as a dane im dissapointed..

If Kessler fights like that against Bute, it's not at all certain he wins. However, he wouldn't fight like that against Bute. Kessler has been off for a long time and it was obvious that after his loss, he'd be a bit shakey. In his next fight, we'll see him close to his best, I'm sure. By the time he faces Bute, if Bute gets past Andrade, Kessler will be better than ever, don't worry.

 

I feel the same way :good

 

I cant help worring about, I am sorry. And you will probably hear me ***** about it again.

I hope you are right in your prediction, though.

 

I don`t think you can be disappointed with a win, especially when he won so very convincingly, won almost every round and KOed Sartison, whose skills probably made Kessler look worse on some areas than in other fights. Sartison doesn`t have much of a name, but he seems to be a solid, quality boxer. I also think it is very common for a fighter to do only what you need to do to win convincingly...no reason to take chances when you are winning, a lot more to lose from taking risks than to win. Kessler was probably also testing some new things, and they may not have been entirely succesful, but it can only get better. I think he is aware of what he is good at, and will largely stick to it, but when dominating a fight, you might wanna try some new stuff out and see how it works.
I think you have too high expectations when you say you are disappointed with a only a win. You may not be impressed by his performance, but being disappointed is a bit too much.

 

Seemingly you care enough to respond to my post.

The right hook came, when Kessler threw a left jab, which Sartison skillfully ducked then a masterful hook came. You can't throw a punch and still defend the side you are throwing from.

When has Kessler ever demanded respect? He has controlled the ring, while outpointing his opponents, while not taking risks. He took more risks now, but doing something stupid, like you suggest against a man who has alot of power, is not a good idea.

Why should I reread your post, when you start by saying that you are disappointed. When it is plainly obvious that you can't understand that Kessler hasn't fought OR trained for long since his operation. The fact that he has new influences in form of Montoya, does demand time for it to be fully incorporated.

It wasn't a stellar perfomance for Kessler, but he did more than enough, and KO'ed an undefeated opponent, who had alot of heart, and skill.

But critisizing him like he just did a poor match is ignorant. He fought better than he did against Calzaghe. He built upon the success of his uppercuts from that match, and I have never seen him use so many hooks and uppercuts.

 

Okay, just watched the entire fight, and Im not worried, I think he did very well. It didn`t seem as if he has lost anything, but it did seem as if he had been practising something new. In rounds 1-4 it was his usual jab-style, and it seemed to be working as well as ever. He seemed as fast as ever as well. Sartison was pretty fast, seemed faster than Lucas and Andrade, and maybe this is why Kessler didn`t look as fast as he did against them, as some said. In some rounds he went down a bit in tempo, but that is natural. Also Kessler`s upper body movement seemed better, more relaxed and not as stiff as in previous fights. In the second half of the fight, when Sartison was starting to wear out, Kessler seemed to loosen up on the strict jab-based style adapting a bit more dynamic style, a bit more open, and maybe a bit slower, but also more varied, aggressive and threatening, more, in your face -like. Think he was trying out something new, influenced by Montoya. Kessler was confused against Calzaghe, who took away his jab and his style. Maybe they are working on an alternative, to give him more options, if the jab-based style is negated by his opponent. Wasn`t a complete succes, but can only get better.
His stamina seemed very good.
Sartison was good. Good defence, movement, decent jab, sneaky right hand.

 

I'm a little puzzled by what people take away from a fight.

On the front page there's an article that calls Kessler an eroding fighter. The author claims he looked slower and diminished. His account of the big punch that staggered Kessler sounds like it was slow telegraphed punch yet the clip I saw it was a quick counter to a Kessler punch that Sartison slipped.

From what I saw in the few clips he looked about the same, maybe a little tentative but that was my complaint with his performance against Calzaghe. The guy just doesn't seem to attack enough. He also didn't look that slow or even slower than fights in past. Maybe a tad but it's hard to tell from a clip.

He still has one deficiency that bugs me and that's lack of head movement. Other than that he's a fairly solid fighter.

 

I've come to learn thats just the mainland european style (they do it differently in England). But for me I was happy to watch Kessler do his thing. He's a real talent a good techniquel fighter with great size for the division. It would be nice to see him in a balls out war (which frankly is probably more the british and Mexican way of fighting then the American) but I liked what i saw.

 

Look man, every fighter has off days/nights in the ring it happens all the time some times it happens when it matters most as well. that is why you hear the term he was the better man that night, or I was the better man that night, they mean just that.
I am sure he is going to review the tapes and make corrections, this can be a good thing for a young fighter if he decides to learn from it, I also think he was a little un sure of himself after having lost to Calzaghe, this also happens.
dont be so hard on him now, wait until his next fight and see, I am sure he will do much better.

 

I'm not too sure about that, I think he has a decent chance of beating both.

The majority of the forum have him beating Hopkins though despite this questioned, by some, performance just one fight ago. Away from that, personally style wise I think he struggles with Hopkins.