They had not been scared of Calzaghe. Why would they be scared of Miranda? I think that a more realistic assumption is that Miranda's team is extremely unprofessional. They sure run their pie holes a lot.
The chance of a bigger fight for Kessler must have come up - thats the only sensible explanation to all this.
Shot at Mundine's title. Without a title, he cannot get a shot at the big American names...it's just bad risk/reward. He also needs to win again before they consider him...
Don't blame Kessler for Showtime's foolishness - Kessler's camp hadn't signed anything and yet Showtime prematurely announced the fight to the protest of Kessler's manager. If anyone was amateurish it was them. And don't beleive Miranda - he claimed Kessler had turned down the fight even before talks had even begun.
Kessler himself: He's been offered a fight with Anthony Mundine, which he have been interested in ever since their first fight. (Plus it would add a title) Winky Wright has responded to Kessler's team not once but TWICE, showing interest in a fight. Now in all honesty, both these fights are BIGGER than a fight with Miranda, personally.. I would rather see Kessler give Miranda a boxing lesson. But I wouldn't be disappointed if he took either of these fights.
If they had a verbal agreement, which it sounds like they did, then their word is ****. Lay blame where it belongs.
Thank you... You beat me to it. Showtime did everything they asked. Warriors did everything they asked. They verbally agreed to make the fight happen. Showtime was excited and got the go ahead the fight was happening and all terms had been met. Palle is screwing himself out of future fights in American.
Please tell me you didn't just write this. As of now, Mundine does not have a real title. He is simply the WBA regular champ. Unless Calzaghe gets stripped of two titles, Mundine will continue to be a faux champion. No big American names give a **** about a faux title.:deal
Here's another thing Kessler said: "I want to fight in the US, if everything goes as planned, I should fight Edison Miranda, Edison is a good fighter, he's fun to watch and I think he deserved the victory against Arthur Abraham. I have blood on my teeths to come back in the ring again, I love this sport. My main goal is to take my boxing career to AMERICA" Now, we all have to ask ourselves, his personal goals is to become a name in the states, which he would become after a fight with Winky Wright in the states. He would also be praised if he took a Mundine fight in USA, for the title. Now in all honesty, I think he AND Pantera should take it to Vegas/California(where Miranda has fought a few times), it would give them both more publicity.
Kessler recieived about 10 times as much to fight Calzaghe. $5 million will make anyone brave. Team Miranda are not the ones being unprofessional. They are not the ones who backed out on an all but done deal without explanation. Who the hell wouldn't be upset if they were in team Miranda's position?
Beating Miranda doesn´t move Kessler anywhere nearer to the big fights against the top rated american names! Only titles would do that! Beating Miranda in America won´t mean anything legacy wise... Then Miranda would be the guy who lost the 3 times he stepped up in competition! Collecting a title would be worth a lot more than the Miranda name!
Palle strikes again?:-( I have no idea why Kessler is still with him. This could be to get a 'title" shot but still a win over Miranda is good for the record. Kessler was very likely to win and would have a better case for a belt, but? Palle ****s up another:verysad
Stop it Floyd once coveted an IBF "faux" 147 title as he tried to leave 47 and fight Spinks at 54, so if this is you're new reasoning? Please b sure and apply it consistently
Well, firstly, by the time Mundine and Kessler get it on, the title would have become full, because Calzaghe will have vacated and secondly, even if they fight for the regular title earlier, within a couple of weeks, when Calzaghe vacates, the title is full again...what is the problem?