Why wouldn't Kessler press the fight?

[DeadlyWeapon]

I was very dissapointed in him.. Several times early on he had ward backed into a corner and was laying in compinations but he would just back off even though Ward made no comeback. Was he afraid of Ward?

[Grand Champ]

Good question. Danish tabloids and newspapers have been wondering this too. Said he fought like a zombie. His old promoter Mogens Palle said he's ''Shot''

[Spray_resistant]

That is just not his style.....he is a very solid technical boxer with good power, this is what he knows and has gotten him 42 wins in 44 fights. A faster fighter would always be trouble for him.

[John Hue]

Good question. Danish tabloids and newspapers have been wondering this too. Said he fought like a zombie. His old promoter Mogens Palle said he's ''Shot''

His old promoter Mogens Palle said he's ''Shot

I think the legal problems Kessler has had with Pelle contributed to the bad performance. His last few fights have been against poor opposition with legal and management problems hanging over him.It is hard to train properly with that kind of uncertainty hanging over you.

[El_Cholo]

if you look at his fight against Perdomo you could see the ring rust, but he was missing some amount of shots.

Look at the stoppage, after he caught Perdomo with the right, Perdomo went into the ropes, Kessler moved in and threw something like 6 punches, and only ONE landed yet the ref stopped the fight.

[Sicario]

cause he got headbutted everytime he tried to lol

[dans]

I was very dissapointed in him.. Several times early on he had ward backed into a corner and was laying in compinations but he would just back off even though Ward made no comeback. Was he afraid of Ward?

After the Perdomo fight, I thought there was a good chance Kessler was overrated. I was right. He's just not a complete fighter. He couldn't deal with Ward's movement, inside work, or anything. And even if Ward was dirty as he suggests (I disagree), he couldn't deal with that either.

[thiefery]

I think he tried to press but give Ward all the credit for not letting him get into rythm

[Sicario]

Ward just did everything perfect that night, Kessler was outclassed badly

[Bad Boy Dazza]

Agreed. As much as I like Kessler it actually occured to me that he wasn't trying at some points. I even wondered if the fight was fixed.

Good question. Danish tabloids and newspapers have been wondering this too. Said he fought like a zombie. His old promoter Mogens Palle said he's ''Shot''