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Mogens Palle sues Showtime over Mikkel Kessler
Danish promoter Mogens Palle is suing Showtime for influencing Mikkel Kessler to leave his company and sign with German promoter Sauerland Event, the AP reports: The complaint was filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. It claims Showtime was unwilling to work with promoter Mogens Palle in...
Mikkel Kessler officially signs with Sauerland, Showtime tourney a go
Sauerland Event sent out a press release today, making official their rumored signing of super middleweight titlist Mikkel Kessler, a move that Kalle Sauerland told reporters makes the Showtime 168-pound tournament good to go. Sauerland says his new star is headed to the United States for the July...
Is Mogens Palle Trying to Ruin Mikkel Kessler's Career?
For the past few years, there have been reports of strife between Danish promotional bigwig Mogens Palle and his cash cow, Mikkel Kessler. It appears that this conflict has finally come to a head. According to Ekstra Bladet (link in Danish), Kessler's taking Palle to court in order to get out of...
Re-examining the Kessler-Miranda fiasco
Last month, in a "Boxing's 15 Biggest Losers of 2008" piece I put together, I had Danish super middleweight Mikkel Kessler ranked ninth. I said, in short, that it wasn't really his fault. He's a talented fighter -- we all know that. He gave Joe Calzaghe arguably the toughest fight of his career....
Hall of Fame weekend approaches
Bad Left Hook simply wants to again recognize and congratulate the upcoming inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY. This weekend is the big one! LARRY HOLMES 69-6 career record, 44 knockouts. Only knocked out once, by Mike Tyson in 1988. A great and often...
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