As a long time boxing fan, I think tszyu had incredible timing on his punches, even in the Judah fight after the first round it was clear that Judah had superior hand, foot speed but tszyu being trained in the former Soviet system had incredible timing, timing can beat speed if used correctly, Tszyu was a master at timing his punches
I know Mayweather fans jump on me when I say this but I think Kostya was all wrong for Floyd. Because of that timing...his brutal, crippling power has a chance to land and Kostya had a super high ring IQ. He adjusted and typically remained calm. It's hard to see Floyd getting away with tight shoulder rolls on the ropes against Kostya. I think Kostya's brillian is most on display when he owns the souls of southpaws...it's sick how many he fought and crushed. The Zab KO is great and funny but the most impressive thing in the fight is once Kostya figured him out he totally shut Zab out...be blocked the jab path, reset, applied pressure. Rewatch that fight and before you get ready to laugh at the chicken dance, first check out the entire round 2...Zab throw about 12 jabs and a few other waves...he is totally helpless against Kostya's timing, footwork, pressure and brains.
In all these Kostya Tszyu videos there are arguments about whether he's over rated, under rated, was he that good, was he that bad, could he have beaten Floyd, that his big wins were supposedly against fighters past their prime etc etc. You know what? I don't give a shit. I just love his style and nobody can take that away. I'm not a big, knowledgeable boxing guy but honestly the only other boxer I can think of who was so menacing with his power, and devastating with body shots was Mike Tyson. KO's in boxing are about landing on the opponents chin but Tyson and Kostya (in their respective weight divisions) are two guys who, when they land a body blow, everyone holds their breath waiting to see if the opponent is going to be able to handle it or not. There's something really exciting about this kind of fighter, the shorter, stockier guy who lives his whole life within range of the opponents, they never have a reach advantage. They compensate for it with their reflexes, their power hitting, body blows, moving forward and getting in close, going straight down the middle. They punish every mistake, pounce on every weakness. High intensity fighter with a calmness in their eyes. Manny Pac, Tzsyu, Mike Tyson.... I'm sure there are others but this is the kind of fighter I'm talking about. They are all so admirable and great to watch, I don't care if they are the "greatest" or whatever. It's who I'd like to watch, and it's who I'd like to be like.
Kostya Tszyu was a force to be reckoned with when he came on the scene. Yeah he might have caught some others on their way out but, thats how boxing is and it's not his fault, if the legendary fighters wanted to stay on the scene longer than they should have. Great fighter and great champ, who later would have his own downfall as ge aged with time.
Great fight by both men. I think Tszyu was one of the best p4p fighters of his time and one of the most underrated and avoided fighters alongside Winky Wright and Joe Calzaghe. I wish Tszyu could've fought De La Hoya and Mosley. I've always thought that his style and abilty would be bad news for both of those great fighters and that he had a very good chance of beating both men in a great fight. Great fight, great fighter, thanks for the upload.
European biased BULLSHIT!!!! Floyd Mayweather would of beat the shit out of Kosta!! Mosely and De la Hoya would of beat his ASS too!!!!! And Calzaghe??????? Fuck out of here that overated BOZO!!!!
@@juanmasa3020 Absolutely - Phillips fought thru the fireworks and let the kid run himself outta gas and put him away - all credit to Phillips. I mean, Buster Douglas KO'd Tyson in a brilliant performance and taught him a similar lesson. After the Phillips fight, Kostya was basically unbeatable...didn't lose for like 8 years. Kostya actually said that the Phillips fight made him the "unbeatable" fighter he became and he owes gratitude to Vince for stopping him. I think Phillips was an underrated guy and deserved more credit...he was a tough night for anybody.
yeah another great boxing show from tszyu body head body head n super hard punches wow.. again his power punches in this weight class only can think of JCC , pacman n marquez also great power shots all of them just great to watch entertainers if you paid to see those guys box ya always got ya moneys worth..
