Kostya Tszyu

Konstantin Borisovich "Kostya" Tszyu (/ˈkɒstə ˈzuː/; Russian: Константин (Костя) Борисович Цзю; born 19 September 1969) is a Russian-Australian former professional boxer. He is a four-time light welterweight world champion, having also spent a period of time as the undisputed champion of that division. Tszyu was a good all-around boxer, who relied heavily on accuracy and timing with his shots and carried exceptional punching power, often being regarded as one of the hardest-punching light welterweights in the division's history.

Tszyu holds notable victories over former world champions Julio César Chávez, Zab Judah and Roger Mayweather. In November 2001 he became the first champion to unify the light welterweight division in over 30 years, and is considered by many in Australia to be a national sports hero. In The Ring magazine's March 2010 issue, Tszyu was ranked as the number one junior welterweight of the 2000s decade. On 7 December 2010, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the Class of 2011.

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"I lost to a fighter who was better than me everywhere"

"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."

"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."

"If I am not going to stay in the same weight class, will he (Hatton) be interested in coming up?"

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Life is all about facing new challenges."

"She is learning to be a good teacher. She is pushing me. Being a good teacher is about give and take."

"I don't mind, in some ways."

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