News - Mikkel Kessler

Sports Network Promoter Frank Warren confirmed to Fightnews.com this evening that WBO/IBF Super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe will return to action at the MEN Arena in Manchester on October 14th. He stated, "Joe will return to the 20,000 MEN Arena in Manchester where he had his crowning night to beat Jeff Lacy in March for the unification of the WBO and IBF titles. We hope to announce the details of the opponent on Wednesday once the contract read more ...

Three-time WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer (34-2-1) of Germany could travel to Denmark on October 14th to face the unbeaten WBA titlelist Mikkel Kessler (37-0) at the Brøndby Hallen in Copenhagen. Beyer, coming off a technical draw against Sakio Bika, hopes to get a dominant victory over the unbeaten Kessler, who wants to add another belt to his collection and continue to clean up the division. "Boom Boom" Beyer, at 35 is eight years read more ...

Denmark (Ticker) - Mikkel Kessler retained his WBA super middleweight title Saturday night with a 10th-round technical knockout of former champion Eric Lucas. Defending his title for the second time and fighting before a partisan crowd at Brondby Arena, Kessler dominated the action as he punished Lucas, who once held the division's WBC belt. read more ...

The task is formidable for Eric Lucas this Saturday as he faces Mikkel Kessler for the WBA super-middleweight world championship. When asked who his opponent most resembles on former WBC champion Lucas resume, trainer Stephane Larouche described Kessler as a cross between Roy Jones and Fabrice Tiozzo. “He’s as big as Tiozzo and he’s also using that long range distance that he learned from amateur boxing,” says Larouche, talking of the two men read more ...

One boxing pundit has called him "the European Oscar de la Hoya." He is just 26 years old. He has blond good looks that makes the girls tipsy. And he certainly can fight. Guessed? He is WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler of Denmark (36-0, 27 KOs). Fightnews interviewed Kessler as he is getting set to defend his title against former champion Eric Lucas in Copenhagen on January 14th read more ...

WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (36-0) of Denmark retained the championship against Anthony Mundine (23-3) at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia tonight by unanimous twelve round decison. Scores were 116-112 Hubert Earle of Canada, 120-108 Hank Miers of the Netherlands and 117-113 Takeshi Shimakawa of Japan. Mundine surprised the champion by standing his ground in round one and exchanging solid combinations against the power punching Kessler... read more ...

Former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine is in for the toughest fight of his career when he challenges Mikkel Kessler WBA super middleweight champion Wednesday night at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia. Mundine stated. "Kessler will definitely be my strongest opponent. I'm predicting a victory. I'll do whatever is necessary..." read more ...

The WBA super middleweight world title fight between unbeaten champion Dane Mikkel "The Viking Warrior" Kessler (35-0, 27 KOs) and Australian Anthony Mundine (23-2, 18 KOs) is off. The bout, which was slated for May 11 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia, was scrapped after Kessler injured his back in training... read more ...