Your thoughts on Mikkel Kessler's return.

Might have done a little too well for his own good IMO. Now Bute will never face him. They were interested when they thought he was on the decline.

Was quite impressed with him. He boxed well and used his range to dominate his opponent, Kessler has an underrated jab to. I fancy Kessler to knock out Bute.

I thought he looked good. He did what he should do and that is dominate an inferiour opponent. Offense looked arguably better and definetely more varied than ever. Good jabs, more hooks and an impressive bodywork. He also set a very fast pace as a testament to his great shape/cardio. On the defense I thought he was a little more open than previously. He took too many shots I dont think he would have taken 3-4 years ago. So reflexes might have eroded a bit. Either that or maybe he was so eager to show the american viewers a dazzling display of offensive powerpunching that he neglected defense against the lightpunching Brouadla. Infighting still looks a problem as I thought the smaller man made the better work on the inside catching Kessler with one particular good looking left hand. Now this was only a comeback/tuneup fight and as such it was a very good performance as Kessler showed he is ready for Bute or Stieglitz and judged from that point of view I'd give the dane a B+. Is he going to fight a tune up before Bute?(if that fight is happening still) Good post. I was impressed with how Kessler looked. Sure Brouadla is not world class..but he wasn't meant to be..just a tune up. Brouadla was also game and landed his own shots of his own. Kessler was good with his jab, displayed some solid body work and was active through out the rounds. Good performance by Mikkel Kessler. Look forward to seeing him next time!

Is he going to fight a tune up before Bute?(if that fight is happening still)

I thought he looked good. He did what he should do and that is dominate an inferiour opponent. Offense looked arguably better and definetely more varied than ever. Good jabs, more hooks and an impressive bodywork. He also set a very fast pace as a testament to his great shape/cardio. On the defense I thought he was a little more open than previously. He took too many shots I dont think he would have taken 3-4 years ago. So reflexes might have eroded a bit. Either that or maybe he was so eager to show the american viewers a dazzling display of offensive powerpunching that he neglected defense against the lightpunching Brouadla. Infighting still looks a problem as I thought the smaller man made the better work on the inside catching Kessler with one particular good looking left hand. Now this was only a comeback/tuneup fight and as such it was a very good performance as Kessler showed he is ready for Bute or Stieglitz and judged from that point of view I'd give the dane a B+. Pretty much my thoughts as well.

Hope his eye is ok. Also hope he is 100% before he gets into the ring with Bute.

The only missing in that fight was his defense.

I thought he looked good. He did what he should do and that is dominate an inferiour opponent. Offense looked arguably better and definetely more varied than ever. Good jabs, more hooks and an impressive bodywork. He also set a very fast pace as a testament to his great shape/cardio. On the defense I thought he was a little more open than previously. He took too many shots I dont think he would have taken 3-4 years ago. So reflexes might have eroded a bit. Either that or maybe he was so eager to show the american viewers a dazzling display of offensive powerpunching that he neglected defense against the lightpunching Brouadla. Infighting still looks a problem as I thought the smaller man made the better work on the inside catching Kessler with one particular good looking left hand. Now this was only a comeback/tuneup fight and as such it was a very good performance as Kessler showed he is ready for Bute or Stieglitz and judged from that point of view I'd give the dane a B+. great break down..also i thought he used more movement and mixed his punches up alot better..he looked crisp and sharp..looked like he was having fun in there

I thought he looked good. He did what he should do and that is dominate an inferiour opponent. Offense looked arguably better and definetely more varied than ever. Good jabs, more hooks and an impressive bodywork. He also set a very fast pace as a testament to his great shape/cardio. On the defense I thought he was a little more open than previously. He took too many shots I dont think he would have taken 3-4 years ago. So reflexes might have eroded a bit. Either that or maybe he was so eager to show the american viewers a dazzling display of offensive powerpunching that he neglected defense against the lightpunching Brouadla. Infighting still looks a problem as I thought the smaller man made the better work on the inside catching Kessler with one particular good looking left hand. Now this was only a comeback/tuneup fight and as such it was a very good performance as Kessler showed he is ready for Bute or Stieglitz and judged from that point of view I'd give the dane a B+.

i would love to see kessler-martinez... i still doubt martinez can beat the current version of kessler...

I thought he looked pretty good, but looking great against average opponents doesn't always translate to the world class guys. We'll see what's up when/if he gets his title shot.

he put a beating on a small guy..more like a good solid sparring session

@danrafaelespn How big is Mikkel Kessler in Denmark? His fight peaked at 1.137 million viewers, a 66 share of all Danish TVs in use. Amazing. #boxingalive ^ from dan rafael's twitter. Crazy numbers for a man on the decline, dont see any american fighter doing this.

he fought a game lil guy.....nothing special......