Here is the post-fight press conference. Quite a nice vid for boxing fans. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcTCHQgYmSQ[/ame]
Smart move. You know what? Bouadla isn't really all that terrible. It obviously isn't one of Kessler's best wins, but I do rate it a bit more highly now in hindsight. Excellent performance against a non-can.
Yes, same here. Bouadla is a good fighter, although not with the top class at SMW. For example, he lost by only 2 rounds away in Germany to Gennady Golovkin. And of course he had never before been stopped. Would be great to see who is his next opponent at MW because he will be a serious contender I think.
If you lose by only 2 points to an undefeated champion fighting out of Germany in Germany.... then you ARE a contender. So that is already proven. However, I think Bouadla will be even better in his upcoming fights. If you see the vid he and his trainer says that they learned a lot in this fight - and I see no reason to think they are lying.
Seeing that the bottom dropped out of the MW division after Pavlik became champ and almost anyone worth a **** jumped to SMW, Medhi actually could end up fighting for one of the belts wrongly stolen away from Sergio Martinez.
not a bad fighter but he hasn't fought at SMW at least the number of fights Kessler fought in title bouts. it's weird but i couldn't help noticing how fighters like Brinkley, Magee and Mendy are called cans ; but this perhaps has to do with the level of expectancy everyone has from Bute