Kessler vs. Sartison - Kessler by KO in the 12th

[killersheep]

Man, Kess looked mean there, very nice. I like his chances at 168 going forward, I just hope he doesn't become the "avoided" one of the division.
He definately has the risk factor going for him.

[southakron314]

Kessler looks easy to hit. Sartison should have been out before the 12th. He is 5 foot 9.5. Kessler keeps his left down to long and he pulls back to throw a right. I think Pavlik throws the harder shots even though he pushes his punches out. Kessler is 6 foot and a half with a 72 inch reach. Pavlik is 6' 2.5" with a 76 inch reach. I think Pavlik's conditioning is just as great as Kesslers. Pavlik has the edge in punching power and equaled in chin. Pavllik has heart like Gatti. I would be a good fight but i would say Pavlik by TKO in the mid later rounds.

[CutMeMick]

Kessler looks easy to hit. Sartison should have been out before the 12th. He is 5 foot 9.5. Kessler keeps his left down to long and he pulls back to throw a right. I think Pavlik throws the harder shots even though he pushes his punches out. Kessler is 6 foot and a half with a 72 inch reach. Pavlik is 6' 2.5" with a 76 inch reach. I think Pavlik's conditioning is just as great as Kesslers. Pavlik has the edge in punching power and equaled in chin. Pavllik has heart like Gatti. I would be a good fight but i would say Pavlik by TKO in the mid later rounds.

I was agreeing with you up until the "equal" chin.
Kess has never been down in his career and the only time I've ever even seen him remotely close to being hurt was against Joe.

I believe Pavs been down 3 times in his career...
He also got a standing 8 vs. Mathias.
I seem to recall Miranda stun him.

So IMO, I think chin goes to Kess.

[Deanrw]

I said it in another post that something was not right with Kessler in this performance. He seemed really tight like either his back was bothering him again, or he was full of ring rust.

He did not look loose at all for some reason. He'll bounce back better in his next fight.

[kid_thunder]

I said it in another post that something was not right with Kessler in this performance. He seemed really tight like either his back was bothering him again, or he was full of ring rust.

He did not look loose at all for some reason. He'll bounce back better in his next fight.

i agree theres was somthing wrong he look like he wanted to hurry up and end the fight the min he got in the ring

[CutMeMick]

I said it in another post that something was not right with Kessler in this performance. He seemed really tight like either his back was bothering him again, or he was full of ring rust.

He did not look loose at all for some reason. He'll bounce back better in his next fight.

Strange...

I thought he looked fine.
Maybe once I finish dowloading the fight I'll watch it before I go to sleep tonight and see if this is the case.

I'll go out on a limb and say it was rust.

[stef]

Kessler did very well and looked very fit - his American coach Montoya wants Mikkel to box more offensive and with more upper-cuts else he looked like always. Sartison was also much better than most of us thought.