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Total Fights | 49 |
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Wins | 46 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KOs | 7 |
KO Wins | 35 |
KO Losses | 0 |
WBA | WBC |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 15 years and two months, Mikkel Kessler fought 49 times with 46 wins and 3 losses.
Kessler retired from professional boxing with a record of 46-3, which included one world-championship elevation, five world-title wins, and five successful title defense fights at the super-middleweight weight division. He had a 71.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 35 of his total 49 fights being knockout wins, seven of which were in title fights. Kessler never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Carl Froch on May 25, 2013. Kessler lost the super-middleweight WBA (Regular) title to Froch in this fight.
Some of Kessler's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Carl Froch, Brian Magee, Gusmyr Perdomo, Danilo Haussler, Mehdi Bouadla, Librado Andrade, and Allan Green.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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49 | May 25, 2013 | 34 | Carl Froch | Loss * | UD |
48 | Dec 8, 2012 | 33 | Brian Magee | Win * | TKO3 |
47 | May 19, 2012 | 33 | Allan Green | Win | KO4 |
46 | Jun 4, 2011 | 32 | Mehdi Bouadla | Win | TKO6 |
45 | Apr 24, 2010 | 31 | Carl Froch | Win * | UD |
44 | Nov 21, 2009 | 30 | Andre Ward | Loss * | TD |
43 | Sep 12, 2009 | 30 | Gusmyr Perdomo | Win * | TKO4 |
42 | Oct 25, 2008 | 29 | Danilo Haussler | Win * | KO3 |
41 | Jun 21, 2008 | 29 | Dimitri Sartison | Win * | KO12 |
40 | Nov 3, 2007 | 28 | Joe Calzaghe | Loss * | UD |
39 | Mar 24, 2007 | 28 | Librado Andrade | Win * | UD |
38 | Oct 14, 2006 | 27 | Markus Beyer | Win * | KO3 |
37 | Jan 14, 2006 | 26 | Eric Lucas | Win * | TKO10 |
36 | Jun 8, 2005 | 26 | Anthony Mundine | Win * | UD |
35 | Nov 12, 2004 | 25 | Manny Siaca | Win * | RTD7 |
34 | Jun 11, 2004 | 25 | Andre Thysse | Win | TKO11 |
33 | Mar 13, 2004 | 25 | Julio CĂ©sar Green | Win | KO1 |
32 | Oct 24, 2003 | 24 | Henry Porras | Win | TKO9 |
31 | Apr 11, 2003 | 24 | Craig Cummings | Win | KO3 |
30 | Nov 29, 2002 | 23 | Dingaan Thobela | Win | UD |
29 | Nov 8, 2002 | 23 | Dean Williams | Win | KO1 |
28 | Oct 4, 2002 | 23 | Gerard Zdziarski | Win | TKO8 |
27 | May 24, 2002 | 23 | Orlando Javier Acuna | Win | RTD6 |
26 | Mar 15, 2002 | 23 | Arthur Allen | Win | TKO6 |
25 | Feb 8, 2002 | 22 | Manny Sobral | Win | RTD4 |
24 | Nov 16, 2001 | 22 | Fernando Hernández | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Oct 13, 2001 | 22 | David Mendez | Win | UD |
22 | Apr 27, 2001 | 22 | Rodrigues Moungo | Win | KO4 |
21 | Mar 9, 2001 | 22 | Miguel Julio | Win | KO3 |
20 | Feb 9, 2001 | 21 | Patrick Rubes | Win | KO2 |
19 | Sep 1, 2000 | 21 | Tony Menefee | Win | TKO6 |
18 | Apr 28, 2000 | 21 | Kevin Hall | Win | KO2 |
17 | Mar 31, 2000 | 21 | Tom Younan | Win | KO3 |
16 | Mar 4, 2000 | 21 | Israel Ponce | Win | KO2 |
15 | Feb 18, 2000 | 20 | Charles Whittaker | Win | KO3 |
14 | Jan 14, 2000 | 20 | Sidney Mxoli Msutu | Win | UD |
13 | May 4, 1999 | 20 | Jean Paul D'Alessandro | Win | UD |
12 | Apr 16, 1999 | 20 | Jose Maquina Rojas | Win | KO2 |
11 | Mar 19, 1999 | 20 | Alejandro De Leon | Win | UD |
10 | Feb 12, 1999 | 19 | Jaime Balboa | Win | KO6 |
9 | Nov 27, 1998 | 19 | Dean Martin | Win | UD |
8 | Nov 6, 1998 | 19 | Anthony Ivory | Win | UD |
7 | Oct 16, 1998 | 19 | Edwin Murillo | Win | KO2 |
6 | Sep 18, 1998 | 19 | Sammy Sparkman | Win | KO1 |
5 | Sep 4, 1998 | 19 | Terry Clark | Win | KO1 |
4 | Jun 5, 1998 | 19 | Rick Stockton | Win | KO1 |
3 | May 1, 1998 | 19 | Alex Lubo | Win | UD |
2 | Apr 3, 1998 | 19 | Michael Corleone | Win | TKO3 |
1 | Mar 20, 1998 | 19 | Kelly Mays | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Mikkel Kessler (Viking Warrior) is a 45-year old retired Danish professional boxer. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 1, 1979. He is a former super-middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years — from 1998 to 2013.
