Mikkel Kessler vs. Carl Froch II

All true.

Conversely, that was Kessler at the bottommost point of his decline and precipitated by horrendous showings (by his pre-2007 standards) against Perdomo and Ward.

We should see a much better Froch - but a much better Kessler as well.

 

They are proportionately better as compared to how they looked that night in Herning.

 

WTF are you talking about? That is literally the opposite of true, just unequivocally false. Have you even seen him since Froch I?

 

Prime Kessler (2004-2007) >>>> Current renaissance Kessler (2011-present) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dark ages Kessler (2008-2010)

It hasn't been plotted on a straight line. He declined sharply and looked to be shot to hell, then came back greatly improved. (with new abilities to compensate for the loss of sharpness from his straight-ahead 1-2 days...he's no longer the lost-ship-at-sea clumsy plodder he became in '08 when his old tools dulled. Montoya has done a fantastic job rehabilitating and revamping his style...)

 

:roll: You're ****ing ******ed.

His physical gifts that supported his style through 2007 declined. They declined over the period of 2008-2010. They haven't returned, physical gifts once gone are gone. They haven't continued to worsen, dumb ass, they've leveled off and stayed in as bad shape as they were in 2008-2010. He is, however, a better fighter than he was in 2008-2010 because he's compensated with stylistic changes and Montoya's new bag of tricks to make the most of what he does have left. So the part where you say he's "continued going downhill" is just flat out ****ing stupid and 100% opposite of true, and the part about him declining even further physically is also inaccurate...he's remained the same in terms of athleticism/physical talent but it's irrelevant because of the augmentations that he's made.

Also, if you want to dick around with semantics - reading it strictly as you wrote it, "He's improved since 2010 whilst Kessler's continued going downhill and is no longer the fighter physically" - implies that his physical decline happened from 2010 to the present. That's insane. It had already completely set in by 2010.

 

You're wrong. It's plain as day watching him against Perdomo, Ward and Froch that he was floundering. Now you predictable knuckleheads are going to surely lay in next with "that's because of who he was in with! Ward and Froch made him look bad being such high class... :blabla"

Bull****. He looked bad on top of and entirely separate from being in with a high level. He just didn't do the same things as well anymore, nor was he trying any plan B. Montoya has brought that plan B, and it's working.

He's also able to ****ing see now, since the eye surgery.