Kessler Hand injury?

[Laydown]

Kessler hand injury

[Rise Above]

Link doesn't work. I've always thought that the reason why these kind of stories come out is so the fighter can have an excuse if they lose. If you are injured and can still fight would you want your opponent to know your injured ?

[Clearly Cool]

This sucks if its serious.

[Laydown]

can you PM the link.

This sucks if its serious.

I have copy/paste it above.

it's from livefightdotcom

[jammerdk]

Didn't mention anything about a Hand injury on the livefeed this evening on TV:huh

I doubt it very much......

[Dano]

Link doesn't work. I've always thought that the reason why these kind of stories come out is so the fighter can have an excuse if they lose. If you are injured and can still fight would you want your opponent to know your injured ?

That was my first thought too, built in excuse.

"I'm not blaming the hand injury, but if my hand wasnt injured, I woulda won"

[nrgetic]

I hope this is a false report so both are in their best form and fitness

[DanePugilist]

I doubt the 100% truth in it. Its often like this - ie football - "XX is injured, and his participation in the upcoming blah blah is in jeopardy" - only to see him play with no difficulty.

I rate this as speculation. Maybe Kessler hasn't sparred in the last two weeks, but I think he is just restoring his body from the hard training so the speed will be optimum - coupled with the fact that risking injuries now would be very stupid to say the least.

[MancMexican]

Alternatively it's a psychological ploy to try and gain some small advantage and why not, because Kessler's going to need every straw to clutch he can get his (injured) hands on.

[FlatNose]

I'm wondering if ANY fighter goes into a fight 100%.People running on treadmills and lifting weights in gyms are injured all the time.Imagine what aches and pains boxers go through to get ready for big fights.Road running, sparring, hitting heavy bags, and geting pounded by 16 pound medicine balls are traumatic experiences.Winning fighters always seem to forget about their injuries while the losers have them ready when excuse time comes along.

[Melo]

Kessler has had hand injuries before, he has titanium in his hands because of it. So it wouldn't be surprising if he has had problems in sparring, but the fight is still on so one would assume that it isn't too much of a problem.

Besides Kessler fought with a broken/fractured rib against Beyer and had problems with his back against Mundine, so it won't be the first time he fights at less than 100 %

[HolgerD]

.......he has titanium in his hands..............


I certainly hope he has Titanium in his hands come Nov 3rd.:smoke

[Grant1]

I'm wondering if ANY fighter goes into a fight 100%.People running on treadmills and lifting weights in gyms are injured all the time.Imagine what aches and pains boxers go through to get ready for big fights.Road running, sparring, hitting heavy bags, and geting pounded by 16 pound medicine balls are traumatic experiences.Winning fighters always seem to forget about their injuries while the losers have them ready when excuse time comes along.

Joe Calzaghe is in great shape when ever he fights - makes you wonder what he could have acheived with good hands.

[Grant1]

Calzaghe still had yo lose 7lb and it is only 6 days left


By Alan Hubbard
Published: 28 October 2007
Joe Calzaghe has a fight on his sometimes fragile hands. His engagement with Denmark's Mikkel Kessler at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in the early hours of next Sunday – to unify the world super-middleweight championship – is tough enough, but he faces another battle in the coming week.

The 35-year-old Calzaghe pockets a couple of million pounds for his night shift, but it is the 7lb he must lose in as many days to scale under the 12st limit which weighs on his mind. "This could be harder than the fight itself," he admits. "I've been doing it for 13 years so I suppose I should be used to it. But it does not get any easier as you get older. These days I walk around at about 14 stone between fights so I have to starve myself, not eating or drinking what I like. But the leaner I get the meaner I get and the real hunger is in my heart, the desire to win this fight and be recognised as one of the greatest boxers in history."


In that article where does it say that he still has 7lb to lose ??

[Melo]

How much is 7lb?

[Laydown]

How much is 7lb?

aprox. 3 kilos

[Grant1]

Calzaghe doesn't have 7lb to lose so i wouldn't worry but it's around 3.2kgs.