Quote Originally Posted by smashcrusher
I have a feeling history is going to forget Kostya 10 years from now much the same way as they have Alexis Arguello, in that his name never comes up when you mention the greats. It's mainly because the biggest win of his career was against Ray Mancini, and Mancini is only a good fighter, Alexis never beat a truly great fighter. Likewise, Kostya's biggest win was against Zab, and pretty much everyone under the sun has handed him his @ss, so Kostya has also never beaten a truly great fighter. I'm sorry to say but if Kostya retires, watch how fast he's forgotten about.
Not hard to do. The only thing he's known for is knocking out Zab Judah who went on to be Undisputed Welterweight champ. that would have a major hold on Kostya(and a mystery to his greatness) eclipsed by the knockout of Mitchell after close to 2 years off. but quitting on the stool really hurt that.