.

[Dizaster]

He had the power and timing to end a fight with just about anyone in under 4 if he got the right chance.. ... I suppose that could be said about a lot of people, but he really let his hands go and got such power behind that right...

[ssss]

Excellent mid distance fighter with excellent timing but an average inside fighter at best thats why he lost to Vince Phillips because he couldn't get any punching room...........

Kostya Tszyu generates his power better at mid distance still a great fighter but that was his weakness when a fighter fought him in a telephone booth it is quite a shame Kostya Tszyu never got a chance to show his skills against the top boys i think he would of done well against most of em.

[rjj tszyu]

Yep my hero and knew it was time to retire after Hatton so quite a sensible man too. If only every boxer was like Kostya

[Spicoli]

Call it good timing or something else but his level of competition early on was pretty dern good.

[TitoFan]

Two fighters have made instant fans out of me by beating... er... humiliating someone I hated:

Kostya Tszyu (Zab Judah)
Marco Antonio Barrera (Naseem Hamed)

Actually, I was a fan of both before then, but this was icing on the cake.

[Julius Rain]

koysta is one of my favorite fighters. I like how he destroyed jcc, i always like how piss off jcc looks when his getting beat. Like how oscar did him.

[Andre]

koysta is one of my favorite fighters. I like how he destroyed jcc, i always like how piss off jcc looks when his getting beat. Like how oscar did him.

Yeah its not all a matter of how" but also when" plays a big factor in the outcome.
That was good timing for Kostya to fight Jcc right at that stage of his career .
He got to taste the same when Hatton timed him out perfectly.
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.