Quote Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN View Post
Without calling it a 'Duck' both Mosley and De La Hoya side stepped Tszyu in the 90's. DLH was at 140 in 96' while Tszyu was IBF champ (no fight?)and Mosley skips 140lb altogether and fights Rivera and Wise before DLH in 2000?
mmmm.....I often wonder why? Was it ducking him? maybe they just forgot who he was or didn't want to know who he was!
De La Hoya was a much bigger payday, and considered by most a bigger challenge as well for Shane.

Tszyu fought on the undercard of DLH-Gonzalez in January 1997, DH's last fight @ 140. A build-up for a future fight between the two? Maybe. Tszyu and Mas had that one-round no-contest, which doesn't help the build-up. A month after DLH fought Whitaker, Tszyu lost to Phillips.

Right after DLH-Whitaker, Arum announced DLH's future matchups. I don't think Tszyu was mentioned, maybe there was no intention from Arum for a DLH-Tszyu match, but I don't remember for sure.