Why no Tszyu/Phillips II??

[Wild Blue Yonda]

tszyu was always passive after the phillips fight and not the same fighter after the phillips fight. the only times i can see the tszyu of old come back was when he showed up against mitchell 2,

tszyu used to be a killer and fought many tough fighters early in his career, he should have never lost to phillips, but he gassed out, thats why he lost,

phillips from what i remember went up in weight and fought quartey and got destroyed, but i don't recall if he had already lost the belt won from tszyu,

after the phillips fight, tzyus new boxing style was a bit boring, he and barrera had identical paths in this way that after they lost both became boxers where they used to be killers in the ring looking for blood and a tough fight with anyone willing to go toe to toe

tszyus fight with hector lopez is a forgotten war that many forget, very even fight, i wish tszyu would have stuck around, but am not sure he was every the same mentally after the phillips fight though i seen flashs of his greatness again against mitchell

Add his mauling of Leija to the list of vintage savagery, & since you brought up Lopez in the context of forgotten or under-rated wars, a definite mention is the fast & furious clash with Hurtado.

[bose]

Add his mauling of Leija to the list of vintage savagery, & since you brought up Lopez in the context of forgotten or under-rated wars, a definite mention is the fast & furious clash with Hurtado.

damn, i forgot the hurtado fight, wasn't untill he got knocked down that he looked like the tszyu of old, i forgot he fought lejia too, he should have fought antonio diaz but wbc didn't rank him don't know why but there was talks for a bit of tszyu v. ward fight, tszyu too good for both guys but wars for sure well, tactical war

[Walt Liquor]

tszyu was always passive after the phillips fight and not the same fighter after the phillips fight. the only times i can see the tszyu of old come back was when he showed up against mitchell 2,

tszyu used to be a killer and fought many tough fighters early in his career, he should have never lost to phillips, but he gassed out, thats why he lost,

phillips from what i remember went up in weight and fought quartey and got destroyed, but i don't recall if he had already lost the belt won from tszyu,

after the phillips fight, tzyus new boxing style was a bit boring, he and barrera had identical paths in this way that after they lost both became boxers where they used to be killers in the ring looking for blood and a tough fight with anyone willing to go toe to toe

tszyus fight with hector lopez is a forgotten war that many forget, very even fight, i wish tszyu would have stuck around, but am not sure he was every the same mentally after the phillips fight though i seen flashs of his greatness again against mitchell

yes, he moved up after he got ko's by terron millet.

i diagree with the bold. the hurtado fight, the mag fight , hurtado, grove, leija...


i give it to you on the tackie and urkal fights but he started getting fragile

[Pastrano]

[QUOTE=Wild Blue Yonda;10489172]Two years back, I read one of Tszyu's books ("From Russia, With Gloves") & it was interesting. He couldn't heap enough praise on Hatton, or go to any greater lengths to dispell any potential excuses (injury lay-offs, Hatton's tactics & hometown refereeing, the early time start), but a few chapters back, he makes every excuse in the book for the loss to Phillips. Court cases, training camp distractions, under-estimating his opponent...fighters are emotional & complex beasts, & they deal with defeat in emotional & complex ways. Make of it what you will, but for whatever reason, he just appears entirely unaccepting of the loss to Phillips, while acknowledging that Hatton was just flat too good for him.[/QUOTE]
You lost your whole case and credibility there. Hatton too good for him?? It was a case of young vs notsoyoung, prime vs past prime and also Hatton's rough tactics. I'm a fan of Ricky too, but he fought pretty dirty there and everybody knows it. Yes, the ref was partial too. Watch the fight carefully.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

Apparently, youre not familiar with the word, 'quote.' Those are Tszyus words, not mine.