Kessler scared of Pantera?

[No Contest]

I swear he thinks this is the WWF. Soon he's gonna start shaking during interviews like he's Hulk Hogan. At the end of this interview did he rip his shirt off and say: What ya gonna do brother? What ya gonna do? When the 24" pythons are coming for you.

[Deanrw]

I swear he thinks this is the WWF. Soon he's gonna start shaking during interviews like he's Hulk Hogan. At the end of this interview did he rip his shirt off and say: What ya gonna do brother? What ya gonna do? When the 24" pythons are coming for you.

LOL so true. He is like a real life Clubber Lang. "Miranda Pity's The Fool who dares step into the ring with him."

No matter how you slice it though, he has one punch power and many fighters will be wary about him. I don't see Pascal listed as having any upcoming fights, so I guess he backed out of fighting Miranda also.

[No Contest]

I don't see anyone calling out Pantera, Pascal has pretty much vanished. Last time I saw him he was on ESPN calling out Miranda, and the fight still isn't signed? I gotta hear the excuse for this one

[CutMeMick]

I gotta say being the biggest Kess fan...
I'm really gutted to hear this.

I'd like to hear from Kess himself what happened here.

[Mikkel_K]

I gotta say being the biggest Kess fan...
I'm really gutted to hear this.

I'd like to hear from Kess himself what happened here.

I am not to happy to see that either to be honest. It would be a good fight, and I am sure Kessler would win it. So why not take it?

However, it seem a bit premature to just accept any press release from Miranda's people as facts - surely there could be more sides to the argument? First of all the definition of 'lucrative' is likely to differ. This would most likely be for less money than Kessler has earned for a fight in at least three years (the Beyer fight aside, but he took a cut there as a surefire investment), secondly this would be promoted by Miranda's people. It cannot be that surprising that Kessler does not just jump at the first chance.

Still, something about this bothers me. Not necessarily that Kessler rejects this fight, but more so that I think (fear) that Kessler and Palle are overestimating themselves. They find themselves in a position, they haven't been in since before 2004. Beltless contenders, back to the drawing board etc. And I dont think they are ready to accept this - that while they think the Calzaghe fight proved the continuation of succesful learning curve - and in fairness I agree, I dont think he should come out of the Calzaghe fight with a worse reputation, than he went in there with - it left him in a completely different part of the curve.

Now Kessler might actually need to fight someone who has lost two of his last six fights and has never held a title, in a fight with no belts on the line. And if he keep refusing this reality, then what will happen with his career?

However, all this being said, I am merely a fan. I want him to fight all the elite fighters, preferably at a rate of at least once a month. And he might as well do this for peanuts for all I know. I do respect though that Kessler, his promoter, his family and friends etc might have different views on his career.

[Mikkel_K]

Hmm, all this and then I left out the main points: a) Good to see that someone is calling Kessler out, b) Would have been a great fight, c) There might be more sides to the argument than the ones coming through in Miranda's press release.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Imo Kessler is the best Super Middleweight in the world right now. (That Calzaghe has moved on)
Kessler could beat Miranda and I can only assume that Kessler has another plan.

I say bring on Miranda vs. Taylor.

[Poom]

Damn, would be a v nice comeback for kess, what the hell is he doing

[Majesty]

I have a question..

How does beating David Banks qualify Miranda to fight one of the top 3 super middleweights in the world right now?

If that question is answered, I'll jump on the bandwagon for Miranda.