How many of these boxers would you pick Kessler to beat?

The sky has a limit. You even acknowledge that Winky struggled at 160 with Soliman - a guy that failed at 168. If Winky can't perform well at 160 against a guy that is MW/SMW, how would he fare at 168? Going the distance with a 42 year old Hopkins who isn't even a natural 175 either, means nothing to me. Maybe it does to you. Kessler is a prime fighter, and top lvl at 168.

No doubt that Winky is slowly showing wear and tear of his many battles in Europe before gaining well deserved dues. Taylor, Winky and Hopkins do not possess power to knockout Kessler, and workrate-wise - they simply do far too little to win on points.

I have never heard Hopkins call out for JC at all. But lets say you are right - nothing wrong with that - JC is still considered top dog at 168 for 10 year reign and dismantlement of Lacy. Calzaghe is simply a bigger name than Kessler. Names however does not equal bigger threat.

I hope for the sake of Hopkins that he isn't serious about taking Calzaghe on, because it would end very messy for him. He should stick to fairly inactive light hitters(Taylor, Winky) or out-of-focus past-primers(Tarver) - just like he has...

RJJ would have beaten them all in his prime - however the man is no longer there... You must accept these facts to have some sort of validity. Elites are not elites till end of days.

 

Any idiot that picked all of them needs to find a new sport in a hurry. 4 of the fighters are more skilled then him. Dawson would beat the utter **** out of him Ademek style. In which Ademek is the better fighter and would whoop Kesslers ONE, TWO ass as well.

 

I only got to see him kick the **** out of Andrade for 12 rounds, but that was a good showing. However I will like to see more from him to make a good judgement.

 

The way shrewd Hopkins only began calling Joe out after the Kessler fight was signed signifies his intentions.

 

I personally you should just stop writing. I do hope that you are aware that there is a thing called time - and time hurts even the best of men - eventually. Somehow you still find yourself in a bubble, where no clock is ticking.

I think the classical forum is the place for you.

 

:rofl - absolutely.

 

Very possible, Assassin. However, I still think that the Adamek fight showed that Dawson tends to make mistakes due to his youthful age, a thing that is very dangerous vs a smart fighter such as Kessler.

But by no means a bad call...

 

I was wrong about Hatton vs Floyd, I though Hatton would want to cash in some more before he cashed out. I hope I am wrong about Hopkins' character too.

 

I don't see it happening. If JC beats Kessler, he would have no part of it, and if Kessler beats JC - he wouldn't gain very much out of it.

Thats my 2 kroner.

 

Here are my picks for the following fights...

Mikkel Kessler TKO10 Jermain Taylor
Mikkel Kessler UD12 Winky Wright
Mikkel Kessler UD12 Kelly Pavlik
Mikkel Kessler UD12 Bernard Hopkins
Mikkel Kessler TKO7 Roy Jones, Jr.
Chad Dawson SD12 Mikkel Kessler (the most intriguing fight on here in my opinion - either guy can win)

 

I see why you were nominated multiple times.

 

:good - my pick was well placed.

 

I take it you agree with the Kessler W12 Hopkins pick?

 

Given Hopkins' cageyness and Kessler's lack of really devastating power, I see the Kessler decision being the most likely result.