Thread: Kessler with some big talk !!

Kessler: I'll smash Calzaghe!
By Steen Uno
"I actually fear that Calzaghe will do all match spoiling efforts to try to block me out of the game," says WBC/WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (39-0, 29 KOs) . "So I´ll obviously have to face him the hardest way of all and smash him within the distance." Now just 12 days away from the much anticipated super middle triple unification clash with fellow undefeated WBO reigning Joe Calzalge on November 3/4 at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff), Kessler has heated up the verbal assault. "Calzaghe is going to use every effort and any trick to avoid me in clean fighting," commented Kessler. "From first bell I´ll be prepared to beat my way out of infighting in a very rough way. I expect Calzaghe´s chin to take my first punch and also the second. But take my word, the third one will explode him to stagger - and the fourth will stop him and the fight as well...!" (More)
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"I actually fear that Calzaghe will do all match spoiling efforts to try to block me out of the game,"
Well at least his honest. Its gonna ruin him.

"Calzaghe is going to use every effort and any trick to avoid me in clean fighting,"
Yup, i hope he does.

"From first bell I´ll be prepared to beat my way out of infighting in a very rough way.
You never have and you never will

(smug)

Kessler by early knock out. Calzaghe's joke of a reign will finally be over

Wow...this sounds reminiscent of Lacy prior to their match up...all talk.

Kessler better deliver once he steps through those ropes.

If he does...much love & respect to the new champion...if not...I hope everyone who thrashes Joe here has the balls to pay homage to the old champion after he's dispatched another #1 contender.

Win, lose, or draw...Joe's earned at the least that.

yes this is going to be great. I actual dreamt that Kessler was KO´d in the first round, what a nightmare

he'l get humiliated just like lacy did.

and before the calzaghe haters start with the 'lacy is nothing like kessler' let me just say i already know they are different fighters....

still be the same one sided beatdown tho

I don't really care who wins but i am really looking forward to this fight....seems like a toss up so far fans from both sides have come up with some really interesting reasons why they feel thier guy will win. I can't wait !!!

Originally Posted by Mar

I don't really care who wins but i am really looking forward to this fight....seems like a toss up so far fans from both sides have come up with some really interesting reasons why they feel thier guy will win. I can't wait !!!

same with me. i like both guys

Originally Posted by ds91

Originally Posted by Mar

I don't really care who wins but i am really looking forward to this fight....seems like a toss up so far fans from both sides have come up with some really interesting reasons why they feel thier guy will win. I can't wait !!!

same with me. i like both guys

to you both...but I think 24 hours for you ds91.

See...now that's the kinda shit you like to hear as a fight fan...unbiased & thrilled to be a spectator.

I ride on both sides of the fence...I like & support both men...as has been the case with a pretty good bit of the fights that I have seen of late. Most of my favorite fighters have been tossed into the ring with each other lately & it's generally become a win win situation for me. If all those fights ended in a draw it'd just be WIN for me.

Truthfully...there's one biggie on each side that can decide the outcome for both men.

Calzaghe : Volume/output.
Kessler : Power.

That being said...if one or the other comes out on top for...well...one or the other...it's going to be a "Lacy-esque" shut out just like last time...but it may or may not fall in Joe's favor.

I keep wrestling with who I want to win.

If Joe wins then one of the most likeable nice guy's of the sport will have to lose his "O". Many fans will lable him nothing more than a product of careful management & hype.


If Kess wins then one of the most likeable nice guy's of the sport will have to jump to the back of the line & start rebuilding. All that he has solidified as a champion will be lost. Many fans will lable him nothing more than a product of careful management & hype.

The thought of it all totally sickens me. The truth is...these are two of the best Super Middleweight combatants that the division has to offer. Two of the most exciting fighters are finally going to be face to face...toe to toe...matching power for skill at the expense of our enjoyment..

Again...the thought of many fans ripping into two world champions like they have been over the past 3-4 months leading up to the bout totally sickens me...that's why I'm crossing my fingers for an expolsive & action pack match that ends in a draw.

Go ahead bitches...call me a gotdam sellout...I can take it.

"Calzaghe is going to use every effort and any trick to avoid me in clean fighting,"

By this, does he mean that Calzaghe is not going to stand there and let Kessler pound him with his one-two for 12 rounds like Librado Andrade did? That is what it sounds like to me.

And Wacko, you express yourself fantastically well, and your analysis is second to none as usual. You bag your usual CC mate, and although I firmly fall on the Calzaghe side of the fence, I have always tried to keep it respectful and realistic about this fight, and at least make an effort to look at it objectively.

