Kessler now saying hand was injured before fight...

[THE THIRD MAN]

Kessler shouldnt be saying this now. Calzaghe had his number and that should be the final say. Kessler wants a rematch that isnt going to happen. No excuses.

Why wouldn't there be a rematch? Kessler is still the next best out there at SM and i see no reason why Joe Balls would not give him one. The fight was not a shut out and Kessler gave him a solid fight. Kessler was after all the WBC and WBA champion at the time, a far better credentialed champ than JC.
Kessler was outsmarted by JC this time and needs to work on his fight plan a little better, the result may very well be the same but i think fight fans deserve to see this again.

[armin]

Well if joe was a few years younger I'd love to see a rematch, but seeing as he is 35 and probably only has a couple fights left I would like him to go onto other fights. I really don't think kess' supposed hand injury played a significant role in the fight, joe is just a better all around fighter that beats kess on any given night I think if he came in like he did saturday night. Plus kess adamantly denied there being any hand injury before the fight, I'm sorry kess seems like a great guy and all but this just looks like a lame excuse to me.

[Violent Demise]

After previous denials, former world champion Mikkel Kessler has now come clean on a prefight hand injury that allegedly disrupted his training...fightnews.com has the rest.

I'm pretty sure it was injured. But it doesn't matter. He went in the ring with it. So as far as I'm concerned he was healthy.

[CountryBoy]

After previous denials, former world champion Mikkel Kessler has now come clean on a prefight hand injury that allegedly disrupted his training...fightnews.com has the rest.

[GAME]

Kessler shouldnt be saying this now. Calzaghe had his number and that should be the final say. Kessler wants a rematch that isnt going to happen. No excuses.

Yeah abiy disapointed with Kess about this cuz he was asked b4 the fight and straight after . Even if it was true he should just keep quiet cuz now he looks like a tw*t

[jangeorg]

Kessler shouldnt be saying this now. Calzaghe had his number and that should be the final say. Kessler wants a rematch that isnt going to happen. No excuses.

Well - he said his hand was hurt prior to the fight - but he also said that his hand was fine during the fight and that he didn't lose because of that injury ... so not much of an exuse, if he doesn't use it as one.

But
Let us assume that the stories about Kessler's hand being indeed hurt were true. Why would Kessler deny them? Becuase he didn't want to let down his fans, give himself an excuse before the fight, cancel the fight, after he has called Joe out for so long, and because he didn't want Joe to think he had one up on him!

Kessler said he wasn't at his very best that night. Fair enough! I believe him. But it would be pointless trying to make an exuse for the loss - had he been at his very best he would not have beaten Joe that night...it would have been closer, but Joe would still have won...Kessler didn't make any excuses after the fight. However, the Danish media/his management might want to start these stories in order to make the Danes feel better. But I am 100% sure that this story isn't used by Mikkel as an excuse for the loss. It just wouldn't make sense and would be out of character

[dcR-Reckless]

he lost already..........so what? it fawkn doesn't matter no more.

[jangeorg]

he lost already..........so what? it fawkn doesn't matter no more.

It is all about excuses,not the fight,READ BEFORE YOU POST

[Wacko3205]

he lost already..........so what? it fawkn doesn't matter no more.

It is all about excuses,not the fight,READ BEFORE YOU POST

...but now the excuses are why he lost the fight? Please.

He needs to let that shit go...keep all the new fans that he just landed. They want to remember the champion that they saw Saturday night...not someone running around crying & pinning like a little sissy.

He's acting more like "Dane Mikkel Kessler the Viking Warrior Princess" instead of "Dane Mikkel Kessler the Viking Warrior".

I don't get it.

[jangeorg]

he lost already..........so what? it fawkn doesn't matter no more.

It is all about excuses,not the fight,READ BEFORE YOU POST

...but now the excuses are why he lost the fight? Please.

He needs to let that S*** go...keep all the new fans that he just landed. They want to remember the champion that they saw Saturday night...not someone running around crying & pinning like a little sissy.

He's acting more like "Dane Mikkel Kessler the Viking Warrior Princess" instead of "Dane Mikkel Kessler the Viking Warrior".

I don't get it.

That part didn't you understand


Kessler didn't make any excuses after the fight. However, the Danish media/his management might want to start these stories in order to make the Danes feel better. But I am 100% sure that this story isn't used by Mikkel as an excuse for the loss

[thewhale]

IN all fairness Kessles dont mention the injury on his own website and have not used the handproblem at an excuse. He says he lost fair and Calzaghe was the better man at the night. Even team Palle recognise the defeat. I agree it is more the danish media that runs the story.

Fact he had a injury 3 weeks before the fight he lost some sparring and what is all there is to it. Had he not been able to hit on the night then we could say the injury was sever, but he had no problems at the night. He said that in the latest interview

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