Mikkel Kessler's Skills

[Technical_Skill]

The Beyer fight isn't a good fight to judge his skills.
Kessler could set a slow pace in the first two rounds, and control him with the jab. Beyer got knocked out before Kessler put any real pressure on him.

Kessler is a very defensive fighter. I don't believe he can jab himself to a victory over Calzaghe, the fight I anticipate if they meet, will be Kessler avoiding Calzaghe, ready to punish him when he leaves an opening.
Calzaghe may be able to throw an insane amount of punches in his combo, but I've never seen Kessler hit with more than one shot at the time, and I've yet to see Calzaghe against somebody with this level of speed and defense.

Kessler is at his best from the distance, but he's not complete rubbish on the inside if he is forced to do so - But Calzaghe would win the fight easily if he gets to fight it like he want.

It would be a war.

Ok, i do plan to watch the andrade fight at some point very soon, Kessler has got skills, my main problem is how deals with someone stepping in and out, Now if he can jab calzaghe coming in, then he has an advantage, but he needs to prepare for a scrap, because stepping side to side aint gonna be enough to stop Calzaghe firing those combinations.

If Kessler can negate Calzaghe's unorthodoxy, i think he can win this fight, but he has to improve on a few things from what ive seen and im not sure he is ready yet,

The problem with Calzaghe is that he is trained by his dad, who isnt a great trainer imo, and that shows in Joe's Skills, he is very much reliant on unorthodoxy and speed, a bit like roy jones, if someone can neuralise his style and make calzaghe have to stick to basic boxing skills aka not just jumping in and firing, i think thats where his weakness is.

Unorthodoxy has its good points, but once it can be negated the problems begin, ever see prime Roy Jones JR on the ropes?, he looked like a fish out of water, fortunatley he had the reflexes to get away with it, once the reflexes began to degrade he became vunerable, i belive both his KO'S were when he was cornered or near the ropes.

[Knicksman20]

Kessler would give Cal some major trouble. Yes Cal's fast & fights unorthodox but Kessler has an educated jab which could neutralize that speed. He doubles & triples that jab & I can see Cal having alot of trouble with him. Also Kessler has the reach advange with is best punch being a the straight right which is needed against a south-paw.

[Kayjay's Ghost]

I think he showed Andrade's weaknesses more than his own.
Kessler dominates from the distance; this off cause makes straight punches very efficient.

Welkl that much is certainly true. I'm not trying to be excessively picky, he played it safe and did what was working, although some variation might have helped get Andrade out.

Thanks for your input.

[The Troll]

It's kinda funny that Taylor is either gonna have to fight Pavlik or if he moves up to the 168 fight Calzaghe or Kessler.

Jurgen Gniesenau out

[Tony628]

If Kessler can negate Calzaghe's unorthodoxy, i think he can win this fight, but he has to improve on a few things from what ive seen and im not sure he is ready yet

So you think Kessler is good and has a chance against Calzaghe?

[Technical_Skill]

So you think Kessler is good and has a chance against Calzaghe?

He's got skills, but his footwork wont improve in time, that was then, i think i said above in the orginal post his footwork wasnt good enough and calzaghe should win,


Kessler has skills, but he = robot,

At this point in time i dont give him much chance no.

Then i was more receptive to his chances,

Thats how fight predictions evolve, the more you think about it, the more reason you find to change your mind.

[Technical_Skill]

So far i think Kessler is well skilled, and definatley a quick fighter also, but so far i dont see anything yet that makes me think he can beat Calzaghe,

Which is why in the original thread title, i said the above.

Hope that answers your question

[Steelhammer86]

Which is why in the original thread title, i said the above.

Hope that answers your question

Answering your own posts? That's similar to a schizophrenic talking to himself, Technical_Schizo.

[Addison]

This afternoon in between having a chat on ******* with someone, i decided to watch Mikkel Kessler Vs Markus Beyer.

In order to understand Kessler i need to watch more of his fights, but here's what i noticed, during this fight.

1) Jab orientated: Even when Beyer was there for the taking, Kessler didnt finish him off the way he should have, i was telepathically screaming at the screen "Left Hook"!!!!, Body Shot!!!!!, He didnt throw it, just more jabs, of course the one of the few times he threw the body shot he seemed to hurt beyer, but he didnt use it again. The whole fight was the jab setting up the right hand, it was bit like watching the 168 pound version of klitschko, mind you that right hand of Kessler's aint slow. lol.

2) Footwork: Better going backwards than forwards in this fight, i wonder if my danish friends like Janegeorg and Peder can tell me, is Kessler a counterpuncher? He seems a bit cagey going forward, lots of stepping to the side and firing jabs, not much movement forwards, on the back foot he was much more lively.

3) Defense: Kessler can defend imo, seems better defensivley than i anticipated, when beyer rushed him Kessler was tasty on the backfoot blocking with ease and slipping out of trouble, didnt throw much back on the counter though. Seemed nice at blocking body shots also.

So far i think Kessler is well skilled, and definatley a quick fighter also, but so far i dont see anything yet that makes me think he can beat Calzaghe, i think he can give Calzaghe problems, in particular with his jab and defense, but i not sure about how he handles JC's quick combinations, so far i think Kessler makes a fight out of it, but so far i cant see past a Calzaghe close UD, Kessler hasnt shown me that he has the footwork to deal with someone who jumps into range, fires shots, and then jumps out of range again.

I welcome people's thoughts on Kessler's Skills.

Well written, funny.

[drvooh]

This afternoon in between having a chat on ******* with someone, i decided to watch Mikkel Kessler Vs Markus Beyer.

In order to understand Kessler i need to watch more of his fights, but here's what i noticed, during this fight.

1) Jab orientated: Even when Beyer was there for the taking, Kessler didnt finish him off the way he should have, i was telepathically screaming at the screen "Left Hook"!!!!, Body Shot!!!!!, He didnt throw it, just more jabs, of course the one of the few times he threw the body shot he seemed to hurt beyer, but he didnt use it again. The whole fight was the jab setting up the right hand, it was bit like watching the 168 pound version of klitschko, mind you that right hand of Kessler's aint slow. lol.

2) Footwork: Better going backwards than forwards in this fight, i wonder if my danish friends like Janegeorg and Peder can tell me, is Kessler a counterpuncher? He seems a bit cagey going forward, lots of stepping to the side and firing jabs, not much movement forwards, on the back foot he was much more lively.

3) Defense: Kessler can defend imo, seems better defensivley than i anticipated, when beyer rushed him Kessler was tasty on the backfoot blocking with ease and slipping out of trouble, didnt throw much back on the counter though. Seemed nice at blocking body shots also.

So far i think Kessler is well skilled, and definatley a quick fighter also, but so far i dont see anything yet that makes me think he can beat Calzaghe, i think he can give Calzaghe problems, in particular with his jab and defense, but i not sure about how he handles JC's quick combinations, so far i think Kessler makes a fight out of it, but so far i cant see past a Calzaghe close UD, Kessler hasnt shown me that he has the footwork to deal with someone who jumps into range, fires shots, and then jumps out of range again.

I welcome people's thoughts on Kessler's Skills.

Great thread. You observed quite a bit,and gave Kessler higher marks than I thought you would...I think it will be alot closer than boths sides do...