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Kostya Tszyu
W Champ
35 (25 KO)
International Boxing Hall of Fame
21 :30
On this episode Co Smitty down w K Tsz Tszyu was the Light Welterweight World
Champion and was considered Pound for Pound best Fighter in the World during his reign. He was born in Russia and
immigrated to Australia where he built his career before having many Championship fights in America. His world
travels has given him a wonderful perspective on life and Boxing.
Kostya got in the ring with Smitty at the International Boxing Hall of Fame and gave him an up
close and personal demonstration of why he was the Pound for Pound best fighter in the world
In This Corner premiered on April 1 2004 on the Empire Sports Network broadcasting in Upstate New
York and Nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network. Since that first airing, In This Corner has been on the
air every week and is in its 15th year of featuring one on one interviews and in ring demonstrations with
the biggest names in the sport of Boxing.
There has never been another show that has chronicled the stories of this many World Champions.
