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Kosta Tszyu was a master at adapting during a fight to counter his opponents style, so this would be very interesting imo. I am one of those that thinks Tszyu was awesome, but slightly overrated, I don't think his opposition was great.

I actually see Pac winning this one!
Almost 50% of Tszyu's fights were against World Champions, i think he fought 16 of them! And You think his opposition is not great? Puzzling? His first World Champion win was against Juan La Porte in only his 4th pro fight!!
I don't think we ever saw the best of Tszyu but i urge you to have another look at his wins over Miguel Angel Gonzalez and Zab Judah, both fighters beaten at their peaks!
It was not Tszyu's fault he was sidestepped by DLH and Mosley!!
Credit for beating Zab, but I think it's fair to say Zab aint going down as an ATG. Gonzales was another good win but he had already been soundly beaten by DLH and just drawn with an ancient JCC.

Losses to Hatton and Philips also don't help his resume. His opposition was sound and good, but if we are talking about being an all time great, his best win is against Zab Judah! Tszyu probably is an all time great and he can only beat who is put in front of him, but you can't say that his opposition was phenomenal by any stretch of the imagination
Judah at the time was undefeated, and went on to be undisputed welterweight champion, honestly i think Judah is the way he is now due to lack of dedication, a weak mindset, and the fact that Tszyu pretty much ruined him IMO, he put a real dent in his confidence and it's been evident since, but that doesn't take away the natural talent that Judah had, at 140 he was just as fast as Manny and he had loads of power in his shots, not saying he's as good as Pacquiao, but it gives a good impression that Tszyu would have been able to deal with PAC's speed and movement, on that note, don't know why people are thrashing Hatton for getting stopped in the 2nd, at least it was against the p4p #1 best fighter in the world, can't say the same happened for Jones Jr.