Kessler vs Taylor at 168, who wins?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Honest question for those who voted Kessler:

Who has he beaten that demonstrates he could "definitely" beat Jermain Taylor?

I'd argue that he's not faced anyone who presents the same set of challenges as Taylor. Calzaghe is faster and better technically, but does not hit as hard, and even he threw a couple shots that appeared to sting Kessler. Mundine is decently quick and slick enough himself, but not on Taylor's level.

Most of the Kessler picks seem to focus on comparisons of him to Pavlik, who beat Taylor twice using a consistent straight jab and good power, both of which Kessler has. But what hasn't been considered is what Pavlik has that allowed him to not get beaten by Taylor - a good, solid chin, insane stamina and determination, and the heart of a lion. And even then the second fight was VERY close. Can Kessler stand up to the flush counterpunches and stiff jab that Pavlik had to endure in order to beat Taylor, all while being determined enough to stick with his own game plan? I'M NOT CONVINCED HE CAN.

Could ask the same question of Taylor. Its a pick em fight with many intangibles no doubt. I wouldnt say definitely either way.

I cant believe people think Kessler is anything like Pavlik. Kessler has many more strings to his bow and is a far superior boxer.

[Pugilistic™]

Tough fight to predict.

[Stickman]

Could ask the same question of Taylor. Its a pick em fight with many intangibles no doubt. I wouldnt say definitely either way.

I cant believe people think Kessler is anything like Pavlik. Kessler has many more strings to his bow and is a far superior boxer.

There are alot of guys on here who are either just devout Pavlik fans, or a little country biased. Nothing really wrong with that, other than that it clouds judgement significantly.

[Kris Silver]

Taylors been out of action for awhile so it's tricky to gauge before we see him against Lacy. For me he should **** Lacy and if he doesn't what's he achieved, the stamp that he couldn't do a better job than Calzaghe?

I think as things stand I favour Kessler. He's similar in height, build and reach as Kelly, plus has more to his game and is a huge SMW. So he takes a late TKO imo.

[mrlopez]

I want to see Jermain put on a good fight and and get a great win over Lacy before i comment on how he'd do vs Kessler....

[dstew]

If you don't understand it, let me point it out for you..

If you don't understand that fighting Andrade is nothing like fighting Taylor, then you aren't in a position to be pointing ANYTHING out to me. Their styles are nothing alike, their skills are nothing alike, they have NOTHING in common as fighters. Saying that Kessler would adapt the style he used on Andrade as a good example of what he could do to Taylor is as ignorant as it gets.

[dstew]

Could ask the same question of Taylor. Its a pick em fight with many intangibles no doubt. I wouldnt say definitely either way.

I cant believe people think Kessler is anything like Pavlik. Kessler has many more strings to his bow and is a far superior boxer.

You could definitely ask the same question of Taylor, but not nearly as many people here are prostelitizing about Taylor as they are Kessler, as though he is some kind of boxing god. That's why I directed it toward the audience I did.

The fact is that Taylor's beaten nobody remotely like Kessler, but he's beaten better competition than Kessler has, while Kessler has beaten nobody like Jermain Taylor.

And I see that so far none of the Kessler faithful here have responded to my question about who he's beaten that demonstrates his ability to definitively beat Taylor.