By Mark Vester
Former champion Mikkel Kessler has gone back to his boxing roots. The favorite to win the Super Six super middleweight tournament was sidelined last November when Andre Ward dominated him on course to a techincal decision in Oakland. After suffering the second loss of his career, Kessler changed everything around in his training camp. He gets a shot at redemption before thousands of his Danish followers when he faces WBC champion Carl Froch on April 24 in Denmark.
Kessler said the loss to Ward has made him get the hunger back. He thinks the big money and the worldwide press clippings made him lose the drive to win at all costs.
"It's nice not to be the favorite in the tournament. I'm a young warrior again. I feel the hunger again. I'm very hungry. I had the WBC, the WBA. I had the big fights outside my homeground, in my homeground. I hope Carl doesn't underestimate me because I'm back," Kessler said.
He wants to show the boxing public that he still has what it takes to be the best fighter at the weight. Kessler knows that another loss may knock him out of the Super Six finals.
"I've learned my lesson. I've got to get up again. It's going to be in my hometown and I get to show all of my boxing fans around the world that I'm still the best super middleweight in the world," Kessler said.
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