Has Kessler ever been hurt or put down?

And I heard a rumour once that he was KD'ed in an amateur fight, but that he claims that it was a slip, or something like that..

I believe Danish Tabloid BT brought the store, leading into the Beyer fight... or was it the Andrade fight.. I forget.. no matter.. They had an interview with the guy who fought him in the final of the Sealandic Championship back in the mid nineties..
Kessler won, but was, as I recall, counted over..

In the same article, I think, Kessler replied that it was a slip and that he was tired of hearing that story again and again...
hmmm... if it was a slip, why does it bother him that much?

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At any rate..
If you have 20 fights of Kessler's, I suggest you post them on youtube, asap, for the world to see.
I have seen most of Kessler's fights live, but would love for the world to know Kessler better.

So, please terry.. go ahead

 

Of course not. But the label a consistently strong puncher is ok. Don't put too much

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I certainly agree Peter.

My beef is not with the consistency-label.

Beyer wasn't worn down, was he?
i.e. there must be some pop in those hands..

methinks that if JC and his fans are under the impression that Kessler holds no punch, they will be sorely surprised

 

Miguel Julio had him stunned for a split second. Kessler walked right into a punch and stopped very, very shortly. He was probably more surprised than hurt.

Jens

 

New Wind is right about the article. The link is here: http://www.bt.dk/article/20070321/SPORT08/703210376&SearchID=73287446799920

Jens

 

Salt, pepper for your words??? It'll help with the taste.

 

great link, Jens..

If anyone is interested, I'll translate the article..
Just say the word..

Blocks... Are you reading what you write? you just admitted that JC doesn't hit squarely..

 

Kess has decent power but nothing special. He is a great boxer who has never looked near being hurt, knocked down or losing a decision. But it has to be said that he could not even stop mundine, which is bad.

Like all fighters he has plus points and bad points in his game.

JC V Kess will be great, i can not split em yet.

 

hehe, I like my humble pie with a tad of koriander, if you please

Not that I'm going to need it, tho

 

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Well, the mundine fight has been discussed over and over again..
Kessler wasn't at 100% for that fight, due to his injured back, which also postponed the fight 6 weeks, as you no doubt recal.
As a result, Kessler was unable to do any roadwork and only had a fraction of the sparring rounds that he normally has for fights.

Not taking anything away from Mundine, whom I think carried himself well in the fight, but Kessler has said that he was short of breath from round 5 and on.. That might have something to do with it..

And the "could not even stop Mundine, sounds to me like you have the Ring#3 written off as a walkover for any decent fighter..
As that not a little bit harsh?

"Yeah but feather fisted Ottke put him to sleep" - I hear you cry..
He did, with a temple shot in Mundine's 11th fight as a pro, in the 10th round of a fight, which till that point had been dominated by Mundine..
Not bad to take the reighning champ Ottke with more than 20 times as many fights (am/pro) to round ten, let alone dominate him..

Mundine is not as bad as his loss to Ottke would indicate, and I believe his ranking as quite deserved.

Kessler beating Mundine in Australia, to me more than equals anything JC has done since Eubank.

 

mitchell has more single punch power than kessler, but the right hand that mitchell caught calzaghe with, was atypical calzaghe mistake which he does again and again in fights and there is no doubt IMO that kessler will land similar right hands when the 2 meet, just IMO kessler does not as hard as the knockdown that calzaghe suffered, but we shall see.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r97Qq8s119s

If anyone is interested in the highlights of Ottke - Mundine.

 

Has he ever really fought anyone of note?!

 

Exactly, they're simply not around. I'm still waiting for some UFO's to land bringning fighters with some lethal skills.:tong

Waiting for the JC-Kessler fight though. Hope JC can put up better competitions than the other 35-year old we have just watched. (I'm thinking about Gatti, of course).