@@kevinmcgovern7567 I tend to agree that Kostya would have punished Judah badly in later rounds if the fight weren't stopped. However, it is surprising how many people claim that Judah would have won if the fight wasn't stopped. Just go and try and post your comment under Kostya-Judah fight video and you will see
Loved his interview after the fight. Honest about being dumb in Rnd 1. When he got to the hotel afterwards he must have kicked himself for not using those devastating body shots early. He was magnificent to watch.
Actually, the ref did a terrific job for a sometimes messy fight. Barely saw him, yet the fight flowed. Compare his performance versus the ref for Wilder Fury 2.
Cuban boxers in a nutshell: style is incredible for amateurs, for pros 7/10 but Cuban are known for having weak chins but also for not getting hit. point is if you hit them you can get them outta there just hitting them is the hard part
What the commentators don't say , kostya had over 280 amateur fights, loosing 4 on political decisions, kostya amateur world champion in his weight class, no American ever beat him as an amateur 👌👍🙏🥊🥊🥊🥊 legendary fighter incredible ❤
+BestCanKeanRob2 Wrong, Kyosta slipped on one of those supposed knocked downs. Also Kyosta doesn't have a glass chin at all, you obviously haven't any of his fights
Those are pretty reasonable choices....I think you can definitely say the Bailey is a more explosive puncher than Kostya (Bailey was gifted as hell)...there are different types f hard hitters.....Kostya is a punishing puncher and was pretty unique in style. I would say Lucas comes in 3rd of these three...but an obvious hard hitter and no shame in 3rd of these 3. I think it's like the Tyson vs Foreman argument - Tyson was more explosive and Foreman was more punishing but it's close...what the hell, it's fun to argue this stuff in boxing.
Hurtado muy bueno caminando el ring pero nada de quitarse los golpes con la cintura y la cabeza. El no estaba preparado para esta pelea. El ring era mas pequeño y la lona la prepararon para restar movilidad en sus pies. A Hurtado le pusieron inyecciones en las manos por fractura. El no tuvo mejor carrera por los buitres que lo manejaron. Creo que le pagaron 25 mil dólares en esa pelea un robo. Aun asi creo que ni al 100 % hubiera podido ganar a kostya por su poder.
Without the power, he couldn’t have continuously walked forward. He had good boxing skills but without the heavy hands he possessed he never would have been a world champion.
Nearly everyone Kyosta fought and beat were mostly bigger in height and for some reason, looked bigger in the body, especially the black fighters. I can't work it out, because Kyosta was fairly short at 5' 6'' and others were 5' 11"" yet weighed the same?
Nah. I’m a huge Kostya fan, but I don’t see him being able to hit Mayweather cleanly. Kostya had decent skills but Floyd was so slick. Floyd by decision.
Water (dehydrate and starve a bit down to your weight for 48=72 hours then come in cramped up and weak)..right after the weigh in you start getting the fluid and carbs back into your body - heavily...Gatti once did 21lbs I think..crazy.. It's probably why there are few fights at weigh-ins opposed to early press conferences...the fighters are in rough shape quite often..
Australia is the better country to live in, but hey..I'm biased because l don't need the worry about all the killings and muggings like in USA. there's more to life than screwing people out of money
Tszyu Hurtado 1- 8 10 2- 10 9 3- 10 9 4- 10 9 5- KO I disagree with their scoring. The two knockdown in round 1 essentially cancel each other out. So u less Tszyu dominated (he obviously didn’t) that should have been 10-8 Hurtado with the extra knockdown. I thought Tszyu squeaked by in rounds 2-3 landing more powerful shots and being the aggressor but they were close. Round 4 marked the beginning of the fight becoming easy to score and the end of Hurtado.
Oscar De LaHoya, Ike Quarte, Felix Trinidad would all beat him by KO so he had to keep squeezing into a single division. None the les he was a very good fighter but not an all time great.
I’ll give you Trinidad, the reach advantage, speed and power, would have been too much for Kostya. But the other two? ‘Pick em’ fights. Kostya was capable of starching them also.
