Who else gained respect for Mikkel Kessler?

[Mistadobalina]

Yeah did you see him get owned? oh **** lol.

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[Unseen]

all my boys said he was a nice guy. he admitted he had no hand problems after the loss. he also said that he was hurt and that joe was ahrd to hit and made him miss a lot which took a lot out of him. i mean joe has very fast hands for a smw, with decent head movement, but his main weapon is his feet. i've seen him move out of a lot of big blows, which make his oppoent tire so much. joe has great stamina and a chin aswell.

kessler is just a ncie guy. he admitted he lost fari and square. was funn when his promoter hyped him up and saying yeah you wills ee big fights from kessler next year!!!! then kessler had a small yeah lol. was funny.

[Wiley Hyena]

Kessler gained a lot of respect from everyone, but will he gain any knowledge from the fight? He has a LOT of flaws that need to be corrected for him to be dominant, but his head and heart are in the right place. Perhaps a different trainer would help cuz I didn't see him getting much useful advice from the corner, but of course we don't hear everthing.

What flaws do you see? It's not a flaw to have been unable to figure out Calzaghe.

[ThaHorseman]

What flaws do you see? It's not a flaw to have been unable to figure out Calzaghe.

The biggest things were that he has little to no head movement and he doesn't get his hands up after throwing combinations. He just sorta stood there and admired his work, while Calzaghe started throwing back.

[C.C.SABATHIA]

I really thought that Kessler needed to let his hands go more.

[Addison]

The biggest things were that he has little to no head movement and he doesn't get his hands up after throwing combinations. He just sorta stood there and admired his work, while Calzaghe started throwing back.

Little too much of that.. True.

[shawn_]

He drops his hand after throwing his jab. Calzaghe took advantage of this all night to win the jabbing match. He slipped the jab and came back over the top with a surprisingly stiff jab. He also left the body open like I predicted he would. Kessler is GOOD, don't get me wrong, but he still needs polishing to perfect his imperfections.

Kessler is a good candidate for Manny Steward as a trainer. He is a very smart guy, and is willing to work hard to do what his corner says, unfortunately his corner doesn't say much. I think Kessler's one dimensionality is much more a reflection of his inept trainers than of his abilities as a fighter.

[Azteca]

He drops his hand after throwing his jab. Calzaghe took advantage of this all night to win the jabbing match. He slipped the jab and came back over the top with a surprisingly stiff jab. He also left the body open like I predicted he would. Kessler is GOOD, don't get me wrong, but he still needs polishing to perfect his imperfections.

Kessler is a good candidate for Manny Steward as a trainer. He is a very smart guy, and is willing to work hard to do what his corner says, unfortunately his corner doesn't say much. I think Kessler's one dimensionality is much more a reflection of his inept trainers than of his abilities as a fighter.

It's a problem that he lives in Denmark. He wont go to USA for family reasons me thinks. And I dont blame him.

And how can you blame the trainer when these guys most likely formed him like a piece of clay when he was younger? I am going on pure speculation here but I am willing to bet they have trained Kessler for his entire career (amateur and professional).

Fighters once they reach a certain age...know how to fight. They really only need a trainer for emotional support. They know if you throw the left hook wide to counter it with a right hand. THey know they have to win the jabbing war.

They see the openings. They dig to the body. They get blasted to the face. Not the trainer. A trainer is good for training camp and coming up with a gameplan, but when it comes to fight time. It's man vs. man. And may the best man win.

[Addison]

For me Kessler showed that he can by dynamic. He was fantastic pulling out more stops than people ever that he had in him. His uppercuts were sic, and he landed stuff in exhanges that were TELLING. As soon as Calzaghe tried use his signature flurry Kessler dropped a big right right down the middle. It was ****ing brilliant. Mikkel totally took away Joe's flurry. TOTALLY.


Beating Joe Calzaghe is too much for a trained fighter.

Joe is a NATURAL with outrageous determination and toughness.

A lesser man would have folded at Kessler's knees.

Calzaghe won that fight on toughness as much as anything else.

[Jim Jeffries]

Goddamn.. What a fighter!

I'm very proud of what he gave. Very proud.

I already had respect for him after the Andrade fight and he earned more from me tonight. I hope Calzaghe moves up to light heavy and Kessler comes back and cleans out super middle.