Good point......thats on of the things people try point out about Tszyu. On the other side, there is a very long list of guys who were good champions he beat.

Kostya has faced tougher opponents than Hatton, thats not really questionable though, aside from facing Pacquiao and Mayweather. Probably the best of the opponents when they were actually good were Gonzalez, Mitchel and Ruelas, and Chavez is probably the only true hall of fame fighter.

Tszyu is definetly a hall of fame fighter, thats why he was usually better than those other guys who were champions at one time or another, and why he reigned for so long.

Mayweather is sometimes accused of having soft opponents too. Before De La Hoya, who did he beat, and he was boxing for ten years to that point. Genaro Hernandez, comparable to Gonzalez. Corrales was good. Castillo gave him a close fight, BUT WAY OVERRATED, then nobody really..Perhaps Corrales was top 10, not sure if he was hall of fame. Maybe, but he lost too much through the years too. Castillo, no way. He never won anything to be called a great fighter. At least Hatton beat Tszyu, I dont care how old he was, beating any version of Tszyu was still hard, old or not.

Hatton has fought 3 hall of famers, and beat one of them.