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Terrific fight.

Calzaghe is such a quick slick slippery fighter. I had it 8-4 Calzaghe.

Gave the last round even, 117-113 in total for me.

Calzaghe should nickname himself 'The Chameleon' due to his ability to adapt to different styles.

shot wrote:round 12 10-9 Kessler

115-114 Kessler


Even fight but i doubt Kessler will get the nod.

i thought 7-5 or 8-4 to calzaghe.

6-6 at a push.

calzaghe did enuff.

kessler fought well.

Shame, always got the feeling Kessler had the fight there for him but was a little bit too one paced in the end. Kessler lost it when he forced the fight, he was at his best when he feinted and let Calzaghe lead off to counter.

Joe has the best stamina in boxing at 35

eat your heart out

i had it 117-116 but that flatters kessler. zags deserves it. great performance.

steve689 wrote:Shame, always got the feeling Kessler had the fight there for him but was a little bit too one paced in the end.

Robo-Kessler just didn't have enough, by the sounds of it.

steve689 wrote:Shame, always got the feeling Kessler had the fight there for him but was a little bit too one paced in the end.

yeah he just couldn't up it earlier could he.

good 12th.

too little too late though.

kessler done himself proud.

calzaghe was excellent though.

he was posed some serious problems there.

I have it 116-112 Calzaghe. Too fast, too fluid and too southpaw. He won me over again, like with the Lacy fight.

Take my hat off to him. He's beaten both his main rivals, when the era of super middles came to life.

How can Joe be so good some nights and so bad others? How can he take those shortcuts in opposition and then come out superb in top company?

Kessler is still an excellent boxer and I thought he had Joe with those right uppercuts early. Style was all wrong for the Dane

Scores were about right. Joe adapted.

and now the post fight setanta interview... more cliches then you can shake a stick at

shot wrote:round 12 10-9 Kessler

115-114 Kessler


Even fight but i doubt Kessler will get the nod.

I was with you until about the 8th but then you lost the plot!

shot wrote:round 12 10-9 Kessler

115-114 Kessler


Even fight but i doubt Kessler will get the nod.

If you can find one person who saw the same fight as you I'll be impressed. Even Kessler knew he didn't win it - simply congratulated Calzaghe at the end and didn't try and raise his own hands. He got outboxed in too many rounds as he was spending too much time trying to land the big right.
However, I've got nothing but huge respect for Kessler - he walked the walk and went for broke in the 12th. He'll come back from this a better fighter.

Yes he looked a little bit European when all was said and done. Don't think it was the performance of the lifetime, Calzaghe just did a great job of defusing Kessler's strengths. Full credit to him, the only reason i have ever criticised Calzaghe is because he was beating bums when we knew he had these type of wins in him. Well done he fully deserved his victory.

Calzaghe 7 - 4, one even - 117 - 113

Kessler a formidable opponent, young, strong, good boxer.

Joe's superior skill speed and huile won him the fight.

Joe should call it a day now. He's done it all.

Fat Gav wrote:i had it 117-116 but that flatters kessler. zags deserves it. great performance.

Your scoring is fucked up, how many even rounds you have?!!!

Autobarn wrote:Scores were about right. Joe adapted.

You're right. That was the key to the whole fight. Calzaghe also proved that chin beyond doubt after question marks were raised in the wake of the Salem and Mitchell knockdowns. He soaked up some huge shots and kept on coming...

Goz wrote:

shot wrote:round 12 10-9 Kessler

115-114 Kessler


Even fight but i doubt Kessler will get the nod.

I was with you until about the 8th but then you lost the plot!

I will try to watch them again tomorrow. With a little less alcohol.

Here we go motormouth Enzo is given the mic.

I have never heard Joe give so much credit to an opponent, Kessler must have been good he even admitted he was hurt at the end.

No arguments now, Joe is a legend.

An all time great and the best fighter we've seen out of the UK in years. Maybe ever.

And please don't mention the great pretender Sven Ottke anymore. It's getting embarassing.

"One of the best Boxers ever to grace the sport"

Setanta start the hyperbole.

boxrec wrote:Someone please knock out calzaghe, i used to like his fighting style. But now its so frustrating! Throw nothing punches like a machine gun, but when he's hit he clinches and hits you in the back of the head... If Kessler was faster, he could have won.

But he wasn't... so he didn't.

If I had bionic legs I'd be the fastest man in the world... but I don't.

shot wrote:

Goz wrote:

shot wrote:round 12 10-9 Kessler

115-114 Kessler


Even fight but i doubt Kessler will get the nod.

I was with you until about the 8th but then you lost the plot!

I will try to watch them again tomorrow. With a little less alcohol.

Calzaghe is so reliable. At times it looked like he was going to neglect the jab when things got tough, but he always went back to it.

boxrec wrote:

If Kessler was faster, he could have won.

Very true and if he was better than Joe he would have won also!

If he knocked out Joe he would have won also!

BUT KESSLER LOST - SO - NA NA NA NA NA!

I would like to add: RØV!!!