Comments on: TBCB Predicts: 11-21-09 Super Middleweight Tournament http://theboxingmagazine.com/2009/11/21/title-bout-predicts-11-21-2009-super-middleweight-tournament/ Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MikeHanson http://theboxingmagazine.com/2009/11/21/title-bout-predicts-11-21-2009-super-middleweight-tournament/comment-page-1/#comment-78 MikeHanson Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:30:59 +0000 http://theboxingmagazine.com/?p=262#comment-78 Didn't have time to do this one and it hurts because I would have picked Ward and gotten back one on the computer! Didn’t have time to do this one and it hurts because I would have picked Ward and gotten back one on the computer!

]]> By: don cogswell http://theboxingmagazine.com/2009/11/21/title-bout-predicts-11-21-2009-super-middleweight-tournament/comment-page-1/#comment-76 don cogswell Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:28:18 +0000 http://theboxingmagazine.com/?p=262#comment-76 Well, you win some and you lose some. It looked like Ward fought the best fight he was capable of, and Kessler may have been revealed as a bit less than thought. He deserves a lower CF, especially against a boxer, with a lower PL to match. Ward is concomitantly a bit better- not by much, but a little in CF and PL. Well, you win some and you lose some. It looked like Ward fought the best fight he was capable of, and Kessler may have been revealed as a bit less than thought. He deserves a lower CF, especially against a boxer, with a lower PL to match. Ward is concomitantly a bit better- not by much, but a little in CF and PL.

]]> By: Steve Manning http://theboxingmagazine.com/2009/11/21/title-bout-predicts-11-21-2009-super-middleweight-tournament/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Steve Manning Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:50:14 +0000 http://theboxingmagazine.com/?p=262#comment-74 I like the simulation concept for picking the winner of a fight because it removes all emotion from the equation. Each fighter is rated in dozens of areas and the fight is played out round by round. In this case, I think the Ward's best chance is to build an early lead because Kessler will probably get stronger as the fight goes on. I like the simulation concept for picking the winner of a fight because it removes all emotion from the equation. Each fighter is rated in dozens of areas and the fight is played out round by round.

In this case, I think the Ward’s best chance is to build an early lead because Kessler will probably get stronger as the fight goes on.

]]> By: don cogswell http://theboxingmagazine.com/2009/11/21/title-bout-predicts-11-21-2009-super-middleweight-tournament/comment-page-1/#comment-73 don cogswell Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:29:57 +0000 http://theboxingmagazine.com/?p=262#comment-73 Kessler vs Ward. While I think the spread between their respective CFs is a bit too generous, the nature of the contest, and the individual fighters, is well portrayed in TB. A talented, left-handed boxer, with no power, versus a fundamentally solid boxer/puncher, with a decent punch. Overestimating Kessler seems in vogue- after all, he got slapped to death by Calzaghe, so this is a bit of a mystery to me. TB calls out a 3-5 point win for the German. Ward, despite keeping things close, can never put a high teens/low twenties round on Kessler, like Kessler can on Ward. I’ll go with TB on a comfortable, second half pull-away UD for Kessler. (the talk about Ward not being “tough enough” is ridiculous. This question is never asked of heavy-handed fighters- regardless of their character.) Ward will get a reprieve against a shot Taylor. Kessler vs Ward. While I think the spread between their respective CFs is a bit too generous, the nature of the contest, and the individual fighters, is well portrayed in TB. A talented, left-handed boxer, with no power, versus a fundamentally solid boxer/puncher, with a decent punch. Overestimating Kessler seems in vogue- after all, he got slapped to death by Calzaghe, so this is a bit of a mystery to me. TB calls out a 3-5 point win for the German. Ward, despite keeping things close, can never put a high teens/low twenties round on Kessler, like Kessler can on Ward. I’ll go with TB on a comfortable, second half pull-away UD for Kessler. (the talk about Ward not being “tough enough” is ridiculous. This question is never asked of heavy-handed fighters- regardless of their character.) Ward will get a reprieve against a shot Taylor.

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