By Per Ake Persson

The Team Palle vs. Mikkel Kessler contractual dispute received a lot of attention in the Danish media. Kessler seems to feel he is free to fight elsewhere while still under contract with another promoter and appears to be heading for a rude awakening in that regard.

Kessler argues that one of the three options that Palle claims, was used against Danilo Haussler, a mandatory defense by the WBA champ, the second went up in smoke when talks of a showdown against Mads Larsen broke through leaving Palle, with one option that according to Kessler should be used against WBA mandatory challenger Gusmyl Perdomo.

Right or wrong seems to be up to a Danish court to decide as the tone between the parties involved is not very friendly and mainly takes place in media or through lawyers.

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