Look, this is just propaganda from Kessler's promoter, that's all. He got the sparring partner to say something nice to the Danish press to build up interest/ticket sales/TV revenue. It's the art of the promoter. The sparring partner isn't going to say "actually he's a bit rubbish, I think Calzaghe will flatten him", is he?

Danish people are all virgins when it comes to having a boxer built up and hyped by promoters, because there hasn't exactly been an avalanche of top Danish boxers in recent years, has there? This guy is probably the first in living memory. Danish fans have seen Kessler in the ring against guys picked specifically to make him look good.

The problem comes when the fighter is eventually moved up in class, then the "fast hands" and "excellent technique" look average or worse. The "gifts" that the boxer showed against lesser opposition vanish. When Mikkel Kessler gets in the ring with Joe Calzaghe, Calzaghe will beat him like a red-headed stepchild. It'll end in a UD that won't be close enough for any argument after the fight and Kessler will get the Lacy post-Calzaghe who was he anyway/who did he beat who wasn't a has-been or a never-was/was never really a world-class fighter verdict from all the people picking Kessler to win.