How come Mayweather never fought Kostya Tsysu

[Greig]

When Mayweather first moved to 140 Kostya was injured, then he had to take care of his madndatory (Sharmba Mitchell)

When he did that, he wanted the biggest fights for the biggest money. Obviously the biggest out there was Floyd, but after he KO'd Zab in 01, Tszyu signed a multi fight deal with Showtime, whereas Floyd had been a long time HBO fighter. Those types of deals are very hard to get done, the negotiations are a nightmare and only happen when there is a mint to be made for both sides (I think the last one was when Showtime's Tyson fought HBO's Lennox).

So, Tszyu fought Hatton in Britain for a fortune. I don't think it was any secret that Tszyu didn't want that fight, especially in England, but the money on offer was huge compared to what he would have made elsewhere. Hatton beat him up, and the rest is history.

For what it's worth, I think Kostya would have given Mayweather FITS. Tsyu was never outboxed - the only way to beat him was go into the trenches and try and out tough him. He was always at his best against slick boxers. Tszyu/Mayweather in there primes would have been outstanding, wouldn't like to pick a winner there.

But in 2004/05 when the fight had a chance of happening, I lean towards Floyd on points. Tszyu was slowing a little and floyd was just entering the peak of his powers...

[blegit]

Well, there are a lot of dream matches that would have been made but fighters ruin other fighters looming matches. Then you have HBO, Showtime, promoters, etc who have personal interest that often bring about problems which have stopped fights from happening. PBF did want to fight KT and it would've went into tight negotiations after a Hatton win. PBF voiced wanting KT many times and he even said some time after the Hatton fight that he would still fight KT but as we all know after Hatton KT just rode off into the sunset. And deservingly so, Tszyu was without a doubt the dominate champion at 140 for enough time to be secure in his legacy. There is life after boxing and Tsyzu is one of the few fighters to realize this and come to grips with it.

[THE THIRD MAN]

It was going to happen if KT got past Hatton, I think at 36 yrs Mayweather would have won.
However, the Tszyu of 1999-2001 is a different story and i think he would have nailed Mayweather at some point, Mayweather was tailor made for him.
It would have taken all of Floyd's defensive skills to avoid getting knocked out, in doing that would he have done enough to win a decision?
I notice that Mayweather never disses Tszyu at this time, afraid of the repercussions Floyd?