Kostya Tszyu vs. Jackie Chan

Here’s something to look forward to: boxing world champion Kostya Tszyu and martial arts great Jackie Chan have agreed to fight in an exhibition match to promote Beijing’s Olympic boxing tournament. Who do you think will win between this two?

Initially, we were leaning towards Kostya because he’s younger (38 years old vs. Jackie’s 54 years) and because fighting in real life is his profession.

But then again, Jackie is also the real deal. In fact, he doesn’t use any stunt doubles in his movies so all that fighting, kicking, and jumping you see him do on screen are for real.

So who will win? We guess it depends on the kind of bout they agree to do — whether it will be purely boxing (in which case Kostya wins) or whether it will include other martial arts disciplines (Jackie wins).

From a public relations standpoint, we think Kostya will emerge a winner (but it doesn’t mean that Jackie loses) as more people will be aware of him because of this exhibition. Jackie Chan is more or less universally known since he joined Hollywood so public awareness for him won’t increase that much.

However, Jackie and Kostya will gain much public goodwill if this exhibition pushes through. Props to both of them for agreeing to do this bout. It should be fun.

Links to other sites:
Kostya Tszyu-Jackie Chan Exhibition At 2008 Olympic Games
Kostya Tszyu agrees to fight Jackie Chan