And Taylor backing Kessler up would be near-suicide, I thought someone mentioned that. Kessler hits harder than Pavlik and is more accurate and varied in his offense.
If Mundine has one good quality, it is his hand speed...and Kessler beat Mundine to the punch all night and he was fighting injured. People shouldnt forget that the reason Kessler is so good is that he has fast hands too.
Too me Kessler is pretty unproven...he had a good win over Andrade who was also dominated by Bute except for 10 second of the fight...I dont know about Kessler yet, Im not sold on him at this point.
Taylor is average and has already been ruined by Pavlik. kessler is also average but naturally bigger and hasn't been beat down like taylor has. Kessler could edge Taylor, but he has ducked Dawson for a reason: he doesn't want to get his ass whooped.