If Kessler wasnt in your Top 10 favourite fighters between 2005 - 2010, then this sport isnt for you. I was in Cardiff the night he fought JC , great great fight and a true Viking Warrior.
I have respect for Kessler but after seeing his fights with Ward and Froch I have to say he is/was on a serious decline. Ward just dominated him headbutts or not and it was totally unexpected. With Froch he did well but to me he was a bit lucky to get that decision and also he took a lot of punishment from Froch which ended his career and if not then it at the least took a lot out of him.
perhaps the injuries have a lot to do with it. in his return against Perdomo his timing was all off and yet he still managed to get a knock out. he did say that he was having the eye problem around the start of the Super 6. It was pure heart in those two fights that kept him going.