Kessler "I respect AA, But he is not a great technical fighter".

How is Andrade in a different class than Taylor or Miranda?

 

He never says 'shitty technique'.

He likes AA and picked him before the fight.

Dude, don't try to make Kessler unpopular by putting words in his mouth.

 

He is, and Kessler never said anything else.

He said not A GREAT technical fighter.

Hopkins is a great technical fighter, SRR is a GREAT technical fighter.

AA is a really good technical fighter imo, but not a GREAT technical fighter.

 

Abraham's speed is very deceptive and what power!!!!!!!!!!!

 

He is a great boxer.

His technique is good, his power is exceptional and his style and the way he carries it out is great.

 

I was not too high on Abraham until he beat Taylor. Taylor is a good fighter, yet he easily beat him, which impressed me.

 

like kessler is a technical genius.
both aa and froch will beat him.

 

He's not, that's BS. Calzaghe was amazing and you don't have to be ashamed to lose against him, but he was the only fighter who was "better" than everyone on AA's list.

 

Agreed, AA is not great but still is very solid.

 

Abraham isn't a "great" technician, in like Mayweather totally outclassing Hatton with his technical skill and speed once he let his hands go. But Kessler isn't a great technician either, just a good one, with good timing, and power. The great about Abraham is his defensive reflexes (he did NOT stand there with his double guard, he evaded lots of punches with his hands down just like Vitali Klitschko once he saw he could read Taylor), and the precision of his explosive bursts. He doesn't throw the very same combo each time, he varies long looping punches with short ones.

Kessler at his best should forge a decision over Abraham, not letting that ones flurries have too much effect on him that he doesn't throw back. But if he slipped a bit, he would get problems.

 

Kessler is not great either. Eubank and Calzaghe were great and so were Hagler and Hearns and so is Hopkins.

AA and Kessler are in the same league...they're very good, but not great. The one who will win the tournament is great too (imho).

 

Taylor himself isn't the bad technician, he has different problems (chin, stamina).
So anybody who fights Taylor may look a bit below average in skills.

 

AA can get wild in there. Just look at the end of the second Miranda fight he was swinging for the fences.

He can be sloppy.

 

Scared? Pffft, not really. And I don't think Abraham's overall technique is that bad, he's just not the most skilled fighter in the world. He's just very explosive and does only one thing in there and does it very well. It'll be intertesing to see how the rest of the tourny fighters attempt to deal with his unusual style.