It occured to me that we never hear about Miranda's trainer. In truth, I couldn't name him. Any info on line (in English please) that I could take a look at?
While I, like you, would have liked Kessler to have picked the Miranda fight, it doesn't change anything about, and is not related to, the decision making leading to Kessler gunning for a belt ASAP. Your wishes (Miranda vs Kessler...Kessler ducking Miranda because he was scared) only makes for these lame "ducking"-threads. Nearly all your comments reflect your mind-set but is in no way related to reality. Again, Team Palle chose the shortest possible way to a belt. End of story. Your speculations belong in some parallel-universe.