Mikkel Kessler

Career, Record, Stats
Mikkel Kessler

Mikkel Kessler (Viking Warrior) is a 45-year-old retired Danish professional boxer. He is a former super-middleweight world champion with 5 world-title wins and a world-championship elevation. In a career spanning 15 years, 2 months, and 5 days, Kessler amassed a record of 46-3, which includes 35 wins via KO, 7 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Mikkel Kessler's Boxing Career

Mikkel Kessler was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 1, 1979. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on March 20, 1998 against Kelly Mays. Kessler defeated Mays via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Kessler became a world champion at the age of 25 after 34 professional fights. He challenged Manny Siaca for the WBA super-middleweight title and stopped the champion in the 7th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the WBC super-middleweight world title as well.

Kessler's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Carl Froch at age 34, on May 25, 2013, in which he lost his WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title in a unification bout.

Some of Mikkel Kessler's best fights have been against Carl Froch (HOFer), Brian Magee, Librado Andrade, Anthony Mundine, Dingaan Thobela, Allan Green, and Julio César Green. For a complete list of Kessler's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Mikkel Kessler".

Kessler has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Mikkel Kessler Losses".

Mikkel Kessler's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
49
May 25, 2013 34 Carl Froch Carl Froch 35 30-2
loss
UD
12
48
Aug 12, 2012 33 Brian Magee Brian Magee 37 36-4-1
win
TKO
3
47
May 19, 2012 33 Allan Green Allan Green 32 31-3
win
KO
4
46
Jun 04, 2011 32 generic fighter pic Mehdi Bouadla
win
TKO
6
45
Apr 24, 2010 31 Carl Froch Carl Froch 32 26-0
win
UD
12
44
Nov 21, 2009 30 Andre Ward Andre Ward 25 20-0
loss
TD
11
43
Sep 12, 2009 30 generic fighter pic Gusmyr Perdomo
win
TKO
4
42
Oct 25, 2008 29 generic fighter pic Danilo Haussler
win
KO
3
41
Jun 21, 2008 29 generic fighter pic Dimitri Sartison
win
KO
12
40
Nov 03, 2007 28 Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe 35 43-0
loss
UD
12
39
Mar 24, 2007 28 Librado Andrade Librado Andrade 28 24-0
win
UD
12
38
Oct 14, 2006 27 generic fighter pic Markus Beyer
win
KO
3
37
Jan 14, 2006 26 generic fighter pic Eric Lucas
win
TKO
10
36
Jun 08, 2005 26 Anthony Mundine Anthony Mundine 30 23-2
win
UD
12
35
Nov 12, 2004 25 generic fighter pic Manny Siaca
win
RTD
7
34
Jun 11, 2004 25 generic fighter pic Andre Thysse
win
TKO
11
33
Mar 13, 2004 25 Julio César Green Julio César Green 36 26-5-1
win
KO
1
32
Oct 24, 2003 24 generic fighter pic Henry Porras
win
TKO
9
31
Apr 11, 2003 24 generic fighter pic Craig Cummings
win
KO
3
30
Nov 29, 2002 23 Dingaan Thobela Dingaan Thobela 36 20-9-1
win
UD
12
29
Nov 08, 2002 23 generic fighter pic Dean Williams
win
KO
1
28
Oct 04, 2002 23 generic fighter pic Gerard Zdziarski
win
TKO
8
27
May 24, 2002 23 generic fighter pic Orlando Javier Acuna
win
RTD
6
26
Mar 15, 2002 23 generic fighter pic Arthur Allen
win
TKO
6
25
Feb 08, 2002 22 generic fighter pic Manny Sobral
win
RTD
4
24
Nov 16, 2001 22 generic fighter pic Fernando Hernández
win
TKO
2
23
Oct 13, 2001 22 generic fighter pic David Mendez
win
UD
6
22
Apr 27, 2001 22 generic fighter pic Rodrigues Moungo
win
KO
4
21
Mar 09, 2001 22 generic fighter pic Miguel Julio
win
KO
3
20
Feb 09, 2001 21 generic fighter pic Patrick Rubes
win
KO
2
19
Sep 01, 2000 21 generic fighter pic Tony Menefee
win
TKO
6
18
Apr 28, 2000 21 generic fighter pic Kevin Hall
win
KO
2
17
Mar 31, 2000 21 generic fighter pic Tom Younan
win
KO
3
16
Mar 04, 2000 21 generic fighter pic Israel Ponce
win
KO
2
15
Feb 18, 2000 20 generic fighter pic Charles Whittaker
win
KO
3
14
Jan 14, 2000 20 generic fighter pic Sidney Mxoli Msutu
win
UD
6
13
May 04, 1999 20 generic fighter pic Jean Paul D'Alessandro
win
UD
6
12
Apr 16, 1999 20 generic fighter pic Jose Maquina Rojas
win
KO
2
11
Mar 19, 1999 20 generic fighter pic Alejandro De Leon
win
UD
6
10
Feb 12, 1999 19 generic fighter pic Jaime Balboa
win
KO
6
9
Nov 27, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Dean Martin
win
UD
6
8
Nov 06, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Anthony Ivory
win
UD
6
7
Oct 16, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Edwin Murillo
win
KO
2
6
Sep 18, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Sammy Sparkman
win
KO
1
5
Sep 04, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Terry Clark
win
KO
1
4
Jun 05, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Rick Stockton
win
KO
1
3
May 01, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Alex Lubo
win
UD
4
2
Apr 03, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Michael Corleone
win
TKO
3
1
Mar 20, 1998 19 generic fighter pic Kelly Mays
win
KO
1
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