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Miranda ran away twice, Mundine once. Thats why Kessler settled for Sartison!
From bconfidential:
It was announced Wednesday afternoon in Copenhagen by manager Bettina Palle and matchmaker Mogens Palle that former WBA and WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler will return to the ring on June 21 in Denmark to fight undefeated Dmitri Sartison for the WBA title.
Kessler, 39-1, will be making his first start since losing a hard fought decision to unbeaten Joe Calzaghe Nov. 4. Sartison, who comes from Kazahkstan, fights out of Germany and is promoted by Universum.
Kessler's interests twice tried to make a USA TV bout against Edison Miranda and twice Miranda's promoter ran away from the deals. Miranda decided he would be better off fighting King Arthur Abraham on June 21 on Showtime as opposed to possibly getting destroyed by the Viking Warrior.
When HBO wanted Kessler-Miranda for June 21, Kessler even agreed to fight at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fl., home of Miranda's promoter, Seminole Warriors Boxing.
Again, Leon Margules tucked his tail between his legs and ran from Kessler.
Current WBA champ Anthony Mundine, already beaten once in his homeland by Kessler, refused to fight official challenger Kessler and thus Kessler now fights the leading available contender for the vacant crown.
Mundine has a totally ridiculous third bout against overmatched middleweight Sam Soliman in Melbourne on May 28. If Mundine wins or gets a draw, he has committed to immediately resigning the title. If Soliman wins, obviously the Kessler-Sartison winner will be obligated to give him a fight.
Mundine is already to trying to lure ex-WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green out of retirement for what would be a huge all Australian rematch.
It was announced Wednesday afternoon in Copenhagen by manager Bettina Palle and matchmaker Mogens Palle that former WBA and WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler will return to the ring on June 21 in Denmark to fight undefeated Dmitri Sartison for the WBA title.
Kessler, 39-1, will be making his first start since losing a hard fought decision to unbeaten Joe Calzaghe Nov. 4. Sartison, who comes from Kazahkstan, fights out of Germany and is promoted by Universum.
Kessler's interests twice tried to make a USA TV bout against Edison Miranda and twice Miranda's promoter ran away from the deals. Miranda decided he would be better off fighting King Arthur Abraham on June 21 on Showtime as opposed to possibly getting destroyed by the Viking Warrior.
When HBO wanted Kessler-Miranda for June 21, Kessler even agreed to fight at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fl., home of Miranda's promoter, Seminole Warriors Boxing.
Again, Leon Margules tucked his tail between his legs and ran from Kessler.
Current WBA champ Anthony Mundine, already beaten once in his homeland by Kessler, refused to fight official challenger Kessler and thus Kessler now fights the leading available contender for the vacant crown.
Mundine has a totally ridiculous third bout against overmatched middleweight Sam Soliman in Melbourne on May 28. If Mundine wins or gets a draw, he has committed to immediately resigning the title. If Soliman wins, obviously the Kessler-Sartison winner will be obligated to give him a fight.
Mundine is already to trying to lure ex-WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green out of retirement for what would be a huge all Australian rematch.
That's not the way I remember it going down but like you said, there is always two sides to the coin.
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