Just look at yourself and the other _____s who disagree , ask yourself where are they from , read it again , and tell me if i'm wrong , i guess that canadians at least are (too) fond of british fighters also (not that i've something aginst them in general). the only problem is when people like some fighter just becuase he 'represents' their country/city. clazaghe , jones , hopkins are all not proven enough - and thus are overrated. jones at least had the balls to face tarver 3 times , and calzaghe somehow counts also (for him , not for hopkins whose calzaghe was still unproven for). and kessler is even worse than these 3. i count only 1 telling fight for him and that's andrade. for me , against reasonable oposition (and above) kessler is 1:1. also worth mentioning is that andrade was a 'green' when they fought.
It would be a shame if he won it and retired. I'm hoping the winner will unify against Bute or whoever is the strongest out of the fighters not in the tournament.
And if Kessler beats Dirrell and Ward, they were "green", and if he beats Taylor, he was "shot". Common man - heard it all before - just under a different alias :-(
its fair enough. to win he will need to fight 5 fights against the toughest opposition available and that in a short time. this tournament may take more out of the fighters than we think right now. even if he retires, those 5 fights against top opponents will be more than many fighters have in their whole career. not saying no names :yep
Naa he wont retire, unless maybe he falls flat and doesn't win it. Whoever wins it, and indeed for both finalists there are going to be genuinely big paydays waiting for them at the end of this thing.
Only if Hopkins schools everyone in the upper weight divisions and Pavlik retires will this become a possibility. Otherwise, there's too much money to be made.
Kessler but****ed himself..stop blaming his promoter...he's a grown ass man. Mikkel was actively involved in the shitty course his career has taken.:deal It's funny how ya'll give this guy the benefit of the doubt..then call others cowards and duckers. It MUST BE Kessler's complexiondeal:deal