Talk about blowing smoke? Ha. You always do these round about things where you take one subject and try to drive home a point that has nothing to do with the topic on hand. Starr was the master of it, now you're doiing the same thing

Mundine doesn't fit into this thread. Why? Because this thread is about Kessler and Miranda. Not about Mundine. If you want to talk about Anthony Mundine, talk about his star studded resume, in his last 5 fights he has taken on such house hold names as Reuben Acosta, Sam Soliman, Pablo Nievas, Jose Claberto and Nader Hamdan! Now, in a fight that is sure to break all live gate and television rating records, he returns to face Sam Soliman for the 3rd time, this time it counts!

In that same span, Miranda has beaten Willie Gibbs, Howard Eastman, lost close to Abraham because he was in Germany (not Australia), beat Allan Green and lost to the defending middleweight champion of the world before bouncing back with two KO's.

Sam Soliman's biggest career victory is a loss to Winky Wright in a fight in which Winky had the flu, his skin was 3 shades lighter and he still won with relative ease. He was a bit confused but that's because Soliman's a weird fighter who punches from all angles, not the least bit effectively. A lot of punching, nothing really meaningful, kind of like that whole post I just read. Hate to be so critical, I'm not usually, but come on.

So next time you decide to compare two fighters for no real reason, make sure the fighter you pick actually warrants being talked about. Mundine hasn't been relevant for 2 years, the most interest taken in him was over a contact lens.

And make no mistake about it, it's pretty clear from the article that Kessler doesn't have your purist tentions as a reason for not fighting Miranda. Not saying he's scared, but something is up.

And the truth is, Miranda looked really good versus Pavlik, he landed some bombs and while his hype was pretty much destroyed, in the end he doesn't look so bad. You can argue that he gave a better showing then JT did their first bout even without the knockdown.

And to say Kessler won't get credit for beating Miranda is ludicrous. Do you remember how much credit Pavlik got for beating him? He went from no one picking him to beat Miranda to half the people on the board picking him to beat Taylor. And now Miranda has 2 KO wins, including the KO of the year so far over David Banks.

Miranda is still a hugely popular fighter and would represent one of the best fighters Kessler has ever faced, in a comeback bout no less. He wouldn't get credit? BS.