Kessler vs. Ward

By Glen Anglin: Saturday night, Andre Ward showed the world (at least all those who care to see without bias) that he has staked a legitimate claim as ‘the Man’ in the super middleweight division. Ward showed the right stuff in defeating the Danish tough guy and longtime title holder, Mikkel Kessler. Contrary [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Wow! Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) looked really horrible last night in losing his World Boxing Association title to American Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) in an 11th round technical decision at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. I give all my doubters permission to grovel in the comment section and thank [...]

By Eughine Dunnion: Now before all the Mikkel Kessler fans start writing nasty comments, consider this. I actually wanted Kessler to win and had money on him to win a points decision. How wrong could I be. I have previously watched Andre Ward on a few occasions, the wins over Edison Miranda & Shelby Pudwill [...]

By Steven Wain: Well, that was a big surprise to me and to probably 90% of the boxing community, I expected a close fight and a Mikkel Kessler unanimous decision win but I guess Andre Ward proved me wrong, and that’s what I like the most being proved wrong, heads up to Andre he did [...]

By Peter Wells: Well I didn’t expect this at all, I fully believed that former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler would school the young inexperienced Andre Ward, but I admit I was wrong and give all credit to Ward for proving me wrong. Maybe Kessler was too padded fighting nobody’s since being [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis is picking WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) to be victorious tonight in his Super Six tourney bout against challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s). Lewis, who retired from boxing in 2003, said this to Sporten.dk: “Mikkel Kessler is naturally a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) is reportedly interested in facing World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye next year if the bout can be made. For this to happen, Hopkins will have to beat his next opponent Enrique Ornelas, who Hopkins will be facing on December 2nd.

By Jack Beynon: Now, I will never hide the fact that I am a Kessler fan. However, I am also not blinded by my support. So I figured, in light of recent articles, that I should submit my own, more objective, opinion to the site. Kessler vs. Ward; admittedly, before the Super Six competition came [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch is counting on WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler beating Andre Ward this Saturday night in their Super Six bout in Oakland, California. Froch, 32, has selfish reasons for wanting Kessler to win the fight, namely because Froch wants a shot at winning Kessler’s [...]

Picture credit: Team Sauerland – By Scott Gilfoid: There is now only six more days before the Super Six tournament clash between World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and challenger Andre Ward, and as the days draw nearer it feels like the end of a era is coming closer for the Danish Kessler.
Mikkel [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: On November 21st, World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) will be facing what will likely be the toughest opponent of his 11-year pro career in his Super Six tournament battle against unbeaten and untested American Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: There’s little over a week to go before the bout between the talented unbeaten American Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) and the aging World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in their Super Six tournament bout at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. And now that I’ve seen more of the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In only 10 more days, undefeated top American challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) will be taking part in his first fight in the Showtime Super Six tournament against World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) is a good fighter there’s no question about that, but he might be too basic to beat top rated American challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) in their Super Six bout on November 21st, at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. [...]

By Peter Wells: I’ve tried every single possibility to see how Ward can beat Kessler and I just can’t see it happening. I give Ward all respect he proved he had a good chin against banger Edison Miranda, but Mikkel is different, he is a boxer and much bigger than any of Andre’s previous opponents, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Mikkel Kessler’s time at the top has past and he’s now about to meet his better in the young 25-year-old Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) on November 21st at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California in their Super Six tournament fight. Kessler looked ripe for another loss in last fight against Gusmyr [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten American Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) fired off some salvos on last night’s Showtime bout, saying this about the 30-year-old Mikkel Kessler: “Right now, Mikkel Kessler is the man, but he’s a typical European fighter with a little flair. He has a little more special effects than most European fighters.” I [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: We already saw how one 30ish European fighter struggle against the lightning quick Andre Dirrell on October 17th, and now it looks like we’re about to see a duplication of that bout in the Super Six tournament fight next month between World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler is going to have to be at the top of his game if he plans on beating unbeaten super middleweight contender Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) next month on November 21st in their Super Six tournament fight at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Kessler looked [...]

By Dave Lahr: So far, the fighters that were predicted ahead of time to win have come out victorious in their fights this past weekend. In the case of Carl Froch, he won the fight with a high amount of controversy, but not matter. A win is a win, despite what some boxing fans might [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I don’t mind rewarding fighters for their past fights as far as ranking them, but when they’re inactive and looking poor in recent fights, I think it’s a good idea not to rank them so highly. I’m referring to World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s), who will [...]

By Nikolaj Ovesen: October 17th this year seems to be quite a bit more significant than it has been for many years. Why? Because it’s the start of a tournament, where six top boxers will go toe to toe with each other. On October 17th and November 21st, these six fighters will try to prove [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) goes into his November 21st Super Six tournament bout against 25-year-old challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’’s) as the favorite to win the Super Six tourney, and is expected to beat all the competition put in front of him. However, Kessler may have [...]

By Sean McDaniel: With only a month to go before the first part of the Super Six tournament begins, the build up for the fights between Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward, Carl Froch vs. Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham vs. Jermain Taylor are already starting to heat up. All of these fighters are hoping to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: On November 21st, Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) and World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) will be meeting the first part of the Super Six tournament at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. According to some, this bout will be matching the top two talents in the [...]

By Tom Stokes: Talk of the fighter least likely to succeed in the super middleweight super six tournament usually ends up with Carl Froch (25-0, 19 KO’s), the WBC champion who’s considered slow and less skilled than his competition, but what about Dirrell, Ward and Taylor, in my opinion these guys are the weakest link [...]

By Dave Lahr: The group 1 stage of the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic six-fighter tourney will start on October 17th, with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KO’s) fighting challenger Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KO’s) in Nottingham, England. In a different location on the same date, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) [...]

Photo: SE – By Jason Kim: In looking at the opening match-ups for Showtime’s six-man super middleweight tournament there appears on paper to be three evenly matched fights between the top fighters in the division. Absent unfortunately is IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, who would have no doubt had as much of a chance [...]