Six degrees of separation is a theory that everyone in the world is separated by no more than six social connections.
In other words, you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Queen Elizabeth. Or so the concept goes.
We’re borrowing the six degrees concept – well, sort of loosely – to connect fighters from the past to their more contemporary counterparts in our new occasional feature, “Degrees of Separation.”
Example: Let’s connect Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Super easy; we did it in two steps. Senior fought Grover Wiley, who fought Junior.
In this installment of the Boxing Junkie feature, we decided to link another father and son — Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu and Tim Tszyu, who took a big step in his career by stopping former welterweight titleholder Jeff Horn on Saturday in Australia.
How many steps did it take? Only four even though the elder Tszyu hasn’t fought since 2005.
Check it out:
Kostya Tszyu fought …
Ricky Hatton, who fought …
Manny Pacquiao, who fought …
Jeff Horn, who fought …
Tim Tszyu
Could you do it in fewer steps? Let us know via Twitter or Facebook. Or you can contact me on Twitter. And please follow us!
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