How will Kostya Tszyu be remembered

[Hughesd]

Will he remembered as an all time great or do those losses to Vince Phillips and Ricky Hatton affect his leagacy ? Whats your opinions ? Thanks.

[Tysonbruno]

Who?

[GuyIncognito76]

I don't think becoming an old man and losing to a peek Ricky Hatton affects your legacy!

[bcollins]

As a monster for his weight?

[zhubin]

One of my all time favorite fighters. A great combination of skill, power, and intelligence...no to mention a class act inside and outside of the ring. His loss to Phillips was a stylistic issue...and to an extent so was his loss to Hatton (though i think his age didn't help in the Ricky fight). Definitely an all time great for me.

[leggy]

as a great

[Kel]

ATG in my mind.

One of my most missed fighters

[leggy]

hatton was class when he faught kosta wasnt as open as he has been recently

[Spicoli]

Awesome fighter,the Braid flying around when he launched that sharp over hand right,Telling Jim Grey to "Please,you respect me,you respect" when Grey went into one of his babble tirads,Great level of competion from the start,That odd grin,making Judah one of the most downloaded tap dancers ever seen in the ring,Body puncher,making Uncle Roger appear to have a good chin by lasting 12 with him,Witty,etc,etc......fun as helz to watch!

[C-Lo]

I will forever remember him for starting the music in which Zab Judah danced to.

[bcollins]

Honestly, Tszyu is one of favorite fighters ever. He's a great combination of boxing skill, fighter's heart, and gentleman's class. He's the type of fighter that comes along all too rarely nowadays. Let's hope we see more like him in the future.

[eagle]

Kostya is the guy who took me from being a casual fan to an addicted fight fan. His combination of skill and power were amazing, not many guys at 140 have ever hit that hard.
Unfortunately he never got to fight a massive 'name' fighter like ODLH, Mosely, Mayweather etc I would have loved to have seen him against one of those guys. He was always too much risk, too little reward for these guys. KOing Zab in 2 probably didnt help him get a fight with the big money men either......
He seems reasonably smart too, realised when he was done, and past his best and as yet hasnt returned to the ring. Rarely does this happen with great fighters.
I think he will be remembered as one of the most respected fighters of his era. He aint everyones favourite but not many have a bad word for him. How many fighters can u say that about?

[CGM]

respect for realizing it was time to hang up the gloves, and sticking to it.

[zhubin]

I always admired his incredible timing as well. Timed his punches as well as anyone. No question a lot of "big names" wanted to avoid him like the plague.

[Kel]

Here is a cracking Kostya vid. It starts with his 2 losses, which I kind of like and shows a lot of great footage. Good song too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23dS7...eature=related