Comments Thread For: Mikkel Kessler Faces The Must-Win Situation With Froch

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By Cliff Rold - From pre-tournament favorite to a career in peril?

It seems too dramatic a shift, but it could be the case Sunday morning if Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO) finds himself 0-2 in the “Super Six” Super Middleweight tournament. At only 31 years old, the once unified WBA and WBC titlist is in a must-win situation for the first time.

Kessler’s career won’t be over with a loss this Saturday.

His chances of advancing to the semi-finals of the Super Six might be.

WBC titlist Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO) is already a leg up on Kessler entering the weekend. Where Kessler was readily handled by 2004 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO) to end the Dane’s second run as a WBA beltholder, Froch found a way through muddy waters to win an ugly decision over Ward’s amateur teammate Andre Dirrell. For Froch, that meant two points awarded under the tournament scoring method while Kessler is waiting to get on the board. [Click Here To Read More]

[Jan(DK)]

Damn good reading - probs to you sir !

[youngmoney007]

Montoya never trained Salvador Sanchez

Nice article but Jimmy Montoya NEVER trained Salvador Sanchez, he works with his nephew. Sanchez was trained first by Augustin Palacios, then by Cristobal Rosas and Enrique "Patillas" Huerta along with his Doctor Jose Luis Valenzuela. Should be a good fight Saturday a 50-50 if there ever was one!

[danthepup]

The American fighters have used the home field advantage and some rough tactics to take the last two bouts. While Froch likes to get as rough as Ward and Direll, he won't have the advantage of a friendly ref to help him out. Low blows and head butts can really take a fighter out of their game, and when Kessler and Abraham were fouled and cut the American refs just let is go. Don't expect Froch to be allowed the same latitude to rough up Kessler the way Ward did, and expect points to be taken. I would not be surprised to see Froch DQ'ed. Home field has been massive in the Super Six. You can bet that the Kessler-Ward fight would have been different in Denmark, and you just know that had Dirrel-Abraham taken place in Germany, it would have been a KO for Abraham.

[FloydTBE]

And still WBC super middleweight champion, carlfroch.
Froch by TKO i think will be the result in this fight, just think that froch has been through some tough fights and has come thorugh them victorious, it will be no different come saturday

[D-MiZe]

Kessler's movement is vital.

[BattlingNelson]

Nice read.

According to Montoya Kessler has done a whopping 187(!) rounds of sparring. Before Andrade he did some 120 and 'experts' wondered if that was too much. Those questions will remain untill the fight's over.

In difference to the Ward fight, Kessler has had a long camp. Nearly 3 months compared to less than 3 weeks before Ward, so if Kessler has anything left he'll have had every opportunity to bring it out. In this build-up Kessler has been much less vocal than before Ward, so he definetely feels the pressure and urgency here.

As a side-note the danish doping authorities did a test on Kessler today. After the Mads Larsen fiasco the danish federation is stepping up. No words if they have also tested Froch.

[STEELHEAD]

By Cliff Rold - From pre-tournament favorite to a career in peril?

It seems too dramatic a shift, but it could be the case Sunday morning if Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO) finds himself 0-2 in the “Super Six” Super Middleweight tournament. At only 31 years old, the once unified WBA and WBC titlist is in a must-win situation for the first time.

Kessler’s career won’t be over with a loss this Saturday.

His chances of advancing to the semi-finals of the Super Six might be.

WBC titlist Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO) is already a leg up on Kessler entering the weekend. Where Kessler was readily handled by 2004 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO) to end the Dane’s second run as a WBA beltholder, Froch found a way through muddy waters to win an ugly decision over Ward’s amateur teammate Andre Dirrell. For Froch, that meant two points awarded under the tournament scoring method while Kessler is waiting to get on the board. [Click Here To Read More]

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[SluggerFan]

I am not that impressed with Froch. He was losing to Jermain Taylor before Taylor got caught with a lucky punch and he barely beat (and could have just as easily got the loss) against Andre Dirrell. Kessler, on the other hand, was head butted from start to finish against Ward. But even if Kessler loses to Froch but fights hard and makes it close, an early exit from the Super Six opens up the door for a Kessler vs. Bute fight. And if Arthur is now exposed and loses again and exits the Super Six early, a fight with Bute would also be big. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out and who exits...

[English puncher]

I am not that impressed with Froch. He was losing to Jermain Taylor before Taylor got caught with a lucky punch and he barely beat (and could have just as easily got the loss) against Andre Dirrell. Kessler, on the other hand, was head butted from start to finish against Ward. But even if Kessler loses to Froch but fights hard and makes it close, an early exit from the Super Six opens up the door for a Kessler vs. Bute fight. And if Arthur is now exposed and loses again and exits the Super Six early, a fight with Bute would also be big. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out and who exits...

you call yourself sluggerfan but your not impressed with froch...hmmm...bit of a ? taylor got caught with what, about 50 lucky punches? if you really analyse it, the cobra broke him down from rounds 5 onwards, he landed hurtful body punches, to an area where taylor is probably weak with his stamina, and he got to him late on....froch will usually get outboxed through his style, but he will bring a war everytime and try and take your head off. Froch always loads up, literally every punch is a knockout punch, especially in the taylor fight. what froch lacks in skill, he makes up for with heart desire and a hell of a chin. enjoy the cobra i say, he will always give you your moneys worth (unless he has to fight boring long distance runner andre the running man dirrell again) WAR FROCH!