Mikkel Kessler Can Still Become #1 SMW Ever

[Guest]

A lot of times in that fight Calzaghe because of his unorthodox style made Kessler stop punching.

Kessler seems to need a sort of rhythmn because he wants to be accurate, but you just have to keep throwing and throwing the jab against Joe even though you will be missing a lot.

Kessler wanted to be a little too precise in that fight. He could've stolen another round or two had he done that.

[egreezy]

I think you need to watch that fight again. First, remove any bias, though.

You can't remove bias of clean effective punching; that's how Lederman tells me to score. I think Kessler also started figuring out and neutralizing Calzaghe's toward the end of the fight and if it went 15 would surely had the win. Did you make a scorecard for this fight I would like to see which rounds you had close, clear or wide.

[S.G.]

The problem is, I'd find it hard to rank Kessler above Calzaghe ever when he was actually beaten in a head-to-head, in his prime

Thus how can he possibly be better

I mean, aside from an actual head-to-head bout it's all speculation

[BattlingNelson]

The problem is, I'd find it hard to rank Kessler above Calzaghe ever when he was actually beaten in a head-to-head, in his prime

Thus how can he possibly be better

I mean, aside from an actual head-to-head bout it's all speculation

So Brewster will always be better than Wlad????

[boxasmash]

a 35 year old calzaghe beat a prime 28 year old kessler decisively. kessler can win as many times as he wants, he will never be better than joe now.

[boxasmash]

kessler did not have a broken hand, that's ******ed. his hand may or may not have been injured but it definitely wasn't broken.

[S.G.]

So Brewster will always be better than Wlad????

Okay, within reason. Calzaghe is someone who is already pretty much universally recognised as the greatest super middleweight. Even if Kessler does win this tournament, he's still hardly going to be leaps and bounds ahead of Calzaghe resume-wise, if even ahead at all, thus the head-to-head aspect becomes more important... And Calzaghe did beat Kessler handily

[BattlingNelson]

kessler did not have a broken hand, that's ******ed. his hand may or may not have been injured but it definitely wasn't broken.

It was surgically repaired afterwards.

[BattlingNelson]

Okay, within reason. Calzaghe is someone who is already pretty much universally recognised as the greatest super middleweight. Even if Kessler does win this tournament, he's still hardly going to be leaps and bounds ahead of Calzaghe resume-wise, if even ahead at all, thus the head-to-head aspect becomes more important... And Calzaghe did beat Kessler handily

Fair enough.

[Pugilistic™]

What it his right hand that was supposedly broken ?

For a broken hand he was able to uses it alot early on.





I personally think Kessler's hand wasn't hurt and that it was just a rumor.

The rumor only became a "fact" after Calzaghe decisively beat him.

Besides all that, it was a very good tactical fight that i enjoyed alot.