By Mark Vester

Mikkel Kessler, the WBC's super middleweight "champion in recess," says there is no improvement in the eye injury that forced him to withdraw from the Super Six Boxing Classic. Kessler is holding out hope that the injury clears up. The popular Danish fighters withdrew from the Super Six tournament after complaining of double vision. Kessler's recovery could take as long as nine months, according to his doctors.

"It's still the same. There is no improvement yet. I do not spar. I can not train too hard. But you get used to going down the stairs and things like that," says Kessler to spn.dk. "I have no doubt that it's going to get better. The question is when is it going to happen."

Kessler will not take any chances with his vision. If the eye clears up, but then returns in either training camp, or his comeback fight, the popular Dane will retire from boxing to avoid any permanent injury to his vision.

"People always say to me 'what if you get hit and it starts up again? What if you go blind? Is it worth it?'  No, it is not," Kessler says.

The WBC made him the "Champion Emeritus." Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham will fight his the vacant WBC title on November 27 in Helsinki, Finland. The status of  "Champion Emeritus" allows Kessler to get an immediate title shot at the winner.