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BOXNEWS Fight Mikkel Kessler W TKO 10 (12) Eric Lucas

Fight Mikkel Kessler W TKO 10 (12) Eric Lucas

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Boxers Denmark Mikkel Kessler [36-0-0, 27]
Canada Eric Lucas [38-6-3, 14]
Weight division Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
Title WBA Title,
Date 14 January 2006, Sat
Location Denmark Denmark, Copenhagen, Brondby Hallen

News: Fight Mikkel Kessler -VS- Eric Lucas

Kessler retains WBA super middleweight title 15 Jan 2006 17:00

Kessler retains WBA super middleweight title

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 ...
Lucas set for title challenge 13 Jan 2006 15:19

Lucas set for title challenge

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 ...
Q&A: Mikkel Kessler! 11 Jan 2006 15:03

Q&A: Mikkel Kessler!

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 ...