Kostya Tszyu vs Aaron Prior

[RedRyan]

Two of the best ever at the weight with sick power but different styles, but WHO WINS???

[KBB]

Two of the best ever at the weight with sick power but different styles, but WHO WINS???

If Kostya was unable to stop Ricky Hatton then there's no way he stops Pryor from coming, sure Kostya had a good right hand but The Hawk could take it and ultimately wear a fighter down and force a toe to toe exchange. If Arguello wasn't able to put Pryor to sleep then Kostya wouldn't have been able to either.

Pryor wins by UD but no stoppage either way with Aaron probably getting dropped once or twice but ultimately goes on to win in a grinding fight.

[Badhusker]

There is a section on this site called "Boxers of the Past". FYI

[RedRyan]

judging a fighters abilities thoughtout his career by his retirment fight is not very smart or revealing.
thanks anyway.

[JC]

judging a fighters abilities thoughtout his career by his retirment fight is not very smart or revealing.
thanks anyway.

That's true, but there is a parallel. KT liked fighters to back off so he had the room to throw the long right hand. In both his losses Philips and Hatton took the fight to Tszyu and crowded him. Pryor would do that and then some.

[ClivePatrickLyons]

Great matchup.......Both guy's pretty much UNDER-RATED by plenty on BOXREC from what I''v read in the past these two wouldn't make
100 million or 300 million give them 10 million each and we'd get to see a Classic from two warrior's that never ran in their life depending on who you talk to their both OVER-RATED OR UNDER-RATED I FAVOUR THE LATTER [just to show my card's] anyway in my opinion KT would come out humming trying for the finisher from the first bell knowing that AP Is usually a slow starter KT puts AP on the canvas in round's 2 and then again in
round's 3 for FLASH KNOCK DOWN'S by round 6 KT is on top and the crowd is in a frenzy has AP really start to up the ante AP starts to back KT up
by round 9 and over the next 3 round's both fighter's stand toe to toe and trade vicious blow's KT is starting to wilt from the pressure that AP
IS APPLYING AND MIDWAY THROUGH ROUND 14 KT TRAINER JOHNY LEWIS THROWS INTHE TOWEL TO SAVE HIS BOY FROM FURTHER PUNISHMENT
TIME 2 MINUTE'S INTO THE ROUND ..............THE RING MAGAZINES FIGHT OF THE YEAR[I don't know what year it would be ]

[victor-romeo]

Pryor wins, Pyror way better than Tszyu

[Dancin' Dan]

Funny mentioning Kostya vs Ricky Hatton the last fight of his career. Why not if you are really being fair mention Aaron's last real fight? He fought a very close one with a club fighter at best in Nicky Furlano. Just to be fair. This shouldn't be in this section.... Incredible match up. Gut says Pryor but great great fight - especially if we are talking primes (Pryors primes was short).

[Tomasino]

Pryor stops him. Phillips fight says it all about Kostya for me, does not cope well with heavy pressure and despite his gruelling training he doesn't have the best gas tank. I'd go Pryor TKO 9

[drunkenpiper36]

This is a mismatch. Pryor by wide margin.

[BoxBuzz]

Kostya would spark him, and all your bets would go into my pocket.

Which I would be happy to loan back to you at reasonable interest rates.

[stevedoc]

Great matchup.......Both guy's pretty much UNDER-RATED by plenty on BOXREC from what I''v read in the past these two wouldn't make
100 million or 300 million give them 10 million each and we'd get to see a Classic from two warrior's that never ran in their life depending on who you talk to their both OVER-RATED OR UNDER-RATED I FAVOUR THE LATTER [just to show my card's] anyway in my opinion KT would come out humming trying for the finisher from the first bell knowing that AP Is usually a slow starter KT puts AP on the canvas in round's 2 and then again in
round's 3 for FLASH KNOCK DOWN'S by round 6 KT is on top and the crowd is in a frenzy has AP really start to up the ante AP starts to back KT up
by round 9 and over the next 3 round's both fighter's stand toe to toe and trade vicious blow's KT is starting to wilt from the pressure that AP
IS APPLYING AND MIDWAY THROUGH ROUND 14 KT TRAINER JOHNY LEWIS THROWS INTHE TOWEL TO SAVE HIS BOY FROM FURTHER PUNISHMENT
TIME 2 MINUTE'S INTO THE ROUND ..............THE RING MAGAZINES FIGHT OF THE YEAR[I don't know what year it would be ]

Two of the most overrated fighters of the last 35 years neither fighter even came close to beating a top notch fighter at their own weight .Prior's best win was over a feather weight and KT beat an ancient Chavez.

[ClivePatrickLyons]

Great matchup.......Both guy's pretty much UNDER-RATED by plenty on BOXREC from what I''v read in the past these two wouldn't make
100 million or 300 million give them 10 million each and we'd get to see a Classic from two warrior's that never ran in their life depending on who you talk to their both OVER-RATED OR UNDER-RATED I FAVOUR THE LATTER [just to show my card's] anyway in my opinion KT would come out humming trying for the finisher from the first bell knowing that AP Is usually a slow starter KT puts AP on the canvas in round's 2 and then again in
round's 3 for FLASH KNOCK DOWN'S by round 6 KT is on top and the crowd is in a frenzy has AP really start to up the ante AP starts to back KT up
by round 9 and over the next 3 round's both fighter's stand toe to toe and trade vicious blow's KT is starting to wilt from the pressure that AP
IS APPLYING AND MIDWAY THROUGH ROUND 14 KT TRAINER JOHNY LEWIS THROWS INTHE TOWEL TO SAVE HIS BOY FROM FURTHER PUNISHMENT
TIME 2 MINUTE'S INTO THE ROUND ..............THE RING MAGAZINES FIGHT OF THE YEAR[I don't know what year it would be ]

Two of the most overrated fighters of the last 35 years neither fighter even came close to beating a top notch fighter at their own weight .Prior's best win was over a feather weight and KT beat an ancient Chavez.

Both never met their Mt Everest so to speak eg........Pryor v Leonard/Hearns/Duran etc.etc then we have Tszyu v De la hoya/Moseley/Trinidad
in AP case the drug's ruined him when he was in his prime and KT moved to the best country in the world Australia instead of the boxing capital of the world in the USA if he did relocate to the USA his career would have takin a different path i'd imagine with different management so mate your opinion is ok but I think they were not over-rated at all more like UNDER-RATED