~~~Is Kessler's biggest nightmare that the fight is stopped early?~~~

Just make sure that no British ref will be the official in the ring...

 

Coming from a German thats funny British referring/judging is as good as any in the world, of course there's been a few mistakes but there is everywhere.

It wont be stopped early, you know the referee isnt going to make the mistake O'Connor did.

 

I think that is pretty much what will happen, Calzaghe will be too much for Kessler and I fancy an early stoppage. The only possible way for Kessler is if Calzaghe does not take the fight seriously. I have seen him do this before in Edinburgh and it could have cost him.

 

Why is Calzaghe 'fighting to redeem himself'? Because a ref stopped an over matched opponent a little early? Hardly Joes fault....

 

:nut Robin Reid v Sven Ottke said it all for me. :nut

 

Not really. If Kessler is taking a bit of punishment I can see his corner pulling him out before the ref jumps in. This is a WWWWAAAAAYYYYY bigger fight than Manfredo. The ref is gonna know that Kessler can actually throw a punch. The Manfredo fight was stopped because he froze on the night and got completley overwhelmed. It's unlikely the same will happen to Kessler, but even if it did, i'd be pretty sure the ref would give him the benefit of the doubt.

 

If kessler does a Manfredo and looks as though he's frozen with fear and can't throw anything back after a 36 punch combo coming his way, then the fight WILL probably get stopped

 

The 'legacy' is fair enough, this a a fight for which Calzaghe will be remembered but he def. doesn't need to redeem himself in most peoples eyes.

 

Well, truthfully, neither of us can say whether they will pull him out or not. He's never been in a threatened position. But, for the sake of argument, if he is sustaining a beating and is behind on all cards by the 10th round, I really can't see his corner letting him back out. I wouild imagine they'll have more sense than Dan Birmingham did when he let Lacy go out round after round. The Palle's arent stupid. Even should Kessler lose this, he's still head and shoulders above everyone else. They can pull him out, wait for Calzaghe to retire or move to 175 and then he can be the no.1

 

exactly. Kesslers biggest nightmare is the fight not getting stopped and recieving a Jeff Lacy style beating for 12 long, painful rounds. They should've stopped Lacy after about the 7th when it became clear he couldnt win, because its really dangerous to recieve such a large volume of punches for that long.