Quote Originally Posted by Deanrw View Post
Kessler stepped up once and lost. He has been fighting unworthy guys since. How is that going to prepare him for stepping up again? Against Joe he ran into adversity for the first time and did not seem to handle it well. The Haussler's of the world are not going to prepare him for Bernard in any way shape or form.

Kessler, like Pavlik, have a lot to prove to me at this point to show they are on the top level. Right now they are both question marks.
Kessler fought a great fight against Calzaghe. That wasn't a fight where he got destroyed or he looked like he lost something. Maybe he did and we didn't see it, but he didn't really need to retool anything. I'd like to see him again against a name, but who at this point? The SMW division seems to be going through a temporary lull, but with stars in the wings like Dirrell and Ward and maybe Taylor if he can get it going again or Lacy.