Looking back at Kostya Tszyu... maybe he wasn't that good

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  1. Jeffy

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    “Wlad doing no”
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    Easily? Haha, no. Tszyu won the last two minutes of the round. Enough to win the round? Perhaps not, but Tszyu was destined to beat the shit out of Judah 90% of the time.
     
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    I think Zab was too much of a front runner to have won that fight even if he had kept up his momentum. Tszyu would have gotten to him at some point.
     
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    I think Zab tasted some in last minute of rnd 1 and fought scared in rnd 2
     
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    I would have liked to have seen it go on.

    The stoppage was fine, but Nady didn't hdear the bell and if he did, may have let it go on.

    Tszyu would have probably won by stoppage anyway.
     
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    Nobody ever knocked LaPorte down ... the only stoppage he had was his last fight against Zach Padilla when his corner wouldn't let him go out because he'd lost every round and was just eating punches

    Not being able to stop him doesn't indicate anything about Tszyu

    I'd say not stopping old ass Roger Mayweather is a lot more of a knock
     
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    I do remember Clogg enthusing over how LaPorte was one of those guys who seemed able to take flush shots he didn't see coming without even blinking.

    Oscar couldn't stop MAG at 140 but Tszyu got the stoppage having hurt him repeatedly.

    Tszyu was no bomb-merchant but he had legitimate power, accuracy and the technique to set it up.
     
    Irish, Mar 3, 2018
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    Exactly... he could definitely punch
     
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