Kessler is a beast

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  1. thePRESIDENT

    thePRESIDENT Active Member Full Member

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    Those names show what many know...the supermiddleweight division has been poor for a good decade.

    a bit different to this list:

    McLellan
    Jones Jr
    Toney
    Mcullum
    Eubank
    Benn
    Collins
    Nunn
    Reggie Johnson

    Remember that was one ERA.
     
  2. LiamE

    LiamE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    By Bute's own admission he isn't ready for Kessler. Guess that scrubs that theory.
     
  3. wayne3280

    wayne3280 Active Member Full Member

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    The fact that you think this is the weakest division in boxing is worrying in itself.
     
  4. Punisher33

    Punisher33 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I lost respect for Kessler when him and his team backed out of a verbal agreement to fight a very dangerous puncher in Miranda, it just shows that he's not mentally all there to take on such a challenge, a beast he is not.
     
  5. KilltheKing

    KilltheKing Overthrower Full Member

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    Kessler = Wlad

    He appears to be a bit of a goof ... not at all a killer and he'd have been beat down years ago in the US gyms (maybe it would have helped him ... maybe it would have just exposed his real limitations and ruined his confidence completely).
     
  6. mattress

    mattress Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Decent Americans must cringe at your every post.
     
  7. KilltheKing

    KilltheKing Overthrower Full Member

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    Eurosideboxing.com is hardly a place to find sensible posts ...
     
  8. Paulie

    Paulie Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kessler is the 3th best smw after Bute and Calzaghe...
     
  9. KilltheKing

    KilltheKing Overthrower Full Member

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    it's been the weakest since the mid-90s or so
     
  10. Ramshall1

    Ramshall1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Im a Kessler fan but cant help but be very dissapointed that he basically punked out of the Miranda fight.
     
  11. ApatheticLeader

    ApatheticLeader is bringing ***y back. Full Member

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    How the **** is 168 weaker than 154, 140 or 200? Seriously some people here are so full of **** it's unreal.
     
  12. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's because you joined in April 2008.

    The Kessler nuthugging was at peak levels here leading up to the JC fight.

    It was pandemonium. :yep
     
  13. El Matador

    El Matador Your Boxing Authority Full Member

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    I wouldn't say that. For some reason, although I like Kessler's ability to shoot one-two's, he looks very stiff. Maybe it's because he has a very technical, European style, maybe not, but I question his ability to throw decent hooks.

    His straight punches are terrific, but his hooks and bodywork, I think those are areas of weakness.
     
  14. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    Andrade: best chin at 168 by a wide margin; top three in the pros. :cool:
     
  15. Rubberduck

    Rubberduck Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah, but actually he hit Andrade with some very good left hooks. He can throw them, but should do so more often!