1 Zab Judah
This November 2001 win was the one that really catapulted Tszyu up the pound-for-pound rankings, because of a mixture of the struggle’s magnitude and the style of the end. With all three main belts on the road, Tszyu added Judah’s IBF to his personal WBA and WBC by scrambling his senses with a lethal proper cross in spherical two.
2 Miguel Angel Gonzalez
Again within the swing of issues after shedding in opposition to Vince Phillips, Tszyu returned to world title rivalry when defeating Gonzalez by way of Tenth-round stoppage in August 1999. With the stoppage got here the WBC light-welterweight title.
3 Sharmba Mitchell I
Not content material with simply the IBF belt, Tszyu picked up the WBA model of the light-welterweight crown in February 2001 when forcing Sharmba Mitchell to retire on his stool after seven rounds.
4 Jake Rodríguez
The primary of Tszyu’s world title fights, this win in opposition to Rodríguez came about in January 1995 and ended with Rodríguez being stopped within the sixth spherical. The win landed Tszyu the IBF light-welterweight title in solely his 14th professional struggle.
5 Sharmba Mitchell II
Tszyu’s final win as a professional, this third-round demolition of Mitchell in November 2004 led to Tszyu retaining his IBF belt and, regardless of his advancing age, teased larger wins down the road, so nice was the efficiency.
21 Aug 1999: Kostya Tszyu lands a left hook in opposition to Miguel Angel Gonzalez in Miami, Florida (Eliot J. Schechter /Allsport)
6 Julio César Chávez
Whereas Chávez was on the time a shadow of his former self, the sixth-round beating Tszyu managed to provide in July 2000 noticed him retain his WBC light-welterweight crown and put his identify up in lights stateside.
7 Roger Mayweather
As effectively this being the primary defence of his IBF light-welterweight title, Tszyu’s June 1995 struggle in opposition to Roger Mayweather additionally represented the primary time he had gone 12 rounds as a professional. He received, in fact, however needed to accept a call.
8 Ben Tackie
Tszyu’s Might 2002 win in opposition to Tackie was memorable not solely as a result of it was the primary time Tszyu had defended all three main light-welterweight belts, but in addition as a result of his efficiency, a 12-round clinic, was as dominant a efficiency as you’re prone to see.
9 Jesse James Leija
Preventing in a world title struggle at house in Australia for the primary time since 1996, Tszyu mauled Leija early throughout their 2003 struggle and refused to let up till Leija had withdrawn on his stool after six rounds.
10 Jan Piet Bergman
In what would grow to be his closing profitable defence of his IBF title throughout his first run as champion, Tszyu punished Bergman from the outset earlier than stopping him within the sixth spherical in September 1996.
