i sparred just 2 weeks for calzaghe says kessler

He still would have lost. Calazaghe took his heart away in that fight.

 

Kessler was in the fight for maybe 5 rounds, but he was still losing.

Kessler is a solid fighter, but he's very conventional. Calzaghe is the complete opposite of that.

 

kessler's a very good fighter but calzaghe always beats him

 

Calzaghe was not going to lose on that night. He took his game to a level we never saw before. I saw him against Bika and Manfredo and was not sure how to judge him then saw Kessler and became a big fan and saw him beating RJJ and BHOP

 

:good

 

He could have sparred for 2 years and it would make no difference.

Calzaghe > Kessler.

 

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This is probably true, a number of sources have come out with this. Kessler didn't want to confirm it at the time because obviously it would appear bitter and taking credit from Calzaghe.

If you study the fight, Kessler gave himself a lot of opportunities to hit Calzaghe when Calzaghe was in a bad position. If he had more sharpness he might have done better with the chances he had. I scored the fight 8-4 for Calzaghe, 4 rounds is a lot to make up even if we presumed Kessler was not 100%

Plus if there was ever a rematch Calzaghe found the way to cause Kessler trouble and would fight like this from the start.

 

quoted for truth

 

I still find that fight strange, i have watched it over and over again, and i believe Mikkel is all in there for about 5 rounds, and then he suddenly stops boxing, iam not saying that Calzaghe is not a good boxer, because that is what he is, but still Kessler's performance was not on the level seen in alot of his other fights.

Well there had been no pause in sparring this time, so lets hope we will have a hell of a fight this saturday.

 

He stopped fighting because despite everything he was doing he didn't feel that he was going to win the fight. Calzaghe is/was just better that night and on any other night. Recent example, Pacquiao made Cotto look average, worse then he's ever looked before in any fight. That's what Great fighters do, they make World class champions look mediocre in comparison.

 

Reason being is he was in with the best fighter he has fought, and thats by a long way

Calzaghe>kessler even on his best day :good

 

I like Kessler and he's my pick for Super 6 (assuming he hasn't gotten old or rusty) but he lost fair and square.

This is less legitimate than stating that Calzaghe, without permanently damaged hands and an incompetent referee in the 8th, would have stopped Kessler.

Fact is he didn't - he outworked, outmanoeuvred, outfought and ultimately very clearly outpointed Kessler.

That is the end of the story.