John Conteh vs Mikkel Kessler

Conteh dominates Kessler to win widely on points

 

You can ignore that 168 in the recent past had fighters about the same size as 175 back then, but agenda revealed.

 

If Kessler thought Ward was a dirty shytehouser.....

 

I was making the point that Conteh was the bigger man as you said that there wasn’t much size difference.

 

No agenda, one was a light heavy the other a super middle, fact.Are you always this naturally hostile or do you have to practise it?
Conteh beat
Rondon
Ahumada
Hutchins
Lopez
Finnegan
Schmidtke
Bogs
Bennett
And about a dozen heavyweights.

 

I think Conteh's footwork more than his jab would be the key to this one. Kessler liked to set himself to punch whereas John could throw hard shots on the move, particularly laterally, threading the right hand as he moved to his left.
Kessler's courage would, without doubt, win him rounds but I can't see him beating a peak Conteh.

 

Very good analysis. I agree that Conteh's movement is the key just like Calzaghe's was.

 

I practice.

 

Yeah I thought so.Well practice on someone else.

 

Conteh gave Saad Muhammad life and death in their first fight,Monsel's solution was illegally applied to Saad's cut eyebrows to stop the bleeding and the danger of the fight being stopped.Saad would walk through Kessler.

 

And that Conteh was past peak. Also agree about Saad walking through Kessler.