The guy gave the fight of his life against Calzaghe and he looked good against an extremelly tough, but low-skilled Andrade, and I'll even throw in Mundine, but I questions his courage and his heart. Maybe Calzaghe took something away from the guy because why did he weasel out of a fight with Miranda? That was a MONEY MAKING FIGHT. He had no excuse. Can he not defend against a long right hand? Does he not feel like he has the ability to hurt Miranda? Maybe I'm in the dark, but what was this guy's problem? Because if this is the case of Kessler outright ducking Miranda, I don't give a damn what he accomplished in the past, he must have left something in the ring because courage is something that you need to win fights and he's either got it or he doesn't. The funniest thread was when people completely wrote of Taylor as having any chance of beating Kessler. Not only is Taylor skilled, throws faster combinations, and has more upperbody movement with what I would say is an equal reach, the kid has heart. He's been in a war before and he's not afraid of anyone.
I see alot of guys here pick Kessler to beat both Taylor or Pavlik. Both predications are a JOKE! I dont get it...:-(
When Miranda's team offered the fight on Showtime, Kessler thought he could go straight for a title against Mundine, so he turned it down. But then when he found out that he couldn't get the title shot, he went back to Miranda to take the fight on HBO instead of Showtime, as a title eliminator, but Miranda's camp refused, as they had already moved on. Kessler gets alot of praise cause he is a damn good fighter.
You can't blame Kessler for his managers negotiations. I don't know **** about the negotiations in themselves, but it appears that Palle thought that Kessler could retake the WBA crown by becoming Mundines mandatory, since Braehmer moved to light heavy. All I can think is that Palle wants Kessler to have something to bargain with once again, so he can land the big money fights in either Taylor or Pavlik. As it is - he is too much risk and too little reward for the two. Same thing with Miranda I guess - even if I am very confident that Kessler will beat Miranda. There is simply no gain in it; Miranda has lost to both AA and Pavlik, and besides being fairly popular, it doesn't really grant him anything to beat him, as people would just say that Miranda can't cut it at 168, or when stepping up to the plate. At least my 2 cents.
I'm with Capfunds. I probably shouldn't hold it against Kessler until he gets back in action and shows what he's got, but all those posters posting all "holier than thou" like about how "matter of fact" Pavlik or Taylor wouldn't even win 2 rounds off the guy makes me want to hate him.
Kessler has done nothing in his Career to support the fact he can beat an ELITE fighter. Taylor has beaten Hopkins twice, fought Winky to a draw ....he mixed at Top level and proved a top fighter, no matter what anyone says. Pavlik destroys Miranda and Taylor who at the time was a top 10 p4p fighter. Kessler has done nothing of the above....his best win was a win a against a rugby league player called Mundine. Also Kessler is a handsome caucasian fighter, a very affable guy with a 20 carrott gold personality, its easy to like him. His promotion team use this to mask over his hyped up reputation. Its really a great promotional job from his team. (Just doesn't fool people who know boxing)
Why do people give such a **** about Miranda? He's nothing at SMW. He was nothing at MW infact, he got torn a new one by Pavlik and couldn't even beat a guy with half his face hanging off. The guy is better at talking than boxing Kessler gets NOTHING from that fight. Why would anyone hate him for trying to get in a position to win a title?
So in your eyes Miranda is a great win for Pavlik yet Mundine is just a 'rugby league player' Sorry, but that just proves you don't 'know boxing' as you profess
He gets more money than fighting Mundine, that's for sure, more US recognition, and he beats an opponent that people know, mainly from the beating he received from Pavlik. Perhaps if Kessler beats Miranda like Pavlik did or better, it will set up a big fight between he and Pavlik in the future.
Or perhaps if he wins a belt he'll actually have something to offer Pavlik in the future... As if Pavlik is going to touch Kessler if the belts are held by Froch/Mundine and co
For me Miranda presents far more danger than Anthony Mundine. Can you tell me who Mundine has faced since winning against a limited Danny Green? Sam Soliman...... etc Do you think Miranda would do that....the answer is no...that is why Miranda is far more Credible, also Pavlik dominates Taylor....who is still an excellent fighter. He may have not looked great since his 1st fight vs B-Hop....but do you know why? He fights world class opposition. Guess how Joe C looked when he faced a Top Tier opponent for the 1st time...he looked average. Oh. im a european poster You cant put "balls" in the same sentence with name like Kessler, you save it for fighters like a Taylor and a Pavlik.
Kessler is weighing up his options he doesnt have to rush to fight lower level fighters like Miranda. I think he is waiting on a 'title' fight, I can see him fighting for the vacant WBA belt if Mundine moves to 160. Kessler - Miranda is a good fight for Kessler to take, because Miranda is exciting enough to have fools beleive he has a shot, but in reality is limited and make Kessler look very good. Sooner he fights the better though, dont know what he is waiting for...
Can you please tell me what makes Miranda a more credible opponent? Mundine has a better resume, and is a far more skilled fighter. Miranda hasn't even beaten a fighter of Green's calibre. Infact, he drops rounds to **** like Porras It's funny you should call Danny Green limited. To me, Miranda is the definition of that word