Finally saw Kessler vs. Sartison

I haven't seen the fight. What's your opinion, considering Kessler got wobbled by a questionable challenger (certainly not a top SMW) and took a lot of shots, how would he stand up to the offensive onslaught of a Pavlik or a very clever yet powerful fighter like Abraham?

 

But he didn't 'struggle' at all

He won every round, and brutally destroyed him towards the end. He wasn't at his peak level like Andrade, a bit slower, and his reflexes weren't so good. Also his timing at the beginning. But you can attribute most of this to ring rust

Also, he wasn't really hurt. Slightly off balance, it looked worse than it was.

 

I was very surprised (and worried) to see Kessler wobble so badly. That's the first time I've seen him hurt so bad. On the positive side, Kessler was really fast at recuperating, so he probably wasn't badly hurt (as his backwards stumble might suggest).

But from then on, he was pretty dominant, even though I gotta agree with Clearly Cool, he got hit a little bit too much in my opinion.

Also, Sartison was a lot better than most of us fans expected, and I think he's going to make some noise in the supermiddleweight division. I think he's able to capture a title when Kessler moves to light heavyweight/retires.

 

Yeah, I wonder what answer Abraham will have for Pavlik's unrelenting style. He banked on Miranda punching himself out and leaving himself open to heavy counters. Pavlik doesn't tire and is a much better boxer than Miranda. You can't underestimate Abraham though. He's very ring smart and throws big shots. Pavlik's defense isn't exactly stellar and if one of those bombs gets through you never know what could happen.

 

People tend to make it sound like Kessler was hurt bad - he wasn't by a long shot - as stated above he was back in control two seconds later and won the round by a mile. Sartison got 3-4 good hits in - which about equals Kessler's first 15 seconds of the fight.

And yes Kessler gets tagged a few times during the fight - fighters do in titlefights - he clearly wins every round against a somewhat underrated opponent (not that he is future WC-material, but a EBU-title at some point would be pretty likely).

Kessler applied a more riscy style than we are use to - proberbly because of Montoya - and with risk comes counterpunches - especially from a fast fighter like Sartison.

Kessler did well coming back and showed the world that he hasn't suffered damage from the loss to Calzaghe. He now has a belt and is ready for the next challenge.

 

Sartison had a monstrous defence. I've seen guys duck under straight rights, but Sartison actually managed to duck under left jabs in the early rounds!
The big punch came after ducking clean under a left jab - pretty slick.

 

And don't forget that Sartison was a silver medalist at the ametour WC as a junior and German champion as a senior. More impressive than most SMW's amatour careers.

 

Sartisan wouldnt go 5 rnds with Pavlik. Kessler is a Pastry who will never fight an elite fighter again.

 

Yep and Miranda is a worldbeater! Please replace the broken record!!

 

:rofl :rofl :rofl

 

Still think Kessler is scared of Miranda?

 

Sartison TKO8 Miranda :deal