Me pregunto porque esa yegua vieja del cubano no lo mandaron junto con su entrenador a cuba a cortar caña para eso hubiera tenido mejor resultado y no boxeando , tenia mucho miedo para boxear
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Love Tszyu as a fighter and love how classy he is when he speaks. One of the greatest all time.
Hurtado was a great boxer who took a very hard fight on short notice against an all time great. outstanding performance.
Those body shots would have made me soil my pants..
Really crushing power on display - credit to Hurtado - brave as hell.
a great champion and a gentleman. thanks for the memories Kostya, no one fought like you.
(gonzalez was your best fight.)
21:30 damn the sound of those flush body shots
Credit to Hurtado took this fight on short notice. Tszyu was a beast in the ring.
This version of Tszyu would have obliterated Hatton, but they were both two of my favorite fighters for sheer riveting excitement
thanks for the post. Hell of a fight!!!
As a long time boxing fan, I think tszyu had incredible timing on his punches, even in the Judah fight after the first round it was clear that Judah had superior hand, foot speed but tszyu being trained in the former Soviet system had incredible timing, timing can beat speed if used correctly, Tszyu was a master at timing his punches
I know Mayweather fans jump on me when I say this but I think Kostya was all wrong for Floyd. Because of that timing...his brutal, crippling power has a chance to land and Kostya had a super high ring IQ. He adjusted and typically remained calm. It's hard to see Floyd getting away with tight shoulder rolls on the ropes against Kostya. I think Kostya's brillian is most on display when he owns the souls of southpaws...it's sick how many he fought and crushed. The Zab KO is great and funny but the most impressive thing in the fight is once Kostya figured him out he totally shut Zab out...be blocked the jab path, reset, applied pressure. Rewatch that fight and before you get ready to laugh at the chicken dance, first check out the entire round 2...Zab throw about 12 jabs and a few other waves...he is totally helpless against Kostya's timing, footwork, pressure and brains.
i guess it's kind of off topic but does anybody know a good place to stream newly released series online?
Kostya made Judah do the chicken walk !!! Priceless !!! Best KO ever !!!
In all these Kostya Tszyu videos there are arguments about whether he's over rated, under rated, was he that good, was he that bad, could he have beaten Floyd, that his big wins were supposedly against fighters past their prime etc etc.
You know what? I don't give a shit. I just love his style and nobody can take that away.
I'm not a big, knowledgeable boxing guy but honestly the only other boxer I can think of who was so menacing with his power, and devastating with body shots was Mike Tyson.
KO's in boxing are about landing on the opponents chin but Tyson and Kostya (in their respective weight divisions) are two guys who, when they land a body blow, everyone holds their breath waiting to see if the opponent is going to be able to handle it or not.
There's something really exciting about this kind of fighter, the shorter, stockier guy who lives his whole life within range of the opponents, they never have a reach advantage. They compensate for it with their reflexes, their power hitting, body blows, moving forward and getting in close, going straight down the middle. They punish every mistake, pounce on every weakness. High intensity fighter with a calmness in their eyes. Manny Pac, Tzsyu, Mike Tyson.... I'm sure there are others but this is the kind of fighter I'm talking about. They are all so admirable and great to watch, I don't care if they are the "greatest" or whatever. It's who I'd like to watch, and it's who I'd like to be like.
You should watch more boxing
@tosgem I agree. Tszyu is one of my all time favorite fighters as well. His balance and reflexes were extraordinary, and beautiful to watch.
Отличный бой. Костя супер!
Tszyu was an absolute technician. Love watching him box
Johhny Lewis,the great man .
Kostya Tszyu was a force to be reckoned with when he came on the scene. Yeah he might have caught some others on their way out but, thats how boxing is and it's not his fault, if the legendary fighters wanted to stay on the scene longer than they should have. Great fighter and great champ, who later would have his own downfall as ge aged with time.
thnks for the ULD, entertaining fight.
great bodyshots by Tszyu down the stretch
Tszyu was utterly brutal back then. Hurtado simply could not cope with the power.
