How hurt was kessler in the calzaghe fight?

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  1. Martini643

    Martini643 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    after rewatching the calzaghe-kessler fight where joe backed kessler up and was starting to get to him, he landed a big body shot that looked like it really hurt kessler but the ref jumped in to warn joe for rabbit punching.... if the ref wouldnt have stopped and warned joe , would kessler have gone down?
     
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  2. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Kessler admitted after the fight that he was hurt by Joe's bodyshot. But I don't think Calzaghe would stop him.
     
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  3. Terrible Terry

    Terrible Terry Member Full Member

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    Kessler did seem pretty hurt but there was not much time left in the round, I think he could have held on. Calzaghe doesn't hit hard enough to stop Mikkel the dude is an animal.
     
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  4. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    ref did a poor job, but IMO kessler would have seen out the round
     
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  5. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Kessler was asked after the fight by that dork Kellerman if he would take a knee if the referee wouldn't step in and he just smiled and said he would never do that.
     
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  6. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    I think Kessler's fighting instincts would take over and he would try to fight back rather than take a knee.
     
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  7. pioterbezkitu

    pioterbezkitu Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Yeah, we wouldn't be talking here about it if that referee didn't stop the action.
     
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  8. PATSYS

    PATSYS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I tihnk there was a good chance that Kessler would have been KD. He admitted that it hurt him and Calzaghe was throwing non stop punches.
     
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  9. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    What Round Is This?i Want To Have A Look.
     
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  10. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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  11. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    He was hurt, and people say JC had no power.
     
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  12. Shake

    Shake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was a good shot, I feel that Kessler would have received a pasting along the ropes, but he'd see out the fight.

    He might have gotten beat up a lil' instead of just outscored though.
     
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  13. bizzer07

    bizzer07 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    hell yeah j.c. has power, but some moron j.c. doubters think for some reason just because he hits fast he cant contain power in his punches. This fight was awesome, love watching it time and again. Was there in person on the night and the atmosphere was electric inside that stadium. I think if Joe had landed another in the same area, even tho kess is a tank and has never been down, he may have just had to take a knee. Classic fight tho and i hope kess comes back stronger in 08 and take over 168 like i think he should.
     
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  14. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    Kessler himself said that he didn't even think of taking a knee I think he was hurt but it wasn't more of a factor than that.
     
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  15. toffeejack

    toffeejack Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Calzaghe has underrated power, Kessler admitted that the body shot hurt him and if it wasn't for the ref I'm convinced he would have took a knee despite what he said in the post-fight interview.
     
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