KESSLER: Sparring with Ross Thompson
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Jan i know your close with Team Kessler. He looks vicious and ferocious in those sparring videos, no doubt about it.
Can you tell him one thing though!
When hes thinking about throwing punches, his forearms and hands go flabby. Making it harder for him and slower, to throw combinations from his position.
If he maintained solid hands, and didn't relaxe them, he wouldn't have any flaws.Comment
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Kessler has always have an unbelieveable fast hard ass jab, thats why some people who were kesslers fans felt he could have beaten Calzaghe. But what shocked alot of people but not me because I felt Calzaghe was going to show the world that he can throw good jabs aswell. Calzaghe used Kesslers best weapon against him, and thats his jab. Calzaghe usually fight close up, but he used the jab pretty effectively in the kessler fight. Calzaghe throwing his jabs and his straight left to conquer the viking warrior.
Calzaghe is an amazing fight, he has never fully pushed himself to his full potential, it saddens me he decided to go with roy over pavlik.

But Calzaghe without no flaws, was hit cleanly by Kessler. But showed his chin is amazing, Hopkins knocked Calz down but it wasn't from a hard shot like this more from Calz being off balanced then being hurt at all.

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I think the only reason Kessler lost that fight was because his hand was broken and he couldn't spare enough. I even got the feeling that Kess wasnt throwing and backing up during the middle rounds, because he was afraid to make his hands worse.
I'd pick kessler in a rematch anyday, but then again maybe i just dont like Cal...Comment
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