Kessler a huge betting favorite to beat Green – News
July 29th, 2010
By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler is a huge betting favorite to beat Allan Green on September 25th in their Super Six tournament bout. The odds are, according to Bwin, 1,11 for Kessler to beat Green. This is kind of surprising because before Green entered the Super Six tournament he was one of the best fighters in the super middleweight division.
Green needs to not only worry about his immediate fight against Kessler, but he also needs to worry about his future in the division. Back to back losses to Ward and Kessler would be a crushing blow to Green’s once promising career. Before starting the Super Six tournament, Green’s career had been moving along rather slowly.
He seems to have taken a backwards step after being beaten by Edison Miranda in 2007 by going back to fighting B level opponents. That may be something that’s hurting Green now, because he looked unprepared for the talent level of Ward. However, it’s possible that the loss to Ward will help Ward by giving him a fight against one of the very best fighters in the league and it could help him in the Kessler fight.
Kessler isn’t as fast or as hard to hit compared to Ward. Green should be able to land his shots against Kessler. That is, if Green lets his hands go in this fight instead of playing it conservatively. He’s got to open up more with his power shots, especially early in the fight when he’s still punching with a lot of power. Kessler looks uncomfortable when his opponents go directly after him the way that Ward and Carl Froch did.
Where Froch went wrong was by hanging back and just letting Kessler be the one that initiated most of the action. Green may not have the engines needed to go right at Kessler and try to overtake him the way he needs to. Green certainly has the power to beat him, but he can’t win unless he lets his hands go a lot more than he has in his last two bouts against Simms and Ward.
Kessler isn’t the type of fighter that will fold from getting hit with a few power shots in every round. Green has got to think of trying to duplicate the efforts of Ward and Joe Calzaghe, both of which overwhelmed Kessler by taking the fight to him and smothering his offense.
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@ punchy –it he does not win this one he be waiter at sizzler–ok.
there is a good way to make a killing on betting if Greene were to pull an upset,But I am afraid the odds makers are right fat chance for greene even though kessler has not looked as good as was expected of him from some.He still has toughness and good power for a style like Greenes.A good boxer gives kessler fits,He just is a fighter, Not a great boxer.
@ Tom Britt RE Green… “HIS FUTURE IS AT STEAK”
Well, last time I checked, eating and fighting are 2 different things… so it looks like Mikkel has another victory.
I CAN BEAT ANYONE IN THE SUPER SIX.THERES NO ONE WHO CAN BEAT ME. HEY BARTENDER POUR ANOTHER DOUBLE SHOT.
I will bet a little 50$ on Green. If Kessler wins as I hope, this little loss will be easily forgotten; then, if Green wins by miracle, cashing the prize will help to forget the frustration.
you recon after that last performance he shouldnt even be in the tournament.rather see bika in there.
Greenes loss to edison miranda is perhaps a gauge to the threat of the others in the Six tourney.No excuses for a fight once the bell rings.if a fighter has all the excuses they may suit them well but not the record.
Green was a stoned trash talking chump in his fight against Ward. He showed his true colours at top level by deliberately not trying to fight at all. Someone must have told him he was going to a waltz because he didn’t throw a single shot in that fight. At one point I thought he might fall asleep. Unless Green learns to use his head like Ward, he’s going to take the beating of his career against Kessler and rightly so.
ALLAN GREEN HAS A LOT TO PROVE AND HE WILL PROVE IT AGAINST KESSLER. HIS FUTURE IS AT STEAK.IF YOU LOOK AT HIS RECORD HE IS THE PERFECT FIGHTER TO PULL OFF AN UPSET.HE JUST LOST TO WARD IN OAKLAND SO HE LEARNED ALL THE DIRTY TRICKS THAT BEAT KESSLER BEFORE. HES LEARNED HOW TO TRAIN SO HE DOESNT HAVE TO STARVE HIMSELF TO MAKE WEIGHT AND SHOW UP DRAINED AND WEAK FOR THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE. IF KESSLER IS OVER CONFIDENT LIKE HE WAS AGAINST WARD HE WILL GET BEAT. NEVER COUNT OUT A KNOCK OUT ARTIST WHO IS IN SHAPE AND MOTIVATED BEOND BELIEF.I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GREEN GET WARD IN THE FINNAL ALL MOST AS MUCH AS ALLAN WOULD.
kessler a huge betting favorite? ummm. duh !!!
Dude,I don’t know who fights worse? Coto or green?