Thing is, Kessler has shown he is prepared to take much tougher fights for the same paydays. He could have stayed in Denmark, fighting bums for alphabet titles and earning plenty, but instead he has stepped up to the mark and is fighting the absolute best of his weight class, and enhancing his reputation a great deal doing it.
For some reason a significant proportion of Australian fighters lack the courage, determination, confidence, and/or self-respect to do the same.
That is why as soon as they are gone nobody will talk of Green and Mundine, unlike our great fighters of the recent past like Kostya and Fenech. As soon as they hang them up, noone will give a ****. They will have absolutely no legacy to speak of.
It's a shame that Mundine and Green get more attention than Katsidis. It's somewhat similar in the UK, where Froch fights the best (win or lose) and yet gets hardly any attention compared to Haye and Khan, who have been rather selective with their choice of opposition.
It's a shame that Mundine and Green get more attention than Katsidis. It's somewhat similar in the UK, where Froch fights the best (win or lose) and yet gets hardly any attention compared to Haye and Khan, who have been rather selective with their choice of opposition.
Is Vic popular over there?
Not at all. Same old story.
He didn't look great last night Vic. To be fair apparently he broke his left hand in training, and he got the job done, but he looked pretty ordinary.
Thing is, Kessler has shown he is prepared to take much tougher fights for the same paydays. He could have stayed in Denmark, fighting bums for alphabet titles and earning plenty, but instead he has stepped up to the mark and is fighting the absolute best of his weight class, and enhancing his reputation a great deal doing it.
For some reason a significant proportion of Australian fighters lack the courage, determination, confidence, and/or self-respect to do the same.
That is why as soon as they are gone nobody will talk of Green and Mundine, unlike our great fighters of the recent past like Kostya and Fenech. As soon as they hang them up, noone will give a ****. They will have absolutely no legacy to speak of.
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