Whether he wins or not come November 3, Kessler seems to be the most obvious candidate to be the real future of the Super Middleweight division, because Calzaghe has already indicated that he's not going to hang around at the top forever, and wants a few more huge fights before he goes. There are also five or six decent prospects in the division which might make the next few years more competitive in the SMW's, because Calzaghe has pretty much been in a bit of a void.

Anyhow, come fight night, what I want more than anything is for Calzaghe to perform to the very best of his ability, and if Kessler has the tools to dismantle him, then so be it.

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Kessler by early knock out. Calzaghe's joke of a reign will finally be over

Care to put your sig where your mouth is young Mr. Demise? I challenge you to a one month sig bet on the outcome of this fight, with the winner getting to put in the sig for the other for one month.... Bring It!

Originally Posted by wacko3205

Wow...this sounds reminiscent of Lacy prior to their match up...all talk.

Kessler better deliver once he steps through those ropes.

If he does...much love & respect to the new champion...if not...I hope everyone who thrashes Joe here has the balls to pay homage to the old champion after he's dispatched another #1 contender.

Win, lose, or draw...Joe's earned at the least that.

I like Calzaghe as a fighter and you have to respect a man who has been champion for so long...I don't care what people say about his comp as champ...he has fought some good name and you know what it doesn't matter how good you are there is always that chance of an off night where a guy you are better then by 200% could get the win...EG Chavez/Randall...Joe has avoided that...

My only real dislike of Calzaghe and the only thing I ever really fault him for is never wanting to leave home to fight...In fact he will do anything he can to stay home....other then two or so fights in Germany....I am sorry the whole he is champ why should he have to go anywhere crap does not fly with me....

EG all the talks with Roy Jones people....Calzaghe did not want to leave home to fight Jones and I do not care what anyone says....

People say you need to come to the champ if you want his title but when you are a guy like Jones who needs (or at the times) needed no title to show he was the man...you need come to him because when you are at that state of your career ( for either) you are fighting for legecy not belts...Jones is with out a doubt the bigger legecy...Calzaghe should have gone to Jones not the other way around....

Other then Calzaghe not wanting to venture from home I think he has been a great champ and is worthy of all the respect in the world....Anyone who denies Calzaghe is a great fighter or at minimum great champion is not talking with boxing knowledge he is talking out of his ass.......

With all that being said I hope Kessler knocks him on his ass

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

And Wacko, you express yourself fantastically well, and your analysis is second to none as usual. You bag your usual CC mate, and although I firmly fall on the Calzaghe side of the fence, I have always tried to keep it respectful and realistic about this fight, and at least make an effort to look at it objectively.

in another 24 hours & thanks babe. I try to keep it on the level with these bouts for myself & the RBR's...& honestly, I just about have to when you got two of your favorites on the same bill in the same bout.

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Whether he wins or not come November 3, Kessler seems to be the most obvious candidate to be the real future of the Super Middleweight division, because Calzaghe has already indicated that he's not going to hang around at the top forever, and wants a few more huge fights before he goes. There are also five or six decent prospects in the division which might make the next few years more competitive in the SMW's, because Calzaghe has pretty much been in a bit of a void.

Just out of curiousity...who do you think that these 5 or 6 are?

Leave Kessler out since they are warring next...I'm just wondering if we are thinking along the same lines...or have I missed someone.

I hate to be the spoiler Wack, but if Joe loses and gets ridden off forever it isn't the end of the world. I wont even feel sorry for him. Look at it this way: I would never feel sorry for a guy who could retire from it all, kindof comfortably with just one fight against a peter manfredo.

Well, for me Lucian Bute is the one who has proved himself the most so far, however I'd also throw Denis Inkin, Carl Froch and Jeff Lacy, and then there are Allan Green, Andrade, Robert Stieglitz and a couple of others, who could still step up their game and make it into title contention. As for those that are younger again, I do have hope for Nathan Cleverly, who fights out of the Calzaghe stable, and has overcome a few tought fighters so far, though he's got plenty still to prove.

We could also have Jermain Taylor and somewhere down the line Kelly Pavlik stepping up too, so I could see it becoming a very competitive division.

Any names from the other side of the pond we should be looking out for?

Both men deserve props for their willingness to prove they are number one. I can imagine both of them winning this and i honestly cannot pick a winner. Both are the best they have ever faced.