why does kessler get so much praise here?

[sitai]

first of all, i don't hate the guy i'm just interested as to why he is seen as such a legend without having actually achieved much...

he beat mundine, beyer and andrade, he has only fought outside of denmark twice and one was against calzaghe!!!

he's been in some very good fights, but no classics
his skills aren't extraordinary... (strong with good basic skills which can be exposed by an actual skilled fighter such as calzaghe)

i just want to know what makes him your favourite fighter over other fighters who are better than him in every single way

[ßringer]

It's an attempt by Calzaghe's ball-suckers to inflate Joe's record and make him seem more impressive. That's why anytime you see them discussing Calzaghe they immediately bring up Kessler.

Truth be told Kessler is average at best, and will remain so in my eyes until I see him against another elite fighter. Calzaghe is the only elite opponet on his record and he damn near got shutout in that fight. I just find him to be too robotic for my liking. He's got a good jab though.

[NextGeneration]

It's an attempt by Calzaghe's ball-suckers to inflate Joe's record and make him seem more impressive. That's why anytime you see them discussing Calzaghe they immediately bring up Kessler.

Truth be told Kessler is average at best, and will remain so in my eyes until I see him against another elite fighter. Calzaghe is the only elite opponet on his record and he damn near got shutout in that fight. I just find him to be too robotic for my liking. He's got a good jab though.

thats exactly it

[ßringer]

Oh and some of it is blatant ****sexuality. I've literally seen Kessler fans talk about how awesome his tattoos look or how he's a good posterboy for the sport because he's so "good looking". One dude once said he could be the next Oscar De La Hoya, to which my response was something like "Yeah, if you took away all the talent.".

[sitai]

It's an attempt by Calzaghe's ball-suckers to inflate Joe's record and make him seem more impressive. That's why anytime you see them discussing Calzaghe they immediately bring up Kessler.

Truth be told Kessler is average at best, and will remain so in my eyes until I see him against another elite fighter. Calzaghe is the only elite opponet on his record and he damn near got shutout in that fight. I just find him to be too robotic for my liking. He's got a good jab though.

exactly, quality opponents will pick him apart

[Zocalo]

It's an attempt by Calzaghe's ball-suckers to inflate Joe's record and make him seem more impressive. That's why anytime you see them discussing Calzaghe they immediately bring up Kessler.

Truth be told Kessler is average at best, and will remain so in my eyes until I see him against another elite fighter. Calzaghe is the only elite opponet on his record and he damn near got shutout in that fight. I just find him to be too robotic for my liking. He's got a good jab though.

Pretty accurate post...

[Jexy55]

It's an attempt by Calzaghe's ball-suckers to inflate Joe's record and make him seem more impressive. That's why anytime you see them discussing Calzaghe they immediately bring up Kessler.

Truth be told Kessler is average at best, and will remain so in my eyes until I see him against another elite fighter. Calzaghe is the only elite opponet on his record and he damn near got shutout in that fight. I just find him to be too robotic for my liking. He's got a good jab though.

Though i do like Calzaghe, i got to agree with you here man.

[Ray*]

I also think he is a good fighter who has to be expose to the american public for them to appreciate his talent but i also dont like the way some calzaghe fans push him like his an all time great just to make Joe C resume look good.

I really dont think they need to do that because Kessler will prove how good he really is in the long run.

[ßringer]

exactly, quality opponents will pick him apart

One thing I agree with the Calzaghe/Kessler fans on is this : I do think that Mikkel can become the Super Middleweight Champion again and likely dominate his division for a while.

On the surface that looks good but what exactly does that mean? Joe's gone, he's at 175lbs, Pavlik is at 160lbs, Taylor is moving up to 168lbs after the 2 Pavlik losses, who else is there at 168lbs? Jeff Lacy?

That's going to be a weaker division than the Middleweight division Hopkins was stuck with in the 90's.

[Sir Tom Jones]

like it was said above, Calzaghe fans do hype him up a bit i guess.

i want to see kessler in higher quality fights to see how good he really is.