I can't shake the feeling that Kess will pull of this upset.

When Joe fought Lacy, it seemed like everyone outside of Wales (with a few exceptions) was picking Lacy to take him apart...then he schooled Lacy and everybody turned on Lacy and called him overrated. I think both sides were right in the aftermath. Joe is really that good, but Lacy was somewhat overrateed. I mean, it was a freakin shutout, as dominating a performance as I can remember at that level.

So now Joe C is getting lots of love and he deserves every bit of it. He'll have the edge in speed, skill, and hometown advantage. How can you pick against him? Just a hunch that Joe will show his age just enough, and that Kessler will present him with a combination of strength, skill, and power that he hasn't had to face, ever. Kessler is better than Lacy. Way, way better than Lacy, and Calzaghe is older, and I just have a feeling. Kessler's jab and straight right will be much harder avoid than Lacy's idiotic, plodding advance. Joe is going to have to deal with a bigger man, with longer reach, an one of the best jabs in the business.

I can see Joe winning a close, legit decision, and I can see Joe getting away with a hometown robbery, but I can also see Kess stopping him, and I that's my prediction. The guard is changing.