Kessler in p4p top ten??

Like I said earlier - a shady win.

 

Yep, well agree to disagree on this one.

 

:good

 

In terms of skill Hatton and Kessler are worlds apart. Hatton is a terrier with great stamina but limited skill. Kessler has far better fundamentals, technique, precision, timing etc. From a skill point of view they are worlds apart.

 

Not even close. He was barely top 20 P4P when he lost to Calzaghe, he got blown out, and he hasn't done squat since then.

 

Kessler was considered around 13-14 p4p before the Calzaghe fight. He did well and showed that he has all the necessary tools but the surroundings paired with Joe's very experienced and tricky change of strategy eclipsed the fight for Joe. Joe is top 5 p4p so this away defeat in a great fight should probably not really count down for Kessler. At least not more than one or two positions. Since then he has beaten the undefeated Sartison who should probably be ranked around no. 10 in SMW and thereby immidiately regained the WBA regular belt. Should this move him up again? Probably only 1 or 2 places.

I think (as many others have said) that the fair ranking will be around 13-15 p4p right now.

 

Blown out?

He won 4 rounds cleanly and made Joe have to adjust for the win, showed he was superior inside than Joe was(that's a great attribute, Joe's an awesome inside fighter)and showed great timing and counter punching, as well as matched hand and movement speed, but was outboxed and hurt in round 8.

How that equates to being blown out is beyond me. Lacy was 'blown out', as in losing every round.

 

Not top 10 yet. If he beats a few more solid top 10 opponents (in dominant fashion) or unifies with the likes of Bute then there is a case.

 

I thought I answered. Hatton has done nothing since beating old Tszyu, other than a shady win over Collazo, and knocking himself out on the corner pole.

But adios...

 

I think brickhause started watching boxing last week or so. Give him a chance to catch up.

 

Kessler on skill/ability is top 10, right now all standings, not yet, but he's top 15 for sure in the same right.

And Hatton is not even top 20 now. People never rate on recent outings, Hatton nearly had another incident against the likes of Lazcano.

 

Is there somekind of alternative calendar that I'm not aware of where this is actually factually correct? It just seems to get stated as a fact so much that it can't be co-incidental :?

So, once again:

Tszyu v Mitchell: November 2004
Tszyu v Hatton: June 2005

Amount of time between those dates: Not 2 years....

 

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Not yet, he's still got some work to do before he can be considered to be a top 10 p4p fighter.

 

35 is "getting old"? Never stopped Calzaghe doing a number on a certain Danish wannabe did it?