What Has Mikkel Kessler Done?

[Guest]

Post of the thread. Some people will just never give Kessler any credit, regardless of whether he deserves any now.

Kessler is one of the best selling blended whiskies, yet people hate on it.

[BattlingNelson]

Kessler is one of the best selling blended whiskies, yet people hate on it.

Send me a bottle will ya'?

[skyler]

Think so?

If Kessler wins it will be because:

Ward was a neo-pro. Basically an amateur.
Direll likewise.
Abraham was really just a middleweight feasting on bums.
Taylor has been shot ever since the Pavlik defeat.
Froch is limited. We all knew that once he got in the ring with a good boxer he would lose.

Classic NSB.

He has already proven enough to me to think he's a great fighter.
some people are always going to find a way to discredit a fighter.

Those who have followed Kesslers career and the SMW division know that he beat everyone that mattered at the time, and he did so in dominant fashion while unifying a couple of belts along the way.. hes only loss to Calzaghe who retired one of the p4p best...

So yeah he has done quite a bit.. To say he hasn't done anything is a huge understatement and any of those names would be great to have listed on your record, if Kessler wins this thing like i think he will it will shut up a lot of the doubters but theres still going to be those few people who will have a reason to hate on them no matter what, all the great fighters still get hated on no matter how great they were or what they have accomplished..

[S.G.]

Kessler has the strongest resume in the tournament outside of Taylor

[DiegoFuego]

Ive been wanting an answer to this question for some time now. What has he done or who has he beat for some to rate him so highly. In certain instances if the quality wins arnt there but you can see a guy's talent I understand that and if thats why many rate him so high, based on the talents they see in the ring then thats fine, but what are your individual reasons for rating him so high?

Thus far his biggest highlight may be losing to Calzaghe.

I asked this question loooooong before you did on this forum, buddy. And I never got an answer. I've actually been waiting about a year and a half now.

[Manny Duckman]

5 pages and still no answer

[BattlingNelson]

5 pages and still no answer

Answer me this: Who has the best resumée of the super six?

[DiegoFuego]

I have no problem with Kessler being rated the best super middleweight, but my question pertained to why people thought he was one of the top 10-15 fighters in the world about a year ago. He's definitely not resume-wise. In no particular order, here's a short list of fighters way ahead of him.

1. Mayweather
2. Pacquiao
3. Marquez
4. Hopkins
5. Williams
6. Vazquez
7. Mosley
8. Cotto
9. Rafael Marquez
10. Abraham
11. Dawson
12. Chris John
13. Vitali
14. Wladimir
15. Haye
16. Pavlik
17. Hatton
18. Clottey

I mean those guys are far and away ahead of him, then there's probably a handful of 5-10 more who have accomplished more, thus deserving to be ahead. Guys like Juan Diaz, for example.

I do not understand the love affair people have with Kessler. He's pretty technically sound, good power, but wow FIGHT SOMEBODY. This tournament will define his entire career because right now he's no different than a Vitali Klitschko in that his best win is a loss. Everyone is always going to remember Vitali for losing to Lewis rather than anyone he beat. The only difference is Vitali is a way better fighter than Kessler.

[DiegoFuego]

I'd throw Tim Bradley and Nate Campbell ahead of Kessler as well in that group of 5-10 I mentioned.

[S.G.]

I'd throw Tim Bradley and Nate Campbell ahead of Kessler as well in that group of 5-10 I mentioned.

Yeah I was about to say

BTW, how come you have Abraham so high, considering your opinions on Kessler?