Kessler vs Green. Kessler will have to put on the fight of his life.

This will be similiar to his fight against Froch, where he got beat up so bad that he looked like Mutant, and despite what looked like a close decision going towards Froch, Kessler managed to pull out a win.

However, he had to put 100% effort into this fight, winning with what looked like for the most part a volume of inneffective aggression, as he brought the fight to Froch.

He will find himself in a similar position when he is against Green, and considering how much love he gets in Europe, his ego is probably almost back to where it was when he fought Ward. This means he may underestimate Green and think that he can control the fight from the outside.

He is wrong.

He couldn't control the fight against Froch from the outside, which is understandable because Froch has a better jab, longer reach, and is the overall bigger man who prefers to box. The thing is, Green shares these same characteristics, along with being a big puncher.

And for those that think I'm wrong, think about it like this. Ward is a better boxer than Kessler, yet even he had to negate Green's advantage from the outside by closing the distance and bringing the fight right to Green.

So how will Kessler control this from the outside?

He won't? He'll get mutanized once again, but lose if he chooses to fight this way.

If Kessler is smart, he'll repeat the same tactics used against Froch and try to bring the fight to Green.

Will this work? I don't know, but don't count Green out.

 

He won't beat Ward.

If Kessler manages to get passed Green, he'll be finished after this tournament.

He's going to be taking too much punishment, and he's not that young anymore.

And I'm not even necessarily sure Kessler will be too much for Green. They said he was too much for Froch, but to me, it looked like Froch won the fight.

 

I don't agree with this at all.

I thin if Kessler stays on the outside, he will be picked apart. There is a myth of him being a great boxer, but that's because he hasn't fought many people that can actually box.

When he has, he lost. Froch can box too, and I think Kessler lost that fight.

Even if you think he won, he was NOT controlling the fight from the outside at all. In fact, he had to press the fight and get on the inside to "win." What makes you think he won't have to do this against Green?

Ward did. And Ward is a better boxer than Kessler.

But Kessler won't have to?

 

You're wrong.

Ward did what he needed to in order to win the fight. Yes, Ward is probably good enough to win the fight from the outside, but Green's length, and his jab would of made it a MUCH more difficult affair and a closer fight.

Kessler is not Ward though. They have very different styles. Kessler is very straight up and relatively easy to hit. Green will have little trouble landing his jab on Kessler from the outside.

Kessler will find that he has no choice but to desperately smother Green and try to win with aggression and volume.

 

And you think Kessler looked better against Ward than Green?

Why didn't you say the same thing about Kessler when he lost to Ward?