Any word on Kess?

[Tins06]

I might try to break the situation with Kessler down as well as I can:

1. After losing to Calzaghe, he had surgery in his hand, and then went on a long vacation in Thailand along with his dad.

2. He is now back from vacation, and is in the process of starting training (seriously) again.

3. He is repeatedly having discussions with HBO, whom he seem to put his faith in. Apparently there was an offer for Winky Wright to fight him this spring, but Winky declined it. Now the talk seem to revolve mostly about Jermain Taylor - DiBella has been quoted in the Danish press, claiming hey might be interested in this - but obviously that fight would not occur before, say, October. In that case he might have a tune up on a HBO undercard during the spring. No word about possible opponents though.

4. Kessler's promoter has repeatedly mentioned his interest in a rematch with Mundine. Just the other day he was calling for WBA to install Kessler as official mandatory for Mundine (which, btw, I think is a fair suggestion - after all he Kessler imo did not 'vacate' the WBA title, as mentioned in another article in this thread, and Mundine never really won his title).


The general problem is that Kessler does not seem to want to build his name again. He feels he is ready for the big money, and/or the title fights straight away. But he does not - at the moment - have the name, title or money to back his claims up, and he might end up as a classic case of high risk/low reward.

What an injustice that would be if Kessler ended up a "high risk/low reward" He could hold his own with pretty much any fighter IMO. Infact I'd happily back Kesler to beat or stretch most of top level fighters.

[Mad_Dog]

a kessler taylor fight would be a great way for both fighters to jump back at the saddle again. I think it would be a great fight. Good post

[Dizaster]

a kessler taylor fight would be a great way for both fighters to jump back at the saddle again. I think it would be a great fight. Good post

Yeah I would like to see Kessler Taylor as well... I'm actually a big Kess fan.. he's a good guy and love his fights... Anyway, the main reason I would want him to come out and woop The Man's ass is that it would probably be in Australia as mentioned, and I will have a chance at getting tickets... It would be my first big time fighter that i've seen live...