Ricky fought bravely.

[KostyaTszyuTeam]

English Ref was IBF rules. Tszyu underestimated Hatton, as every post Tszyu opponent had prior knowledge. Tszyu treated him like a Tackie type, and way underestimated Hatton.

Look...I don't dislike Hatton, I was just stirring you. But if you would like to see the actual list of opponents in comparisons, i posted it on the other thread in reply to you, and I can post it here. It's quite clear Kostya fought longer as a champion, so fought more top guys. If say Ricky had a belt, and wanted to do what Tszyu did, which was be happy to be the best in 1 division, and unify and keep defending his title, that's fine.

True, he got paid alot, and made 5 million odd. He gave up all these conncessions, as I he never expected such a hard fight, one where he would come close to losing. Hatton surprised the world and was named fighter of the year as a result.Hatton was actially his second preference, his first was to cash in against Gatti, but Gatti chose Mayweather.

On Kostya Tszyu being p4p no3.......It's subjective. Hopkins, prior to beating Trinidad wasn't THAT highly regarded anywhere post Trinidad. He beat a much smaller guy in De La Hoya. What he has done since, keep going on as an old guy, thats remarkable. The other guy, p4p no1 at the time, said this about Tszyu. Although I'm p4p no1, I would except being number 2 at 140 behind Tszyu, and if he can beat Hatton, which he thought he would, he wanted to fight Tszyu.

The p4p rankings mean what? Not that much. Tszyu always wanted De La Hoya, then found himself losing to Phillips. He was set to face Mayweather, then lost again. He seemed to have fate interveining just when he was set to be the big attraction if he fought and beat De La Hoya etc. I would choose Tszyu over De La Hoya, at 140, but it depends who you liked. He was quite different the earlier part of his career.

I'll post a link of Tszyu boxing the sh#t out of Terron Millet, and you see the speed and skills. The stupid commentator says, the only thing Tszyu lacks is power.