How good of a win was Calzaghe's win over Kessler

[number6]

The best opponent that Joe has ever faced, his best win

[Dave Rado]

That win is overrated. Kessler didnt spar and had a broken right hand going into the fight. Still Joe couldn't keep Kessler from competing.

LOL! If he's landed all those monster uppercuts in the first four rounds with a broken hand, his hand would have fallen right off.

And if he didn't spar he's incredibly unprofessional.

[QuCongee]

I don't understand why people glaze over that win like it was no big deal.

Kessler is a bad motherfcker. Did you see what he did to Andrade? Look what Andrade did to Bute. Cmon dude. Oh cause he's a Europian who never fought any blah blah... That **** is tired.

Kessler is a beast. It was a great win for joe.

[QuCongee]

That win is overrated. Kessler didnt spar and had a broken right hand going into the fight. Still Joe couldn't keep Kessler from competing.

Kessler says the complete opposite.

[El Dominicano]

I don't understand why people glaze over that win like it was no big deal.

Kessler is a bad motherfcker. Did you see what he did to Andrade? Look what Andrade did to Bute. Cmon dude. Oh cause he's a Europian who never fought any blah blah... That **** is tired.

Kessler is a beast. It was a great win for joe.

Kessler is a really good fight but in no way was it a good win, Kessler is as unproven as they come and he is to blame for that.

[MANGLER]

Good but not great. Pretty close halfway thru, but he slapped Kessler around in the 2nd half. I recall at 1 point the ref stopped him in the middle of what mighta been a finishin rally.

[Shadow boxer 3]

not that big in my opinion. Kesslers whole clam to fame comes from him losing to Calzaghe. and he aint dont **** since

[Allucard]

I told you in the other thread, Kessler is a legend, even guys like Haggler and Hearns would duck him, he would have given a prime sugar ray leonard nightmares.

The only guy who could muster up the courage to fight this animal was Joe calzaghe.

i agree but i must add tye fields is still the man no matter what.

[QuCongee]

Kessler is a really good fight but in no way was it a good win, Kessler is as unproven as they come and he is to blame for that.

Dude, before Calzaghe, he cleaned the canvas with Andrade and Mundine and easily knocked out Beyer. How is that not proving yourself?

[BattlingNelson]

LOL! If he's landed all those monster uppercuts in the first four rounds with a broken hand, his hand would have fallen right off.

And if he didn't spar he's incredibly unprofessional.

How can it be unprofessional? He couldn't spar because the last 2-3 weeks because of the hand. He went on with the fight for fear of Warren calling it off instead of postponement. He had beaten Mundine with a bad back so he probably still fancied his chances and according to himself his hand was 'prepared' (likely sedated) so that it didn't give him problems in the fight. Any fighter would tell you that losing the last couple of weeks sparring is a major handicap as that is where you get the best work. Bear in mind also that Kessler is a sparring freak who spars 120+ rounds before the big fights. He hardly got any for Calzaghe.

Kessler says the complete opposite.

Link please.