Remembering Kostya.

[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.