....reminds me of those Boxer's whose EGOS are such
that once they are beaten ...they totally bomb out!
Roy Jones Jr was a gifted Boxer - but his 'fear of losing' shone through more so with his EGO.
Once Tarver carved him up, he was never the same again until Welshman Cazalaghe really made a mockery of his former egotistical ways.
Then you saw what Danny Green did.

Kostya knew how to lose properly, for he was humble enough to know that even he had to lose at some time and place. He lost in the RIGHT WAY.
To a dude (Vernon Phillips) who came down from a heavier weight (with heavier punches to give KT his first KO) as a nobody and went back to go on to become a nobody but for the scalp of KT.
To a dude (Ricky Hatton) who was much younger and fitter, who eventually wore KT out in the 11th and last round of KT's career as he called it quits after that. Ricky Hatton was a nobody who went on to become a nobody but for the scalp of KT to his name.

KT would beat MayweatherJr (the Money) and Pacquiao (the Sex) because he loves Boxing more than either of them.

He is so awesome that even his Wife Natasha hopes some young female is looking after him after he left his family & OZ to dedicate his current life to 'giving back' to Russian Boxing what it gave to him at the start of his Career.

Not only that - Ring Magazine and many other Organisations list him as #1 of all time for his premier weight division - still!

I have no doubt he would beat Mayweather Jr, Pacquiao, Mosley, La Hoya etc in his primal period.
He was just too precise and smart and had you worked out by Round 2, if not 'before' the fight (which was a majority of times). He wasn't in it for the 'money', the 'women', the 'fame' or to 'bully' (like the above four mentioned ) - he was in it to win 
A true 'Professional' that lifted Boxing higher than any belt he won and thats why Boxing experts and fans around the world adore him. He was immaculate in his Professionalism - that he never compromised his life 'outside' of the Ring for a win. To me - that's all class and no cheating !
Pound for Pound - he is Top 10 of Great!

Pacquiao is much like Cazalaghe and even our Daniel Geale: quantity over quality of punches. All three are incredibly fast and 'constant' in their punches, but they lack 'power' and 'strength' behind their punches.
Cazalaghe showed it easily. The hard thing about fighting against the constant 'flurries' from such guys is that you fall behind on POINTS really fast and early in the match. You have to win by KO against guys like this - but its hard to throw a punch against someone who is already throwing punches.
That's where Kostya knew how to take punches for the benefit of a better hit thrown (doesn't work against a heavier opponent with stronger hit from a higher weight division like Phillips).
Hatton just 'wore' him down with more youthful energy and more punches for a points win other than the 11th round 'resignation' by Kostya.

Mayweather is not a 'machine gun' of pellets like Pacquiao. He is ultra defensive and pure 'counter-puncher'. Kostya would forget about Mayweather's head (well hidden by that rolling shoulder) and just body punch which gives him a good position against Mayweather's 'counter attack'. Kostya would have the strength to make those body punches count. Not only that - Kostya showed with Zab Judah that he is not affected by guys who try to mentally intimidate the oppenents before the fight with trash talk and other games. Mayweather's 'Money' attitude falls short of Kostya's 'Professional Boxing' attitude.
Kostya would easily agree to fight Mayweather for 'nothing' and thats where Mayweather would have no 'bait' to hook Kostya with a 'sucker punch'.

Mosley was very fast (too fast for a coke induced Shannon Taylor thanks to Jeff Fenech) but he was too erratic in his styles and tactics. Still, the dude has never been knocked down. Kostya would knock him down in the 5th Round. Simple as that, let alone as simple as Mosley was.

De La Hoya? Heavy puncher and relentless forward moving boxer who overpowered his opponents. A test of strength for Kostya with someone who would go toe-to-toe like Pacquiao but stronger/slower. Kostya was versatile enough to know when to go forward and when to go back. When to be a Boxer, when to be a Fighter (Mundine could only Box, never 'fight'). He also had just as much 'persona' as the Golden Boy did and as you can see, both have gone on 'after' Boxing. La Hoya a Promoter and Kostya a Trainer (Coach).

So there you have it. If I have it worked out with those four, then I'm sure Kostya had em worked out a long time ago. 

I would not be in the least surprised to see Kostya return to OZ one day to train a 'Champion' or bring one from Russia with him. Either way - "he'll be back."

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jun 29^th, 2013 at 1:49pm:


How on earth did they give Barker that fight against Geale at the weekend?