Mikkel Kessler
| Mikkel Kessler | |
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Kessler in 2010
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| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | Viking Warrior |
| Rated at | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Reach | 188 cm (74 in) |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Born |
1 March 1979 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 49 |
| Wins | 46 |
| Wins by KO | 35 |
| Losses | 3 |
Mikkel Kessler (born 1 March 1979) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2013. He is a four-time super-middleweight world champion, having held the WBA title three times between 2004 and 2013, and the WBC title twice, from 2006 to 2007, and in 2010.
Kessler was born to a Danish father and an English mother, Ann, who hails from Salisbury, Wiltshire. He began his vocation early, training in boxing gyms at age 13.
Kessler competed five years as an amateur (2/93-1/98). He finished his amateur career with a record of 44 wins and three losses. He won the 1995 European Cadet (15-16 age group) Championship, 1996 and 1997 Danish Junior Championships, the 1996 Nordic Amateur Championship, and in his last amateur bout won the 1998 Zealand International Tournament after stopping all 3 of his opponents.
Kessler originally campaigned as a light middleweight and then middleweight for the first 22 fights of his career. He won 16 of his first 22 fights by knockout (KO).
After 3 years and 22 fights, Kessler settled in the super middleweight division. Kessler continued his hard hitting streak, dispatching 6 of his first 7 opponents by KO, thereby improving his record to 29–0 with 22 KO.
On 29 November 2002, Kessler fought for his first championship and defeated former WBC Super Middleweight Champion Dingaan Thobela over twelve rounds to become the International Boxing Association Champion. He gave up this belt to fight for the more recognized WBC International title on 11 April 2003, versus Craig Cummings. Kessler won by a knockout in the third round.
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