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In a unification world title fight, Joe Calzaghe (The Pride of Wales) and Mikkel Kessler (Viking Warrior) put their super-middleweight belts on the line. Calzaghe brings the WBO and The Ring belts. Kessler brings the WBA (Super) and WBC belts. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
IBF | WBO | TheRing |
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sMD w1 d1 | sMD w1 d20 | sMD w1 d2 |
WBA | WBC |
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sMD w2 d3 | sMD e1 d1 |
This fight between Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler took place on at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.
At 185 cm, Mikkel Kessler is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Joe Calzaghe is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Kessler also has reach advantage of 3 cms over Calzaghe's 185 cm. On top of that, Kessler also has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Calzaghe.
Calzaghe is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 43-0 (32 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 27 days ago against Peter Manfredo Jr., which he won via 3rd round TKO.
Kessler also comes in with an undefeated record of 39-0 (29 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 10 days ago against Librado Andrade, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Joe Calzaghe fights out of the southpaw stance, while Mikkel Kessler fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Calzaghe will be 35 years and 7 months old. Kessler will be 28 years and 8 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 58-42 in favor of Joe Calzaghe. Here is the prediction for Calzaghe vs Kessler.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Mikkel Kessler via 12 round UD to win the WBA (Super) and WBC super-middleweight titles and retain the WBO and The Ring super-middleweight titles. Kessler's undefeated record of 39 wins comes to an end, and Calzaghe advances his win streak to 44. Calzaghe is now 44-0, and Kessler 39-1.