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Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
Don't just say things hoping that Royal will see and cut himself... I think Calzaghe would be too much in general and overwhelm him with speed and volume, but you can't just say it would be a cakewalk automatically, Kessler has alot of power and a very good jab, and is also a very good boxer... Lacy was 1 of 3 in those areas... If Kessler trained like a demon there's no reason the fight couldn't be super competitive, imo.
Huge fan of both Kessler & Calzaghe...but Calzaghe would smoke Kessler.

No matter how well Kess trains...he's just got to many open ended flaws that he relies on his chin & power to cope with.

Watch him fight. He backs out with his hands low & he ALWAYS throws his power shots, backs out, drops his hands, & checks the work...big mistake from Kess that Calzaghe would capitalize on.

Kessler has to be the one doing all the leg work.

Check out the Mundine fight & the Siaca fight. He was fine walking them down...not backing up though.





Calzaghe definitely got a high workrate, but look at his fights against counterpunchers, and guys who move around very fluidly. He definitely struggles. People have exploded into favoring him due to his absolute beating of Lacy, but others see it as the evidence that Lacy is lacking all over the place.

Kessler is a definition boxer. He has decent to good power, and one of the better jabs out there. He won't be caught dead standing in front of Joe, and hardly ever throws from in the pocket. He's a guy I like to watch a lot because he doesn't stand and swing. Joe's biggest problem will can he chase a younger man around for 12 rounds, use his biggest asset, his workrate, and not gas out at 34.