Kessler made his professional boxing debut against Kelly Mays at the age of 19 on March 20, 1998, defeating Mays via 1st round KO. He went on to win 38 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 28 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on November 12, 2004 after 34 professional fights, against Manny Siaca for the super-middleweight WBA title. He defeated Siaca via 7th round RTD to become the super-middleweight champion of the world.
Kessler has won five world titles at super-middleweight. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Kessler's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Kessler had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a super-middleweight title unification bout against British boxer Carl Froch on May 25, 2013. Kessler lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision — and lost his WBA (Regular) title. It's been 10 years, 10 months, and 3 days since this fight.
Kessler had a total of 13 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and five successful title defenses. He won 10 of these fights and lost three.
Mikkel Kessler fought for super-middleweight world titles in eight fights and won five of these fights, four of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won five super-middleweight belts. He was elevated as world champion once, by WBC.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 8, 2012 | Brian Magee | Super-middleweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Apr 24, 2010 | Carl Froch | Super-middleweight | WBC | UD |
Jun 21, 2008 | Dimitri Sartison | Super-middleweight | WBA* | KO |
Oct 14, 2006 | Markus Beyer | Super-middleweight | WBA (Super)* | KO |
Nov 12, 2004 | Manny Siaca | Super-middleweight | WBA | RTD |
Mikkel Kessler had eight super-middleweight world-title defense fights. He won five of them and lost three times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 12, 2009 | Gusmyr Perdomo | Super-middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Oct 25, 2008 | Danilo Haussler | Super-middleweight | WBA | KO |
Mar 24, 2007 | Librado Andrade | Super-middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC | UD |
Jan 14, 2006 | Eric Lucas | Super-middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Jun 8, 2005 | Anthony Mundine | Super-middleweight | WBA | UD |
Mikkel Kessler lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of four titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 25, 2013 | Carl Froch | Super-middleweight | WBA (Regular) | UD |
Nov 21, 2009 | Andre Ward | Super-middleweight | WBA | TD |
Nov 3, 2007 | Joe Calzaghe | Super-middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC | UD |
Kessler fought a total of 49 times during his professional career, which includes 13 world-title fights at the super-middleweight division. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
November 12, 2004: Kessler wins his first world title by defeating Manny Siaca via 7th round RTD. He is now the WBA super-middleweight world champion.
March 24, 2007: Kessler successfully defends the WBA (Super) and WBC super-middleweight titles against Librado Andrade, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
October 25, 2008: Kessler successfully defends the WBA super-middleweight title against Danilo Haussler, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
September 12, 2009: Kessler successfully defends the WBA super-middleweight title against Gusmyr Perdomo, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
April 24, 2010: Kessler wins the WBC super-middleweight title from Carl Froch, by beating Froch via 12 round unanimous decision.
May 19, 2012: Mikkel Kessler beats Allan Green via 4th round KO.
December 8, 2012: Kessler wins the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title from Brian Magee, by beating Magee via 3rd round TKO.
Kessler knocked out 35 of his 49 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 71.4%. Of his total 46 wins, 35 of them were via KO (76.1%).
Kessler's first world-title win was the WBA belt at super-middleweight. He defeated Manny Siaca via 7 round RTD to win the title.
Kessler won five world titles at super-middleweight.
Kessler had a total of eight title defense fights. He was successful five times and lost three times.