Kessler @ 175? I doubt his ability to fight there.

Allan Green is a bump (former hypejob but now demoted), Kessler could come in at 162 and still whupp Green's pathetic ass.

 

Dawson is just all wrong for Kessler regardless of size as well. . .

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Agree on both statements. Dawson way too strong physical. Kessler will loose against Bute. Kessler peaked in 2007 with the fights against Andrade and Calzaghe. He's had to many injuries since. Hands, eyes, back and so forth. :bbb

 

Kessler much like Froch is solid 168lbs, they neither drain to make weight or could really make 160lbs. Simply put they are two fighters that are always around their target weight. Kessler would have to bulk up considerably to even consider 175lbs for the future.

 

what did Green come in at? he said it was a catchweight fight at 172.

and Kessler will handle Green easily tonight. too big a gulf in class.

 

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Thanks flam1ngo, so Green was 172. They should have just fought at SMW.

 

Needs to stay at 168.

 

Agreed. I don't know what he is even doing up there if he can't even get to 172 pounds. He's just one pound over the smw limit. In the past, he always said he was a perfect smw physically and I guess that was true. Who is there for him to fight at lhw? I can't see any fight up there that makes more sense than the match-ups at his more natural weight. Sure he's more skilled than most of the other contenders and champs at 175, but that's true at 168 as well where he won't be at a physcial disadvantage. Maybe Sauerland has a plan for his future but I just can't see it atm.

 

For what it's worth, he says he's moved up to find new opponents. But I'm wondering who? The belts are owned by Cloud, Dawson, Shumenov and Cleverly. Those guys are likely to be too big for Kessler - why risk it when he could have fought Stieglitz who imo would have been a much easier task?

 

For the glory baby!

 

1: Sauerland wants Stieglitz for Abraham (bigger money in that fight, and possibly the only belt, Abraham MAYBE could get at SMW)

2: Allan Green (Brought in on short notice) wouldn't fight at SMW, so they agreed on a catchweight of 172, but Sauerland still promoted the fight as a pure LHW fight to add the bogus WBC belt to the mix, and to make the fight seem more dangerous for Kessler than it is...

If the money is not at LHW, Sauerland will never let Kessler stay there.
Kessler has no weight problem, and could make 160, if he wanted to...

It's all about the (Sauerland) money...

 

175 is 169 to 175 guys....

And lets not forget it's his first fight so naturally he will grow into the weight rather than just slap on the water.

also he will have much more energy now too (presumably).

Don't sleep on Kess folks. Kess vs Pascal / Cloud would be magic!!! Dawson would have too much movement for him however given his range.