Respected Columnist Dan Rafael: Kessler is a disgrace

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I dont discount Kessler getting another shot in the USA. He will have to earn it again. But he left a soar taste and it no doubt could effect his future here.

 

I myself have a sour taste, but dont rule Kessler out of HBO/Showtime just yet. I dont think it was that big a ****up.

 

Thobela ring any bells. And if I were a Kessler fan I wouldnt be throwing around the names of the guys that he has fought, its not like its impressive or anything.

Kessler is taking the Kohl's and UBP route to building a boxing career. Fight alot of bums and claim that everyone is ducking them. Yet the only evidence of anyone ducking Kessler is coming from Team Palle and Kesslers fans. What I know for fact is Kessler called out Lacy, Lacy said lets fight Kessler backed out saying that he was injured and they tried to throw that Rudy guy in the ring with Lacy. Then he agrees to fight Miranda and backs out to fight a guy that he has already beat.

As far as Dawson goes, he has half the fights as Kessler and his resume is about the same in terms of level of guys that he is fighting. People pull out of fights with Dawson not the other way around:good

 

Pantera is a gob shite all said and done.

He has fought nobody at 168lb...infact at middleweight, each champ he fought he got beaten by.

He has fought a washed-up Porras and that bum from the TV show, David Banks.

Now he demands the right to perhaps the no2 super middle in the division?

I like the way Miranda was offered the Froch fight for the WBC#1 mandatory slot when Inkin cried off... and turned it down flat.

Kessler did right to turn down the 'Pantera' bum in my opinion.

When the bum has a ranking and has fought someone, will his baloney statements hold water.

 

I cant believe nobody has mentioned the fat ******* that is Michael Marley in all this.

Never i seen/heard such a blob talk so much without actually saying anything in my life.

Joker.

 

TRUE!
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This is very true. Showtime seems to be in good with Don King and that **** Gary Shaw.:yep

 

Gary Shaw, the owner of a thousand Hawaiian shirts.

 

What don't you understand about Mundine's 'bogus' title becoming legit when Calzaghe moves up to LHW, vacating the regular WBA SMW title?

And since when do you have a problem with boxers exercising their rights as mandatory challengers?

 

Um, the WBA SMW title? :deal

 

He has a huge US TV date against a beatable fighter who everyone is watching ATM, and now all of a sudden, he would rather want a trinket belt he already held, with the fight not aired in the US.

I thought Kessler's main goal was US exposure and becoming a name over here? What ever happened to that?

 

It is a disgrace ... it shows that some prize fighters are actually cowards ... it also shows that some promoters and managers are really into protecting their fighters.

Why get into the fight game if you're going to pull this bull**** ... this is why other fans speculate ... this way fans discredit fighters for what they've accomplished ... this is why European fighters get a bad wrap ... this is why the fight game in recent years have taken a turn for the worse.

Now if Kessler was his own man ... he would force his handlers hand and get the fight on ... you embarrass the network that already took the risk of televising this fight and you also embarrass the super middleweight division ... which has struggled to become a recognized division in the sport of boxing.

It really makes Kessler look like a ***** ... it you look into the numbers this should be a fight than Kessler wants ... this guy has a name and he's a guy that you could easily outbox ... Kessler should know deep down inside that he could beat this guy --

WTF?:huh

 

That's correct.

Fact is, a Miranda fight >>> WBA regular trinket, when it comes to securing a fight with Taylor, Dawson, Pavlik, etc.

 

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