By Per Ake Persson
Mikkel "The Viking Warrior" Kessler, 36-years-old, confirmed his retirement in an interview with Euroman. Previously Kessler told members of the media he was retired, but left the door open for what he called a “megafight” in the form of a rematch with Andre Ward or a rubber match with Carl Froch.
For a long while Danish media ran stories on how close this megafight was, but it all gradually dried out and now it´s all over.
Kessler is retired and leaves boxing a wealthy man and he can look back on an outstanding career that effectively ended after the loss to Carl Froch in May 2013. He goes out at 46-3.