Mikkel Kessler proved to he is still a threat to anyone in the super-middleweight divison after a 3 round demolition of Brian Magee in Denmark last night. Magee got caught with a big right hand to the body in the second round which sent him to the canvas and struggled to recover with Kessler going in for the kill. Taking lots of punishment in the 3rd Magee went down again and the ref called a halt to the action.
“It feels great to be champion again,” Kessler said. “We planned to go to the body and it worked very well. I am back at the very top, I am ready for everybody out there at super-middleweight.”
Magee praised Kessler afterwards. “He is a great champion and he deserved to win today. I never recovered from the first knock-down, which was a huge shot from him. I tried my best but couldn’t beat Kessler tonight. Congratulations to him.”
The victory gives Kessler plenty of options. “This is another great win for Mikkel,” promoter Kalle Sauerland said. “2012 was a big year for the Viking Warrior. First he destroyed Allan Green with huge left, now he stopped the reigning WBA champion with his right to the body. We will now carefully plan the next steps. There are a lot of great fights to be made.”
