Mikkel Kessler: “It's Always Good To Be The Favorite”

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by T.K. Stewart - The ball begins rolling tomorrow night when two of the participants in Showtime's “Super Six World Boxing Classic” tournament engage in two fights on two different continents – albeit in non-tournament affairs – and not against each other.

In California, Andre Ward will face North Dakota's Shelby Pudwill. Meanwhile, half a world away in Denmark, Mikkel Kessler hopes to take care of his WBA mis-mandatory title defense against Venezuela's Gusmyr Perdomo.

Provided Ward and Kessler both come out on the winning end tomorrow night, they will face off against one another on Nov. 21 for Kessler's WBA super middleweight title belt.

Kessler is an easy-going Dane who has only lost one fight – to Joe Calzaghe in 2007. Other than that one misstep, he has had a perfect career as a professional and his ring record of 41-1, 31KOs is testimony to that. For Kessler, it has been a seemingly easy journey to the top of the 168-pound heap. [details]

[MANGLER]

Kessler should KO this guy in about 6 or 7. Get some work in, then finish him. Get a lil last fight momentum goin into the tourney against Ward.

[Kevin Jesus]

Ward is not a KO artist, he's a boxer-type. Pudwill will most likely last 5 rounds with Ward and probably more but Ward should come in to KO the guy.


Btw I got Ward over Kessler.

[Heru]

Kessler-Perdomo will do the over; Ward-Pudwill will do the under.

Kessler's jab, punch output, composure, and consistency will still spell a L for Ward. Ward's lateral movement, boxing, and speed will befuddle Kessler early though.

[BattlingNelson]

Good interview with Kessler. He says he doesn't look past Perdomo, but his comments suggests otherwise. Let's hope he still focuses enough to see off Perdomo.

[gingeralbino]

Good interview with Kessler. He says he doesn't look past Perdomo, but his comments suggests otherwise. Let's hope he still focuses enough to see off Perdomo.

whats the chances of this fight being put on youtube when its over? Theres a few kessler fights on there in full so im hoping it will be. Working all weekend so i wont be able to stream it.

[BattlingNelson]

whats the chances of this fight being put on youtube when its over? Theres a few kessler fights on there in full so im hoping it will be. Working all weekend so i wont be able to stream it.

99,9%

The fight gets shown all over the world, so it will be on youtube I think.

[gingeralbino]

99,9%

The fight gets shown all over the world, so it will be on youtube I think.

good stuff. Hope Perdomo isnt a can (havent seen him at all) and at least gives Kessler a decent test/warm up for the tourny, without doing any damage that doesnt heal quickly.

[Jan(DK)]

No offense to anybody, but is it just me who thinks this is an od interview???

The statement (word for word) about super six, you can find here on boxingscene.com with Jose "on fire" Aguirre

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/view.php?pg=boxing_video

The prefight interview about the Perdomo fight is to find all over the place.

But hey - i could be wrong. T.K.Steward could be in Herning, Denmark and interviewed Kessler yesterday or today.

[TKO Tom]

Similar questions, similar answers. It is close, I have to agree.