Everything about Mikkel Kessler totally explained
Mikkel Kessler (born
March 1 1979) is a
Danish professional
boxer. In his professional career he's a record of 39-1 and 29
knockouts.
Biography
Kessler was born on
March 1,
1979, to an English mother and Danish father. Kessler originally started campaigning as a
light middleweight and then
middleweight for the first 22 fights of his career. He won 16 of his first 22 fights by knockout (KO).
After 3 years and 22 fights, Kessler settled in the super middleweight division. Kessler continued his hard hitting streak, dispatching 6 of his first 7 opponents by KO, thereby improving his record to 29-0 with 22 KO.
On
November 29,
2002, Kessler fought for his first championship and defeated former
World Boxing Council super middleweight champion
Dingaan Thobela over twelve rounds to become
International Boxing Association champion. He gave up this belt to fight for the more recognized WBC International title on
April 11,
2003, versus
Craig Cummings. Kessler won by a knockout in the third round.
He defended his newly won crown on three occasions before finally hitting it big on
November 12,
2004. His stablemate,
Mads Larsen, another Danish World Class fighter, was set to challenge
Manny Siaca for the
World Boxing Association championship in
Copenhagen. Larsen was injured in training and Kessler took the fight on short notice, winning the title.
Kessler defended his title against
Anthony Mundine in
Sydney in
June 2005 and
Eric Lucas in January 2006.
On
October 14,
2006, Kessler was elevated to WBA "super champion" status after winning the WBC title in a unification battle against WBC World Champion
Markus Beyer, at the
Parken Stadium. He won by knockout at 2:58 in round 3.
Kessler defended his WBA/WBC titles on
March 24,
2007, at the Parken Stadium against WBC mandatory challenger
Librado Andrade. The fight was scored as a shutout (120-108) by all three judges.
Following the Andrade fight, Kessler made another open challenge to WBO super middleweight champion
Joe Calzaghe to fight for a unification of the titles.
Kessler then met fellow champion
Joe Calzaghe. The bout took place at Cardiff's
Millennium Stadium on
November 3,
2007, in front of over 50,000 fans (the largest indoor boxing event in European history) and was a unification bout for the
WBO/
WBA/
WBC/
Ring Magazine Super Middleweight titles. Kessler lost the unification bout via unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the fight: 117-111, 116-112, 116-112
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Kessler is currently pursuing a fight with
Anthony Mundine, who is currently ranked #2 challenger by
Ring magazine.
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