Kessler against the LHWs

Nonito Smoak · Aug 27, 2011

WatchfortheHook said: ↑

Thank you for the reply.

I don't neccessarily disagree with much of what you say. I don't suspect Froch's transition to LHW(should he ever decide to make that move) to be seamless. However, I do think he has better chance of succeeding at LHW than Kessler.

You bring up valid points/issues that Froch would have to answer if he went up to LHW, but I think many of the same issues can be said about Kessler.

-Froch is 34 (29 fights)right now, Kessler is 32 (46 fights).

-I don't find Froch particularly accurate, though he does have his moments. Even though it was a great fight Froch-Kessler both landed less than 20% of their punches. Against certain fighters they can both land at a better rate. I don't consider either to be a devastating power puncher. I've said in previous threads that I think Froch's power is overrated by some on ESB (there have been threads suggesting Froch would KO Johnson and Hopkins and someone said Froch punched harder than Cloud).

-To go along with your subjective opinion I always thought that if I had to tell someone what a SMW looks like, I would point to Kessler. He just seems cut out of stone at this weight where it seems like its the optimal weight for him for speed and strength.

-Froch defense isn't great at all (off topic, but its amazing how much better hes gotten at it though, watch the disaster that is his defense against Mcgee). However, neither is Kesslers and he too will be hit by LHWs should he move up (I think Kessler's bad habit of just standing at midrange after he's done working could spell disaster against a guy like Cloud).

Now, the additional worries that I have with Kessler that I don't neccessarily have with Froch are:

-With all the cuts lately, I have to wonder how the scar tissue will hold up.

-Along those same lines he's been significantly injured in recent years: hands, back, eyes which I would imagine are probably more signifant than Froch's tweaks.

-Stylistically, I think Froch holds up more competitively at LHW. In my opinion he has shown a better ability to adjust midfight and has shown better ability to fight going backwards (which would help against the naturally stronger LHW)

Just my extended 2 cents anyways.
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Very good read.

Well, I suppose I put them on the same level in terms of projecting to 175 then. Let me just say I believe they should both stay at 168 for at least another year and a half.

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