Mundine’s effort against Green should put Kessler’s performance into perspective
Mundine beat Green, a world operator, quite easily last night and I think that Mundine’s performance should put Kessler’s ditto into perspective. A semi-fit Kessler beat Mundine quite easily in his own backyard last year.
To me the above means that there are just two guys, who should fight to claim to be the best SMW; Calzaghe and Kessler.
By the way, I don’t want Kessler-Mundine II.
I hoped for Kessler-Green as I would like to watch Kessler against a big puncher to check out his chin. Hope that Lacy could come back and might face Kessler sometime.
Re: Mundine’s effort against Green should put Kessler’s performance into perspective
I'd go with only one guy, the undefeated unified champ.
Re: Mundine’s effort against Green should put Kessler’s performance into perspective
anthony mundine has improved so much since that fight,he will do the same to kessler what he did to green tonight.
Re: Mundine’s effort against Green should put Kessler’s performance into perspective
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Originally Posted by azumir
Mundine beat Green, a world operator, quite easily last night and I think that Mundine’s performance should put Kessler’s ditto into perspective. A semi-fit Kessler beat Mundine quite easily in his own backyard last year.
To me the above means that there are just two guys, who should fight to claim to be the best SMW; Calzaghe and Kessler.
That fight was the WBA Super Middleweight eliminator, Kess will pretty much have to match up with Mundine once again.
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Azamir i havent seent the fight, but lets be honest who is Danny Green??? Come on Mundine is nothing special i have seen two of his fights and looking at Green's record is is hardly anything other than domestic level.
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That fight was the WBA Super Middleweight eliminator, Kess will pretty much have to match up with Mundine once again.
Yes, that is right, but I don’t think their next fight would separate from the first, so I would like Kess to fight a big PUNCHER like Lacy, Green or maybe Brahmer as I think we need to find out how Kessler's chin reacts to a big punch, and I don’t think he is possible to beat on points. I think that only a brawler with a big punch could beat him. Never on points.
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As a massive Green fan i was disappointed how 1 dimensional a fighter he looked tonight.
At least Green showed he had a extremely solid chin and massive heart.
I scored the fight 118-111 to Mundine by the way. Mundine was WAY too slick.
There has already been talk of a rematch in Perth, Danny Green's hometown later this year, but i fear the same outcome.
Mundine i feel has definitely improved, and Green is on a downward spiral in his career since the Eric Lucas fight in Canada.
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true kegs,people under estimate the skill of mundine,he will give kessler one heck of a fight.
lets not forget boxers like lennox lewis learnt from there losses and he always won his rematches.
we cant judge purely on one fight,if kessler wins again then he is clearly a better boxer but until then im not convinced.
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Mundine tho was worth the money to watch his antics.
An absolute funny man in the ring.
He even made Roy Jones showboating look inferior compared to his.
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:D true mate,he can be quite funny on ocassions but unfortunely he doesnt have the same abilty as the great roy jones jr.
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Originally Posted by kegs06
Mundine tho was worth the money to watch his antics.
An absolute funny man in the ring.
He even made Roy Jones showboating look inferior compared to his.
Yeah, he is some kind of a tool, but he can fight :-D
Re: Mundine’s effort against Green should put Kessler’s performance into perspective
The way Mundine fought against Danny Green why not fight Calzaghe.
Hey might be a MASSIVE step up but his confidence would be sky high.
His sharpness would pose quite a different threat to Calzaghe, compared to Calzaghe's recent outing with power puncher Jeff Lacy.
I am by no means saying he would win, but with the right gameplan he could ask Calzaghe some serious questions.
Also a few Boxing websites reported that HBO offered Calzaghe the option of facing the winner of last nights fight.
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no disrespect to jeff lacy but he aint in the same class as the following
joe calzaghe
mikkel kessler
anthony mundine
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Originally Posted by skel1983
Azamir i havent seent the fight, but lets be honest who is Danny Green??? Come on Mundine is nothing special i have seen two of his fights and looking at Green's record is is hardly anything other than domestic level.
Come on :D - who else should a fighter in SMW fight than Mundine to get a bit of recognition other than the top kingpin, Calzaghe?
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Originally Posted by barbaro
no disrespect to jeff lacy but he aint in the same class as the following
joe calzaghe
mikkel kessler
anthony mundine
I very agree, but my point is that styles make fights. In my opinion Kessler would win against all SMWs (even Calzaghe) if we are talking points, but could he win against a hardhitting brawler like Lacy? That is my point. I have no doubt that Lacy would be beaten on points 120-108, but I would like to watch if Kessler was able to stand the pressure.
