How was Kessler's 2008?

Solid.

 

I don't understand this. The guy's had more championship fights outside his 'comfort zone' than most fighters at that level.

Too many people apply different standards to different fighters.

 

No-one is talking about holding him to the same standards as B-level fighters. My point is that he should be held to the same standards as other fighters of the same level, with regard to the point I responded to.

 

Hmm, I suppose Pavlik sandwiched the Lockett and Rubio bouts with Hopkins, and Cotto the Gomez and Jennings fights with Margarito. But Kessler did what he needed to do to secure a belt.

Again, though, not really the point I was responding to with regard to 'comfort zones'.

 

If I were Simon Cowell I would say: Forgettable!

I'm not so I'll say: Wasted!

 

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It was decent but at the expectations from him it was weak.Too bad the Miranda fight didn't happen as he would have KO'd him

 

He wasted one of his few prime years.

 

Your post is an example of how a promoter can build up a record. First, Sartison has never knocked Bute. Even if that was true, imagine if it was when both guys were 12 years old, is it worthwhile something? Amateur and pro are two different things. But I repeat, Sartison has never knocked Bute. Then, the perfect record. That means nothing. Winning against tomato cans means nothing. He never was a threat to Kessler, he was a sure win, a walk in the park. And that's the kind of match up Kessler has to avoid in the future if he wants to keep his reputation.

 

So he should avoid Miranda, who is a sure win and a walk in the park. :think

:good

 

He should fight a good fighter at least once a year. I forgive him though, he was coming back from a loss, had a surgery, and he took a way to regain a belt. He will try to get bigger fights in 2009. I just don't want to hype Dimitri Sartison.