--- Rating Mikkel Kessler ---

It is one hell of a dimension though

 

Kessler boxed with Calzaghe with a broken right hand

 

dumbass choice of career if that were true.

 

What the heck has that to do with the threads subject of rating Mikkel Kessler?

 

In my opinion, Mikkel Kessler ranks as the 3rd best fighter Joe Calzaghe beat (behind obviously Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr.).

In addition, I rate Kessler higher than any fighter Floyd Mayweather beat.

 

Uh, he's the best Calzaghe beat. By a lot.

He isn't as good as prime Hopkins and Jones, but the versions Calzaghe fought?

 

Good point. I think Kessler beats the version Roy Jones Jr. that Calzaghe beat. However, I still have a hard time believing that Kessler would beat any version of Hopkins. I think the version of Hopkins that fought Calzaghe would still find a way to outbox Kessler for a UD.

Keep in mind, after fighting Calzaghe, Hopkins went on to outbox Kelly Pavlik (who was undefeated at the time, and the reigning Fighter of the Year.)

 

I think that Kessler may struggle against the Hopkins that Calzaghe fought.
But keep in mind that Pascal floored him twice and that he lost to Taylor, both fighters that i believe that Kessler would have handled in his prime.

 

Kessler is a full level above Pavlik, at any point.

I'd definitely tip him over the current Hopkins who lost to Dawson, at LHW.

Back then, between their respective matches with Calzaghe? Not out of the question that Kessler takes it then, either.

 

If it is any indication of chances it is worth noting that Hopkins turned down a whopping 4 million dollar offer to fight Kessler in Denmark.

 

He's just behind Ward and Froch.