Kostya Tszyu
Kostya Tszyu
Konstantin Borisovich "Kostya" Tszyuis a Russian-Australian former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2005. He is a two-time light welterweight world champion, having also held the lineal and undisputed titles of that division from 2001 to 2003. Tszyu was an exceptional all-around boxer, who relied heavily on accuracy and timing with his shots and carried formidable punching power, often being regarded as one of the hardest-punching light welterweights in the division's history...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth19 September 1969
advantage perfect perform remember straight
I think I have an advantage over some of the other competitors, because I perform live. I do remember the moves. But you know me. I try to be perfect and when I am not, I am pissed off with myself. I haven't been doing this for very long, so I can't be perfect straight away.
fighter happy knew morning session training
I was really very happy to see this from a young fighter who knew that he had a training session in the morning that was more important than anything else.
good learning pushing teacher
She is learning to be a good teacher. She is pushing me. Being a good teacher is about give and take.
fight
No, not yet, not finished, ... If I am going to fight, I am probably not going to fight at 140. It will be at 147lbs.
everywhere fighter lost
I lost to a fighter who was better than me everywhere
learned lots mistakes positive
I have learned lots of things and I know how not to make mistakes as a manager, ... I am positive they are not going to make the same mistakes I made.
aggressive came confidence confident experience full good great himself knowing learned learning learns match needs prove sparring
He is an aggressive young fighter. He came to try and prove something, which is good in some ways. I think he learned a lot from sparring with me. He got confidence knowing that if he can spar with me he is able to match it with anyone. He is strong, but he does not have full experience yet, but potentially, he is very good. He has great ambitions to go forward. With more experience, he will become more confident in himself as he learns new tricks. He needs to keep learning from each fight.
class coming interested stay weight
If I am not going to stay in the same weight class, will he (Hatton) be interested in coming up?
good-night eye funny-things
It's all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing. You blink your eyes and somebody says good night to you.
wise play use
When somebody can be intimidated, I use this. Because I'm very wise person. I know how to intimidate my opponents. I know how to play tricky stuff for them.
people ballet doubt
When we go in the ring we know we're going to get hit. We know we're not the ballet people. But if you go in there and have doubt in your mind that you're afraid to get hit, forget it.
discipline want hell
If you want nothing, do what you want. If you want everything, develop discipline
believe believes came caught continued control fight latter life lose middle referee remember rest round
I believe I did lose the (first) round, but it was a competitive one, not one-sided. He will remember our fight for the rest of his life and he still believes that if the referee had continued the fight it would have been a different result. Yes, I was caught in the middle of the (first) round but I came back in the latter part and I was always in control of myself.