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I have to think the time off and straight punches of Kess will serve him well with a seemingly sometimes distracted and open Green. Greens power to me is pretty over rated and over stated in that he's ko'd....? De leon jr or a Anthony Bosante? The weight may help in stamina and no drain but likewise not the same punch on a Kess who doesn't fall over. Good fight. With minimal rust gotta go Kess late tko.
The more I think about it, the more that sounds logical. It's just I have always thought Kessler was overrated--famous for giving Calzaghe 4 good rounds. After I read Cliff Rold's piece Mikkel Kessler-Allan Green: The Pre-Fight Report Card - Boxing News, it donned on me that Kessler has beat some decent titlists and is a former champion, perhaps I was underrating him. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Kessler is a good, but flawed fighter. He has no inside game and he doesn't adjust. Every time he has stepped up, he's lost. However, he has never lost to a fighter of Green's level, and I don't imagine it'll happen tonight. At the end of the day, I'm rooting for Green, but it's an uphill battle.
I think your spot on about it being in the middle. Kessler to me can be pretty frustrating, his inability to adjust in Calzaghe was glaring. I think at one point his corner was reduced to "just hit harder" or something. He doesn't do fluid and game plans c or d but he should be able to out work and push a Green has just come up short in every big dance he's been in and was bullied on the ropes by a Ward. Hoping for fireworks though, both dudes are few on tomorrows and should fight like it.