How will Kessler Cope?- Joe Speaks

"I landed over 1000 clean punches on Lacy and right now I'm punching harder, faster and more accurate than ever before so I wouldn't be surprised if I doubled that figure on Kessler," says WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe in regard to his November 3 bout with WBC/WBA champ Mikkel Kessler in Cardiff, Wales. Calzaghe, boxing's longest reigning world champion, will be making a division record-tying 21st WBO world title defense. "This fight has really lit my fire because, like in the Lacy fight, I'm the underdog against Kessler which is fine by me. Everyone was saying that my time was up against Lacy and that I would get battered by him, instead, I used all the comments to fuel my desire to give him a real good beating. It's the same against Kessler, they all see this young, dangerous, fighter who is going to smash me up. That's fine by me, I'm using it to motivate me to put in a great performance. I've been at the top for ten years, with 20 world title defenses and faced the best around and when the pressure's on that's when I perform to my best ability. The question is how will Kessler cope?"