People are crazy fast to jump ship from a fighter like Kessler. I was pulling for Ward but thought that Kess would ultimately take it. I figured Kessler would put pressure on him and ultimately cut off the ring, negating his movement and start to break him down. I figured Kess to pull out a close fight but it didn't turn out that way.

People are talking about "what happened with Kessler" and less about how great Ward fought. Sure there was some head clashes but shit happens... We're not playing patty cake.

Ward's in-fighting was superb. He looked like a whilly old vet in there... Kessler is used to picking dudes apart and then using his power to finish the job... But you need to start a job to finish it. Wards angles and movement coupled with his in-game befuddled Kessler.

Cut Kessler some slack. He fought probably one of the best young fighters in the world.