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Mikkel Kessler Injures Hand, Stieglitz Fight Postponed

Oct 11, 2011 • 11:44 AM ET

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By Rick Reeno

BoxingScene.com has been advised that super middleweight Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33KOs) has suffered a hand injury in training, and his scheduled fight with WBO champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23KOs) is going to be postponed. The bout was going to take place on November 5th in Copenhagen, Denmark. Showtime was planning to televise the fight on a delayed basis, packaged with Lucian Bute's live fight with Glen Johnson. No word on the new date.

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