Kessler has to fight Haussler,he is his mandatory,even team palle says it is a shit fight
Palle: This is a purse bid I did not want to win
Kessler has to fight Haussler,he is his mandatory,even team palle says it is a shit fight
Palle: This is a purse bid I did not want to win
Super Middleweight also acknowledge as Kessler's Kingdom when Calzaghe has retire
I like Kess,as a fighter,so I hope he was just slumming for the cameras in that "training video"
1 punch at a time,nothing but jabs,etc
Gotcha.
But remember Chad Dawson was recently faced with a similar situation. Chad Dawson's mandatory was Adrian Diaconu, but rather than fight Diaconu for the strap, he decided to relinquish the strap in order to gain recognition from a fight with a bigger name opponent, Antonio Tarver. In that scenario, arguably Dawson was ducking Diaconu to fight someone with less pop, but the point still stands: the utility of a belt is that it gets you champion status and big fights. Tell me I'm wrong, but if you can already land the big fights why settle for a BS mandatory fight unless it is a tune-up (see Pavlik's destruction of Gary Lockett)?
Another reason to doubt Kessler's current status is his inactivity. Why has Kessler only fought twice (both European club fighters) since his Calzaghe defeat a year ago? Compare his activity and level-of-opposition to another of Calzaghe's victims: Peter Manfredo. Since being destroyed by Calzaghe (six months before the Calzaghe v. Kessler fight), Manfredo has fought 6x, including a losing bout with Jeff Lacy, which was very close, and his next fight is against Sakio Bika. I'm not heaping praise on Manfredo, and I think Bika will maul him, but the inactivity of Kessler may reflect his confidence and motivation.
Last edited by Rantcatrat; 10-01-2008 at 04:01 PM.
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