the Kessler knockdown/slip

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  1. zulander

    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I havent seen the fight yet but was it a knockdown in the 5th?
    one or two sites feel it was a legit KD others seem to think it was a slip whats the consensus?
     
  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Slip for me. No punches landed.
     
  3. avidlemon

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    slip. Froch did not land
     
  4. mugen82

    mugen82 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not even close to a knockdown, but had it been, as it seemed at first glance, it would ahve been one of the biggest knockdowns ever, Kessler did a friggin backward roll lol
     
  5. robpalmer135

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    no way a KD
     
  6. DDA365

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    never a kd

    not sure what kessler was actually doing at the time though
     
  7. widdy

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    on fight night it looked a kd,but the replay staight after,nothing landed at all,off balance
     
  8. threethirteen

    threethirteen Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Froch's feet got tangled in Kessler's. Kessler stumbled. Froch threw. Froch missed. Kessler fell over.
     
  9. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not a kd.
     
  10. avidlemon

    avidlemon Boxing Addict banned

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    do we need anyone else on here to say it wasn't a KD?
     
  11. GazOC

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    Don't worry, they'll be one awkward ****er on sooner or later who scored it a knockdown.
     
  12. avidlemon

    avidlemon Boxing Addict banned

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    oh yeah, something like the force of froch's swing generated so much air displacement the the air rushing into kessler's face actually caused him to fall
     
  13. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    was never a kd.
     
  14. ashedward

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    Jeff Powell from the Daily Mail scored it a KD.:rofl
     
  15. icemax

    icemax Indian Red Full Member

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    Definate ****ing KD, caught the bloke flush....robbing Viking *******s