Great fight by both men. I think Tszyu was one of the best p4p fighters of his time and one of the most underrated and avoided fighters alongside Winky Wright and Joe Calzaghe. I wish Tszyu could've fought De La Hoya and Mosley. I've always thought that his style and abilty would be bad news for both of those great fighters and that he had a very good chance of beating both men in a great fight. Great fight, great fighter, thanks for the upload.
European biased BULLSHIT!!!! Floyd Mayweather would of beat the shit out of Kosta!! Mosely and De la Hoya would of beat his ASS too!!!!! And Calzaghe??????? Fuck out of here that overated BOZO!!!!
@That Retroholic vincent phillips had no problems with him,hehe
@@juanmasa3020 Absolutely - Phillips fought thru the fireworks and let the kid run himself outta gas and put him away - all credit to Phillips. I mean, Buster Douglas KO'd Tyson in a brilliant performance and taught him a similar lesson. After the Phillips fight, Kostya was basically unbeatable...didn't lose for like 8 years.
Kostya actually said that the Phillips fight made him the "unbeatable" fighter he became and he owes gratitude to Vince for stopping him. I think Phillips was an underrated guy and deserved more credit...he was a tough night for anybody.
Kostya Tzsyu....The greatest super lightweight champion of all time.
Cervantes >>>
How could a judge have Hurtado ahead. Only in America.
Hurtado was a great fighter. The body shots from Kostya killed him.
Hurtado a good fighter
Hurtado was a very good fighter. Kostya was the best 140 that ever lived in his prime. Floyd would have been destroyed. But Floyd was a good runner
@@anneshaw9681 i saw you somewhere else on kostya video. Also a fan i see!
@@anneshaw9681 Cervantes > Tszyu
Larry Merchant," I was just about to say!"........ How many times have we heard that!
This was a very impressive win for Tszyu at the time considering Hurtado gave Whitaker all he could handle and more.
Great 👌 fighter , pressure 🥊, we remember you Kostya 👏🥊 as one of the greatest super lightweight champions🥊🥊🥊👏👍🙏😊
Костя красавчик!!!
yeah another great boxing show from tszyu body head body head n super hard punches wow.. again his power punches in this weight class only can think of JCC , pacman n marquez also great power shots all of them just great to watch entertainers if you paid to see those guys box ya always got ya moneys worth..
Those body shots would have dropped the world trade centre
That style is raw, seek and destroy, power boxing 101
If the ref didn't stop Kostya's fight with Judah in round 2, I think this is what would have happened in later rounds anyway.
what.... !!! judah couldnt even walk if the ref hadnt stopped it then it would of ended in the next round judah was concussed
@@kevinmcgovern7567 I tend to agree that Kostya would have punished Judah badly in later rounds if the fight weren't stopped. However, it is surprising how many people claim that Judah would have won if the fight wasn't stopped. Just go and try and post your comment under Kostya-Judah fight video and you will see
Had to stop it, due to the rules: if you fall down again during the count, that is it.
Cubans vs Russians are always good fights. They bring a lot of competitiveness with them from the amateurs into the pros
Great scrap!!
Tszyu's best, or one of his best was against the African Tackie...just tattooed him at will, controlling the distance, great reflexes and style.
what a great fight. ......
Молодец Костя Главное чтоб воля была к победе Молодец
Loved his interview after the fight. Honest about being dumb in Rnd 1. When he got to the hotel afterwards he must have kicked himself for not using those devastating body shots early. He was magnificent to watch.
Actually, the ref did a terrific job for a sometimes messy fight.
Barely saw him, yet the fight flowed.
Compare his performance versus the ref for Wilder Fury 2.
I would have loved to see Tszyu vs de la hoya. that would have been superb fight.
