Miranda vs Kessler - ALMOST A DONE DEAL!

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I usually agree with your posts, but I think your dead wrong here, along with many others in this thread. I don't see those "gems" Miranda landed on Pavlik at all. Taylor landed a couple of gems on Pavlik, Miranda didn't come close to those kind of shots. The fact is, that whole fight Pavlik was the one backing Miranda up. The entire time. And Miranda does not pack his power when he is on the back foot. He connected with Pavliks chin plenty sure, but go back and really watch the way his feet were set at the time. They were almost all arm punches he was throwing. It was definetly an action packed fight, but it was also one sided in my view. Pavlik's chin and heart did not keep him in the fight, his own power, jab and technique dictated the fight. I think it's honestly pretty funny how much of a chance people are giving Miranda in this fight. It just proves to a tee that boxing really is about what a fighter has done for you lately. People are talking about how this is so gutsy for Kessler to take as a comeback fight, and that he's never fought anyone like Kessler, etc. For christs sake, Kessler lost a COMPETITIVE UD to Joe Calzaghe, where he landed some wicked uppers and right hands throughout. Calzaghe is on a completely different plane than Miranda in general, not to mention he is naturally bigger. The last time Miranda was in against a remotely quality fighter he got KTFO. Let's get real here, please. Is a KO over David Banks supposed to vindicate him as a SMW threat? This is ridiculous imo. Kessler has WAY too much for Miranda, not only in terms of overall ability but stylistically. Miranda is going to eat straight punches down the middle something fierce. The question will be whether he can take them. I really don't think so at all. Kessler is bigger and stronger than Miranda and probably even Pavlik, with his accurate conventional style how the hell is Miranda about to make him go backwards? He won't, and if he tries he'll get timed on the way in with right hands.

I think Miranda is a pretty sloppy puncher to be honest, even when he isn't on the back foot his punching technique is sloppy. I disagree that Miranda didn't land any *Gems* on Pavlik. As i remember it he landed some beauty's at the end of round 1 which stunned Pavlik for a second and bloodied his nose. I do agree that his punching power was made much more ineffective by Pavlik backing him up and because Miranda's feet wern't set at the time. But he still landed hard shots on Pavlik that would of knocked out most of the other Middleweights IMO, or at least stopped them from coming forward. I do agree Kessler will beat Miranda pretty handily i think Kessler is in a different class to Miranda, but i disagree that Kessler vs Calzaghe was competitive, i had it 8 rounds to 4 and many other people had it 9 rounds to 3, im not sure what you class as *Competitive* but after about round 4 i see it as a pretty dominant performance from Calzaghe personally. I do agree though Kessler's straight punches right down the pipe will do some serious damage on Miranda who loops his punches, like i said Kessler will give Miranda a boxing lesson IMO. Miranda is pretty 1 dimensional yes he has good power but i think his punching technique is quite sloppy and his defense is pretty sloppy as well. I see Kessler winning one sided decision although it wouldn't surprise me if Kessler stopped Miranda late on.