Mikkel Kessler : biography

Kessler vs. Green

In 2012, Kessler moved up in weight class to light heavyweight. In May 2012, he fought Allan Green for the vacant WBC Silver Light Heavyweight title. Kessler won via knockout in the fourth round.

Kessler vs. Magee

Late in 2012, Kessler went up against Brian Magee Northern Ireland for the WBA Supermiddle Weight Title. Two times in the 2nd round Brian Magee went to the floor after hard bodyshots from Kessler, and 24 seconds in the third round it was allover, when Kessler landed another hard bodyshot to Brian Magee.

Kessler vs. Froch II

On 15 January 2013, it was announced that a rematch between Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch was going to take place on 25 May 2013 at The O2 Arena in London. There will be two belts on the line, Kessler’s WBA- and Froch’s IBF title. Kessler won the last showdown between the two boxers, in Herning, Denmark. That time Froch was an undefeated WBC title holder, and they were both fighting in the Super Six World Boxing Classic. The faced each other at stage 2, after Kessler lost his first fight against Andre Ward, and Froch won a close fought contest against Andre Dirrell.

Froch defeated Kessler by unanimous decision on 25 May 2013, by 118-110 116-112 115-113 as he controlled Kessler with his jab for large parts of the fight. Kessler caught Froch with a big right hand in the 11th round to wobble him, but it was too late in the fight.

Afterwards Froch challenged Kessler to a third fight. Kalle Saurland has commented that Kessler has one more fight in him. Kessler has talked about dropping a weight class. It is unknown if Kessler wil fight again.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|46 Wins (35 knockouts, 11 decisions), 3 Losses (0 knockouts, 3 decisions), 0 Draws. Retrieved 2012-12-10. |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;" | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res. | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location | style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes |- align=center |Loss |46–3 |align=left| Carl Froch |UD | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |46–2 |align=left| Brian Magee |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |45–2 |align=left| Allan Green |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||44–2||align=left| Mehdi Bouadla |TKO|||| |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |43–2 |align=left| Carl Froch |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |42–2 |align=left| Andre Ward |TD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |42–1 |align=left| Gusmyr Perdomo |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |41–1 |align=left| Danilo Haussler |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |40–1 |align=left| Dimitri Sartison |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Loss |39–1 |align=left| Joe Calzaghe |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |39–0 |align=left| Librado Andrade |UD | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |38–0 |align=left| Markus Beyer |KO | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win |37–0 |align=left| Eric Lucas |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |36–0 |align=left| Anthony Mundine |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |35–0 |align=left| Manny Siaca |RTD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |34–0 |align=left| Andre Thysse |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |33–0 |align=left| Julio Cesar Green |KO|| | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |32–0 |align=left| Henry Porras |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win |31–0 |align=left| Craig Cummings |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||30–0||align=left| Dingaan Thobela |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||29–0||align=left| Dean Williams |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||28–0 |align=left| Gerard Zdziarski |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||27–0 |align=left| Orlando Javier Acuna |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||26–0 |align=left| Arthur Allen |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||25–0 |align=left| Manny Sobral |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||24–0 |align=left| Fernando Hernández |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||23–0 |align=left| David Mendez |UD | | |align=left| |align=left| |- align=center |Win||22–0 |align=left| Rodrigues Moungo |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||21–0 |align=left| Miguel Julio |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||20–0 |align=left| Patrick Rubes |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||19–0 |align=left| Tony Menefee |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||18–0 |align=left| Kevin Hall |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||17–0 |align=left| Tom Younan |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||16–0 |align=left| Israel Ponce |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||15–0 |align=left| Charles Whittaker |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||14–0 |align=left| Sidney Mxoli Msutu |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||13–0 |align=left| Jean Paul D’Alessandro |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||12–0 |align=left| Jose Maquina Rojas |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||11–0 |align=left| Alejandro De Leon |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||10–0 |align=left| Jaime Balboa |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||9–0 |align=left| Dean Martin |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||8–0 |align=left| Anthony Ivory |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||7–0 |align=left| Edwin Murillo |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||6–0 |align=left| Sammy Sparkman |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||5–0 |align=left| Terry Clark |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||4–0 |align=left| Rick Stockton |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||3–0 |align=left| Alex Lubo |UD | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||2–0 |align=left| Michael Corleone |TKO | | |align=left|{} |align=left| |- align=center |Win||1–0 |align=left| Kelly Mays |KO | | |align=left|{} |align=left|