Kessler-Ward

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) hasn’t even beaten his next opponent WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s), who the 32-year-old Kessler fights on April 14th at the Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark, and yet Kessler is already looking for excuse for why he can’t fight a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC/WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) recently dropped out of the Super Six tournament complaining about an eye problem. Kessler, 31, says he’s been having the eye problems since his brutal 11th round technical decision beat down at the hands of talented American Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Kalle Sauerland, who promotes World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s), says he has a “verbal agreement” for Kessler to fight the winner of the Super Six tournament, according to Skysports.com. Kessler, 31, had to drop out of the Super Six tournament on Thursday due to an [...]

Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Chris Williams: Super middleweight contender Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) has a simple explanation why Mikkel Kessler lost to Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) last November, saying “Here’s the problem: Mikkel Kessler is from Denmark. He speaks English. Ward speaks English. Kessler understands English.

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 to my [...]

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 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 [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: The fight between World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and unbeaten American challenger Andre Ward is now only hours away for their Super Six bout in Oakland, California. Ward, 25, is set to prove what I already know – that he is the better fighter and [...]

by Daniel Ciminera: So the fight is upon us, fight 3 of the super six tournament. Mikkel Kessler, the World Boxing Association champion, versus the relatively inexperienced American prospect, Andre Ward. As the old saying goes, “styles make fights”, and this is no exception.

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 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: Jan Sanders -By Scott Gilfoid: There are only four days to go before the Super Six tournament fight between American Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) and World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) meet up at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Yesterday, they participated in a public workout [...]

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 Glen Anglin: The upcoming Andre Ward – Mikkel Kessler Super Middleweight match looks to hold great promise for an exciting test of two top boxers. Both men are technically proficient and well trained. Kessler owns a title belt, and Ward is undefeated. Both are excellent offensive and defensive fighters. They have contrasting styles (which [...]

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: The general consensus seems to be that unbeaten American challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) will be too inexperienced and green for World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) in their Super Six tournament bout next month on November 21st, at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Boxing [...]

By Nikolaj Ovesen: According to Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Ricard Olsen who has been Kesslers trainer through most of his career, calls the fight against Andre Ward, the moral finale of the tournament. He was ringside at the super six premiers at Berlin and gave his thoughts on the Abraham/Taylor and Froch/Dirrell fights.

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) will really be tested by Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) in their November 21st Super Six tournament fight and Kessler, the Viking, may come up short against the talented 25-year-old Ward. Kessler, 30, missed almost a year of action while taking [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler has the bad luck of facing American Andre Ward in his first fight in the Super Six tournament next month on November 21st, at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. It’s a really tough match-up for the 30-year-old Kessler, coming at a bad time [...]

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 Williams Mackay: On November 21st, WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler will be facing American Andre Ward in the Super Six tournament at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. This could turn out to be one of the best match-ups of the entire Super Six tourney, because it pits too hard hitting fighters with [...]

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 Scott Gilfoid: Although Mikkel Kessler (41-1, 31 KO’s) has been picked by a number of boxing experts to win the Super Six tournament which starts in October, I don’t see it that way. I don’t think Kessler will be good enough to beat his first opponent, 2004 Olympic Gold medalist Andre Ward (19-0, 12 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]