Cuban boxers in a nutshell: style is incredible for amateurs, for pros 7/10 but Cuban are known for having weak chins but also for not getting hit. point is if you hit them you can get them outta there just hitting them is the hard part
Joel Casamayor ain't had a weak chin. Nor did Kid Gavilan who was never knocked out. Both Cuban fighters.
Muy buen primer round
What the commentators don't say , kostya had over 280 amateur fights, loosing 4 on political decisions, kostya amateur world champion in his weight class, no American ever beat him as an amateur 👌👍🙏🥊🥊🥊🥊 legendary fighter incredible ❤
Good old fashion dust up... both guys down... both guys walking through fire... and good stoppage by the referee too
Kostya at his best.
Watch lewis in the corner. So calm with Fenech Harding and Kostya. great trainer
Thanks a lot !! sure Sub
Kostya is strong up top
this is Kostya's 1st fight on HBO since his upset loss against vincent phillips
Tszyu is the hardest puncher ever in light welterweight, Maybe the Hawk as well plus Sugar Shane Mosley.....
+BestCanKeanRob2 Wrong, Kyosta slipped on one of those supposed knocked downs. Also Kyosta doesn't have a glass chin at all, you obviously haven't any of his fights
jacobi braswell
Duran hardest punch power was def at lightweight, but he did carry decent power up a few divisions after....
Correct...at lightweight, Duran was a sick fuck.....I think at 140lbs, Kostya was more punishing..
Actually Lucas Matthysse and Randall Bailey hit harder than Tszyu.
Those are pretty reasonable choices....I think you can definitely say the Bailey is a more explosive puncher than Kostya (Bailey was gifted as hell)...there are different types f hard hitters.....Kostya is a punishing puncher and was pretty unique in style. I would say Lucas comes in 3rd of these three...but an obvious hard hitter and no shame in 3rd of these 3.
I think it's like the Tyson vs Foreman argument - Tyson was more explosive and Foreman was more punishing but it's close...what the hell, it's fun to argue this stuff in boxing.
Hurtado muy bueno caminando el ring pero nada de quitarse los golpes con la cintura y la cabeza.
El no estaba preparado para esta pelea.
El ring era mas pequeño y la lona la prepararon para restar movilidad en sus pies.
A Hurtado le pusieron inyecciones en las manos por fractura.
El no tuvo mejor carrera por los buitres que lo manejaron.
Creo que le pagaron 25 mil dólares en esa pelea un robo.
Aun asi creo que ni al 100 % hubiera podido ganar a kostya por su poder.
Kosta was a Russian breakout star. After they got more freedom the floodgates opened. Now they are everywhere.
I miss Boxing After Dark
Best fight with the Forrest fight
Костя.молодец
костя лучший в то время
Number 1
@21:42 Boom goes the dynamite
hurtado was a good fighter, he just couldn't take a punch
buffer fucked that shit up
HAHAHAHA
great fight.khan would not have last a few seconds against tszyu.
Body shot clinic against a (pro) champion with an incredible amateur record.
Hated when Kostya went to war.
He was always a classier boxer who unfortunately had power in his hands.
And sometimes he just wanted to let them fly.
Without the power, he couldn’t have continuously walked forward. He had good boxing skills but without the heavy hands he possessed he never would have been a world champion.
Костя великий боец
Nobody wanted to fight Kostya in the States. He would have beaten them all.
Except Vince Phillips LOL
@@pearcemark2 drugs
@@anneshaw9681 And the heat on the night.
Костя тоже нахватал в этом бою..
Nearly everyone Kyosta fought and beat were mostly bigger in height and for some reason, looked bigger in the body, especially the black fighters. I can't work it out, because Kyosta was fairly short at 5' 6'' and others were 5' 11"" yet weighed the same?
+Antipodean33 thick russian bones
Dustin Twin Could be, but i tend to maybe agree with the other fella who replied, it probably is a hydration issue.
