who will be king of super middleweight after calazaghe?

[The Rookie Fan]

Taylor, if he gets over his loss. Taylor vs Kessler would be a good fight IMO.

[killersheep]

kessler with no doubt in my mind, someone that will be one to watch is Lucian Bute, he may be inexperienced, but he is no slouch.

[headson]

kessler,pavlik,or bute

[cymru_am_byth]

quite surprised nobody has mentioned jeff lacy...i know he doesnt have the skills but he is technically sound, with good defence and he has a knockout punch, good candidate.

[DaxxKahn]

quite surprised nobody has mentioned jeff lacy...i know he doesnt have the skills but he is technically sound, with good defence and he has a knockout punch, good candidate.

Lacy has pretty much done zero since his loss to Calzaghe so it is hard to include him in the running....I think we need to see how he fares against Manfredo before we start throwing his name around

[Tins06]

quite surprised nobody has mentioned jeff lacy...i know he doesnt have the skills but he is technically sound, with good defence and he has a knockout punch, good candidate.

Lacy has pretty much done zero since his loss to Calzaghe so it is hard to include him in the running....I think we need to see how he fares against Manfredo before we start throwing his name around

How funny if he loses......Remember before Calzaghe "this is my future this is where it starts for me" ...O how wrong you were my boy

[SweetPea]

I'd say Kessler. I don't think he got exposed at all in the last fight, it was simply a case of Calzaghe fighting a great fight and proving himself the better man.
If Calzaghe were to leave 168 for bigger challenges, I have no doubt that Kessler could become the champ at 168.

[killersheep]

I'd say Kessler. I don't think he got exposed at all in the last fight, it was simply a case of Calzaghe fighting a great fight and proving himself the better man.
If Calzaghe were to leave 168 for bigger challenges, I have no doubt that Kessler could become the champ at 168.

Well worded CC mate.

[Decebal]

Mikkel. Lucian is a distant second.

[DaxxKahn]

I'd say Kessler. I don't think he got exposed at all in the last fight, it was simply a case of Calzaghe fighting a great fight and proving himself the better man.
If Calzaghe were to leave 168 for bigger challenges, I have no doubt that Kessler could become the champ at 168.

I agree 100%...Kessler is also young still....28 or 29 and improving.....It was not as if he has anything to be embaressed of...he fought a good fight....Joe had just a little to much for him that night...a home crowd advantage....and Kessler has never been in the situation where he was in hostile territory against such a seasoned fighter.....He has been in the deep water and while he did not win he did not drown either....IMO it was a great learning experience for him

[Decebal]

Taylor, if he gets over his loss. Taylor vs Kessler would be a good fight IMO.

lol...that hype-job doesn't have the chin to take the punches of the top SMWs, mate...

[DaxxKahn]

Taylor, if he gets over his loss. Taylor vs Kessler would be a good fight IMO.

lol...that hype-job doesn't have the chin to take the punches of the top SMWs, mate...

Nothing wrong with Taylors chin...How do you figure he can't handle shots from the SMW division?....Taylor is a great boxer...Jermain lost himself for a bit...Got too caught up in the hype of himself....became lazy....Pavlik hit's hard as we all know...Kelly has the power to KO any MW of SMW out there including Kessler or Calzaghe...this was not some fly by night guy who starched Taylor...

[Preme]

Taylor, if he gets over his loss. Taylor vs Kessler would be a good fight IMO.

lol...that hype-job doesn't have the chin to take the punches of the top SMWs, mate...

Nothing wrong with Taylors chin...How do you figure he can't handle shots from the SMW division?....Taylor is a great boxer...Jermain lost himself for a bit...Got too caught up in the hype of himself....became lazy....Pavlik hit's hard as we all know...Kelly has the power to KO any MW of SMW out there including Kessler or Calzaghe...this was not some fly by night guy who starched Taylor...

totaly agree, tbh pavlik could put any LHW to sleep if he landed on them, taylor has a cracking chin, hopkins hits hard as hell and could drop tayor.

Kessler howeevr IMO is a much better boxer, taylor gets to lazy, he is much much better than what he has been showing. Kessler would beat him, maybe even put him away late on at SMW

[DaxxKahn]

Taylor, if he gets over his loss. Taylor vs Kessler would be a good fight IMO.

lol...that hype-job doesn't have the chin to take the punches of the top SMWs, mate...

Nothing wrong with Taylors chin...How do you figure he can't handle shots from the SMW division?....Taylor is a great boxer...Jermain lost himself for a bit...Got too caught up in the hype of himself....became lazy....Pavlik hit's hard as we all know...Kelly has the power to KO any MW of SMW out there including Kessler or Calzaghe...this was not some fly by night guy who starched Taylor...

totaly agree, tbh pavlik could put any LHW to sleep if he landed on them, taylor has a cracking chin, hopkins hits hard as hell and could drop tayor.

Kessler howeevr IMO is a much better boxer, taylor gets to lazy, he is much much better than what he has been showing. Kessler would beat him, maybe even put him away late on at SMW

Agreed on Kessler beating Taylor...Taylor does not keep enough pressure to hold Kessler off...If Joe was not able to keep up the offense he does constantly IMO he would not have been able to beat Kessler...Calzaghe though is a rare breed...not to many guys period can have the out put he does let alone at 35yrs old and after 43 fights.....I think Taylor Kessler will be competitive though....

Taylor just developed this lazyness of his around the time he fough Hopkins then he became arrogant afterward...the by fighting smaller guys did not help in keeping him on top of his game....

But when Taylor is on he is a good fighter......And Pavlik has the power to KO just about anyone from 154-175 if he is able to land

[OumaFan]

Yeah actually Taylor's chin surprised me a bit in the Pavlik fight, he took some big shots.

His defense is more the problem