Is Kessler too nice?

[DrewWoodside]

I think he should of treated Ward the same way Froch treated Dirrell. There are times when a boxer has to be aggressive back at someone using dirty tactics and holding on.

Kessler didn't seem to be able to fight aggressive enough to stop Ward's tactics.

Personally I thought Kessler would be too sharp to get ****** into Ward's ****ty spoiler tactics. They knew he does this, so I don't see why they didn't prepare better for it.

[The Hammer]

I think he should of treated Ward the same way Froch treated Dirrell. There are times when a boxer has to be aggressive back at someone using dirty tactics and holding on.

Kessler didn't seem to be able to fight aggressive enough to stop Ward's tactics.

I agree. He's too good-natured. But if he would nave retaliated with head butts and pushing, the ref Jack Weiss would have deducted points.

[Mikhnienko]

Yeah i really hope he tries that against Froch or Abrahammer, that'll be enjoyable to watch.

Kessler after the 3rd or 4th headbutts seriously should of Muay Thai elbowed him in the face.

[z0jo]

kesslers team should've knew before the fight that the americans were gonna play every dirty trick in the book (in and outside the ring) to win the fight, he should've been 100% prepared for those type of situations by expecting the worse. Haveing said that though I don't think there was anything kessler could've done to stop those nasty headbutts from ward.

[Kevin Jesus]

....Yes, he's a soft Danish *****. Froch or AA would **** Ward up for the inside tactics he employed. Kessler is a girl.

Bull****, Ward beats all 3 of them regardless of any kind of tactics. I'd bet on that but you probably wouldn't want to bet on that.

You either want the win or you don't. Plan and simple.

[Allucard]

WTF? The fight wasn't all that dirty. BOTH held too much and two MINOR headbutts, accidental head butts.
The reason Froch bullied Dirrell around was that Froch was a bigger guy and had enough strength to pick up and throw Dirrell (btw that was a much dirtier fight with Froch punching in the back of the head INTENTIONALLY and throwing Dirrell around, not to mention the robbery of the year the decision was) whereas Ward is a much stronger guy and can't be bullied by anyone of them. I see Ward winning the tournament easy robberies apart. Dirrell was robbed and I'm sure they will try to rob an American again but then again, if they do they'll prolly get the same when they travel. I want Froch to be beat the **** down.

[Shadows]

Kessler cannot fight on the inside and doesn't know how to deal with clinches. It's been evident in every fight up to this point.

I brought this up in the lead up to the fight, but no one listened.

Kessler was outboxed at a distance and out fought on the inside.

[Breakbeat]

Kessler cannot fight on the inside and doesn't know how to deal with clinches. It's been evident in every fight up to this point.

I brought this up in the lead up to the fight, but no one listened.

Kessler was outboxed at a distance and out fought on the inside.

If you call holding fighting then he was out fought on the inside then.

[street bully]

If you call holding fighting then he was out fought on the inside then.

Was he not getting punched on the inside? Do you need gifs to show you this?

Kessler was outmatched, end of, he did not win a round.

[Shadows]

If you call holding fighting then he was out fought on the inside then.

Kessler was holding at times as well, especially during the late stages of the fight when he couldn't keep up with the pace.

Go back and watch more closely. The ref on the telecast even went over to Kessler and told him that he could fight on the inside.

The difference is, Ward worked on the inside, Kessler doesn't know how to.