why do some people question Kessler's resume?

[boxasmash]

he fought everyone he had to fight, just because of 2 blips on his resume (last two fights) everyone questions his resume. it seems your only as good as your last fight on this forum.

since his debut in the smw division in 2001 the top 10 looked like this.

1.Sven Ottke
2.Joe Calzaghe
3.Byron Mitchell
4.Antwun Echols
5.Charles Brewer
6.Thomas Tate
7.Eric Lucas
8.Mads Larsen
9.Manny Siaca
10.Markus Beyer

in 2002 it looks like this

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Sven Ottke
3.Antwun Echols
4.Eric Lucas
5.Byron Mitchell
6.Charles Brewer
7.Mads Larsen
8.Manny Siaca
9.Anthony Mundine
10.Markus Beyer

in 2003 it looks like this

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Sven Ottke
3.Anthony Mundine
4.Antwun Echols
5.Danny Green
6.Byron Mitchell
7.Markus Beyer
8.Charles Brewer
9.Mads Larsen
10.Robin Reid

in 2004 Kessler enters the list

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Mikkel Kessler
3.Anthony Mundine
4.Antwun Echols
5.Danny Green
6.Jeff Lacy
7.Mads Larsen
8.Robin Reid
9.Markus Beyer
10.Manny Siaca

in 2005 it looked like this after beating mundine

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Mikkel Kessler
3.Jeff Lacy
4.Markus Beyer
5.Anthony Mundine
6.Danny Green
7.Manny Siaca
8.Otis Grant
9.Robin Reid
10.Librado Andrade

in 2006 it looked like this, kessler fought beyer and andrade

Joe Calzaghe, Champion

1.Mikkel Kessler
2.Anthony Mundine
3.Jeff Lacy
4.Markus Beyer
5.Librado Andrade
6.Lucian Bute
7.Carl Froch
8.Allan Green
9.Denis Inkin
10.Peter Manfredo Jr.


RED = EVENTUALLY FOUGHT THEM OR FOUGHT ALREADY
BLACK = FOUGHT THEM THAT YEAR


He basically fought everyone he had to, get off his back!

[S.G.]

his resume is just Calzaghe's, but without any big wins and one loss

[The Hammer]

Mikkel has had five wins over top ten ranked super middleweights, and one loss to the greatest super middleweight of all time.

Very good...

But I want to see him clean out the division now!

[KESSLER]

Haters, don't mind them. Fuck those ****suckers.

[The C.E.O.]

because he chose to fight at 168...where the lacking dwell...

[BattlingNelson]

he fought everyone he had to fight, just because of 2 blips on his resume (last two fights) everyone questions his resume. it seems your only as good as your last fight on this forum.

since his debut in the smw division in 2001 the top 10 looked like this.

1.Sven Ottke
2.Joe Calzaghe
3.Byron Mitchell
4.Antwun Echols
5.Charles Brewer
6.Thomas Tate
7.Eric Lucas
8.Mads Larsen
9.Manny Siaca
10.Markus Beyer

in 2002 it looks like this

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Sven Ottke
3.Antwun Echols
4.Eric Lucas
5.Byron Mitchell
6.Charles Brewer
7.Mads Larsen
8.Manny Siaca
9.Anthony Mundine
10.Markus Beyer

in 2003 it looks like this

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Sven Ottke
3.Anthony Mundine
4.Antwun Echols
5.Danny Green
6.Byron Mitchell
7.Markus Beyer
8.Charles Brewer
9.Mads Larsen
10.Robin Reid

in 2004 Kessler enters the list

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Mikkel Kessler
3.Anthony Mundine
4.Antwun Echols
5.Danny Green
6.Jeff Lacy
7.Mads Larsen
8.Robin Reid
9.Markus Beyer
10.Manny Siaca

in 2005 it looked like this after beating mundine

1.Joe Calzaghe
2.Mikkel Kessler
3.Jeff Lacy
4.Markus Beyer
5.Anthony Mundine
6.Danny Green
7.Manny Siaca
8.Otis Grant
9.Robin Reid
10.Librado Andrade

in 2006 it looked like this, kessler fought beyer and andrade

Joe Calzaghe, Champion

1.Mikkel Kessler
2.Anthony Mundine
3.Jeff Lacy
4.Markus Beyer
5.Librado Andrade
6.Lucian Bute
7.Carl Froch
8.Allan Green
9.Denis Inkin
10.Peter Manfredo Jr.


RED = EVENTUALLY FOUGHT THEM OR FOUGHT ALREADY
BLACK = FOUGHT THEM THAT YEAR


He basically fought everyone he had to, get off his back!

Nice research.

Can you do it for Chad Dawson as well? Would be fun to compare.

[boxasmash]

because he chose to fight at 168...where the lacking dwell...

he didn't "choose" to fight anywhere. he is just a 168 lbs fighter, i'm sure if you could choose your weight class you'd choose 147 because of the ton of fighters there. he's already moved up 2 weight classes.

[hookoutofhell]

thing is alot of US fans dont really know the fighters that he has fought

- andrade was mentioned as being a bum or a nobody when kess beat him and yet when bute managed to sc**** past him ppl are labelling im as the divisions margaito and he seems to be a more reputable opponent all of a sudden.

- mundine has a great skill set and is often underrated in terms of his skills, in fact hes alot like collazo in the WW. a good fighter with good skills but he is often overlooked.

- marcus beyer another good fighter, manny siaca another reputable oppnent.

but most of these fighters aren't really that well known to US fans who are generally the first to discredit his resume.

imo its just a matter of time before mainstream boxing recognises that its been missing out on a great fighter. but its not all the fault of promoters, mandatories and governing bodies, imo kess should have taken the fight with miranda, iv heard that johnson seems willing to fight at 170 which is another fight that i think he needs to take.

imo only froch and johnson are the 2 fighters who seem willing to take him on and if tey give him a fight at whatever weight he should take it. johnson in particular seems willing to drop down alot of weight (which is very hard to do) as long as they get it on.

go on mikkel, take on the road warrior you know it makes sense

[The C.E.O.]

I don't argue with nuthuggers...I just tell them how it is and watch them squirm in pain.

[boxasmash]

Nice research.

Can you do it for Chad Dawson as well? Would be fun to compare.

since Dawson debuted at 175 in 2006 he has fought 3 top lhws to this date.