Dustin Twin you mean Mongol bones? Tysu is not a Russian last name.
uhhhlllllet's get reaaddyyy to stumble
Kostya Tszyu wasn't a defector, he was just an immigrant.
He's talking about Hurtado, he's Cuban so at the time he had to defect from his country in order to compete as a professional.
22:18 cuban amateur boxers fight well in the early rounds but the fuel might be low in the mid rounds
Friends don't let friends forget leg day
***** You can say what you want, but your cute beauty pageant BB shit means little to fighters.
mayweather would have hes first loss with this guy...too strong
yeah i believe it...i would say no too
He's undefeated. If he beat him anyway you wouldn't give him credit.
onlyrog5, just like they don’t give Floyd credit for beating an undefeated Ricky Hatton (the man who stopped Tszyu)
Nah. I’m a huge Kostya fan, but I don’t see him being able to hit Mayweather cleanly. Kostya had decent skills but Floyd was so slick. Floyd by decision.
How do you gain 17 pounds in one day?
Water (dehydrate and starve a bit down to your weight for 48=72 hours then come in cramped up and weak)..right after the weigh in you start getting the fluid and carbs back into your body - heavily...Gatti once did 21lbs I think..crazy..
It's probably why there are few fights at weigh-ins opposed to early press conferences...the fighters are in rough shape quite often..
Go to an all day buffet
139 to 157 lbs is horrible!!!
Набирать ВЕС с 63 до 71 кг это УЖАСНО!!!
И это за 1 сутки до боя...
Kostya have similar things with GGG.. I think
Daian Safenraiter both mixed with asian
Better
Both have Russian and Korean parents.
Both are half koreans.
rules said no standing 8 count, ref gives 2 standing 8 counts...
Great fight. kostya was badly managed. Should have gone to the States
not Australia. Way too few fights Would have destroyed Floyd in his prime,
Australia is the better country to live in, but hey..I'm biased because l don't need the worry about all the killings and muggings like in USA. there's more to life than screwing people out of money
@@fishpest2039 Agree.
Tszyu Hurtado
1- 8 10
2- 10 9
3- 10 9
4- 10 9
5- KO
I disagree with their scoring. The two knockdown in round 1 essentially cancel each other out. So u less Tszyu dominated (he obviously didn’t) that should have been 10-8 Hurtado with the extra knockdown. I thought Tszyu squeaked by in rounds 2-3 landing more powerful shots and being the aggressor but they were close. Round 4 marked the beginning of the fight becoming easy to score and the end of Hurtado.
That mouse under the eye not all that bad, mine was worse but didn't hurt.
Жаль арбитр поспешил, данному чучело для осознания, ещё был нужен как минимум хотя бы один жест доброй воли.
why do American fight commentators irritate me so much? They take "out in left field" to a new level.
The ring was small, they always put small rings to cuban styles...
Ahaha god damw soviet and cuban defectors....great fight
Oscar De LaHoya, Ike Quarte, Felix Trinidad would all beat him by KO so he had to keep squeezing into a single division. None the les he was a very good fighter but not an all time great.
you seem so sure.
I’ll give you Trinidad, the reach advantage, speed and power, would have been too much for Kostya. But the other two? ‘Pick em’ fights. Kostya was capable of starching them also.
yea hard hitter, just couldn't take a punch
boy sit your ass down, you don't know what you are talking about!!!
1 judge gave it 2 horando , lol shoot im
ZOOooooo
Name one fighter at 140 pounds who had more venom in his shots then Tszyu?.
Arron pryor
Not sure about more venom Pryor had non stop grit think tyszu hit harder would of been a great fight if they met for sure
Me pregunto porque esa yegua vieja del cubano no lo mandaron junto con su entrenador a cuba a cortar caña para eso hubiera tenido mejor resultado y no boxeando , tenia mucho miedo para boxear
hhģ
Russians got good fighters
I must break you, with a russian accent
Que entrenador mas malo tenia hurtado no sabia guiarlo bien
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Buffer was awful on intro... wouldn't have paid him that bad...