Excellent Mikkel Kessler interview

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Hmmn .... a goood fighter and seems like a decent bloke ...... but he says that he had a bad hand, that he was never hurt, that he had Calzaghe, that he was waiting until the later rounds to hit him etc etc.

Smacks of a person unable to come to terms with a defeat. If he can't do this, he is unlikely to learn the lessons that come from a defeat.

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Hmmn .... a goood fighter and seems like a decent bloke ...... but he says that he had a bad hand, that he was never hurt, that he had Calzaghe, that he was waiting until the later rounds to hit him etc etc.

Smacks of a person unable to come to terms with a defeat. If he can't do this, he is unlikely to learn the lessons that come from a defeat.

What lessons should he learn. I didn't think he fought a bad fight really.

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To be adaptable, or (if he can't) to throw caution to the wind ..... once Calzaghe started boxing him, he was always going to win but Kessler stayed with plan A all the way through?

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Some of these posts make it sound as though Kessler got destroyed.. He fought a very good fight having never faced anyone of Joe's calibre beforehand. He is clearly the best fighting at SMW assuming Calzaghe will not return to fight there. And even if Joe does drop back down, I think a rematch would be an excellent fight just like the first.. Why on earth should his confidence be shaken, he came on very strong in the 12th and took that round in a big way.. Nothing to be even slightly ashamed of. I also don't get this notion that he must not have dealt with the loss well, since when is being confident after a close defeat a sign of a fighter who is weak mentally? You've got to believe your the best in order to even get close. I'm very much looking forward to his next fight. I don't think there's anyone at 168 now that he wouldn't beat.