Kessler: It's still my belt!

[BattlingNelson]

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[IronDanHamza]

He's not lieing.

And if Kessler has anything left at all I have no doubt in my mind that he would beat Froch again.

[Trigg]

IF Froch beats Ward (unlikely), I'd love to see Froch - Kessler II in England

Carl would set the record straight this time IMO

[sako5]

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"I've lost my prestigious and beautiful title" He's like a kid who has broken his best toy.

On November 5 Mikkel Kessler will challenge Robert Stieglitz for the latters WBO title. Kessler is the challenger because he vacated his WBC title due to a nagging eye-injury. By vacating volontarily and thereby ensuring that the WBC belt remained in the supersix tournament, he was awarded a champion emeritus tag by the WBC.

Kessler tells TV2.dk: "I still feel it is my belt. I didn't lose it to Froch. I lost my belt because I was unable to defend it due to injury."

The dane continues: "I look forward to be a challenger again. It's always more fun. My preparations are good. I'm in great shape already even though the fight is 2 months away. I have no problems with my eyes and my hands are fine so I cannot complain."



Here's a pic I took this weekend in Herning, Denmark BTW:

Kessler's looking good as usual. (no ****)

[OG Van Persie]

Are you serious?

Kessler was to fight Allan Green in Denmark for a mega payday. A fight he would have been highly favoured to win by KO. You suggest that he'd rather just vacate his title (and not just keep the belt) and leave the tournament.

It's what was waiting for him in the semi finals that scared him.

[Hitman932]

It's what was waiting for him in the semi finals that scared him.

Yeah I agree.

He knew a Semi Final fight would be landing in the US and against either Froch or Ward which would spell trouble.

Certainly he wasn't afraid of the Allan Green fight, but after traveling for the Calzaghe and Ward fights and losing almost every single round in the 2 fights I think he was genuinely afraid to get on a plane and risk another loss. He looked at his options and he knew he could do what he is doing now and have a shot to regain a belt with 0 risk and 0 travel.

We're talking about a guy who had all of 3 tough fights in his entire career of 40 plus fights. It's no surprise he didn't want to put himself through a 3rd consecutive war when he has become accustomed to soft touches 90% of the time.

[Larry the boss]

get em Kessler