How did Kessler lose to Calzaghe?

By being one handed, and failing to counter upteen times.

 

Not enough variety once Calzaghe adjusted mid-fight. Sad but true. If he had a better left-hook to go with the uppercut he was landing that would have helped. Calzaghe took his jab away like he always does, that was Kessler's main weapon gone, he only had a right hand and sporadic uppercut from there on in.

And yeah, he did miss a lot of opportunities. Calzaghe gave him some, he created some with movements, but he wasted too many.

 

agreed. and what impressed me most in this fight was calzaghe's ability to tell distance. he was staying just BARELY out of range of kessler and then shelling him once he figured kessler out. calzaghe's ability to adapt to a fighter was his best trait.

 

I do sometimes wonder about the lack of sparring leading up to the fight. That can really tell on a fighters sharpness.

Kessler has never been the best counterpuncher in the world, but he missed some glaring chances against Calzaghe and I wonder if that was a factor. Just a thought.

 

kessler gassed out

 

I agree to that. He looked good for a couple of rounds but sticked to his gameplan when Joe adjusted...

 

Calzaghe was just too active for him, Kessler got a great shot in early and still I can't believe how Calzaghe took it and kept coming back, that uppercut Kessler landed was insane. Just too experienced and too good is the best description.

 

Calzaghe took a comparable uppercut from Roy Jones too. Roy Jones must still have some pop, Calzaghe's head went flying back 90 degrees.

He loves eating them uppercuts, he seems to take them well.

 

Joe could take a boxer out of his game by the way he boxed himself. A combination of the southpaw style, the feints, the in and out movement and the fast flurries screw up the planned boxing of the opponent. And any fair fan could tell that Joe had BHop figured out after the fourth round and breezed through the rest of that bout. A rematch would have been more of rounds 4-12. Kessler is a very good boxer, as he showed against Andrade. Bute and Andrade should not have been left out of the tourney.

 

Workrate is what won him the fight. Kessler may have threw the more effective shots in the majority of rounds, but Calzaghe threw at least double the amount of punches Kessler threw.

 

Calzaghe's work rate was unreal!!!!!!! Calzaghe was purely awesome, such natural talent.

 

void is void

 

I am going to go with what Kessler and Calzaghe both have said.

Calzaghe said that he thought he may loose until round 6-7. When he saw Kessler breathe hard in round 7 he knew he would win.

Kessler said, similarly, that after the first rounds he felt that he could not keep up the pace and had to take some breathers. He had to save energy to last the fight. In round 12 he burned the energy he had saved and won the round.

Calzaghe's ridiculous stamina was the deciding factor. Kessler was holding back his punches to preserve energy and many of the counters we could see were probably a matter of judgement for Kessler. He just didn't have the stamina to go after too many.

 

I remember the fight..and I remember falling asleep.