Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler watch back their incredible fight back 13 years on

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Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler watch back their incredible fight back 13 years on | What Went Down

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13 years on from their incredible super-middleweight unification fight, Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler reflect on how it felt going into the fight undefeated and what impact it had on their lives. #WhatWentDown
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@bobwebb1348 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best things about pro boxing - two guys who battled for 12 rounds sitting down "together" and talking through the experience with honesty and humour, love and respect. Love it.

@xxswag_drawzxx1989 4 жыл бұрын

And both elite fighters maximum respect for each other

@knockknock1246 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. It's pretty cool hearing what's on the mind at times before, during and after such an event. I can imagine the crowd and atmosphere as it was described too.

@comets00 4 жыл бұрын

there are just some people in life that are just great human beings, Mikkel Kessler is 1 of those guys

@jackwalsh8871 4 жыл бұрын

What about Calzaghe? 🤙🏻

@boxingmonthly 4 жыл бұрын

And couldn't give Ward any credit

@knockknock1246 4 жыл бұрын

@@jackwalsh8871 LMAO! This post made me laugh. What a great fight!

@dannyboy1779 4 жыл бұрын

@@knockknock1246 Bang on & good comment!! 👍

@comets00 4 жыл бұрын

@@jackwalsh8871 sorry, i agree, Calzaghe was a great champion

@freefall6696 4 жыл бұрын

Kessler - what a lovely fella. One of life's natural good guys. A gem and an all-round gentleman. Tough, independent, a loving father, family man. They don't come any better..🙏

@johnveitch7410 3 жыл бұрын

My dad.

@freefall6696 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnveitch7410 Lucky old son-of-a-gun! (as the yanks say) 😎

@zohairsaeed9167 2 жыл бұрын

Mikkel Kessler should be the standard of human being we should all aspire to be. What a champion man

@dougage1 4 жыл бұрын

Froch's house has been flooded with tears of bitterness watching this

@morpheus19 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@davidyule8555 4 жыл бұрын

80,000 tears 😜

@jeffwa8544 4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@davidpowell3010 4 жыл бұрын

Froch is a lemon calzaghe schools him hands down ATS the way Joe fought hands down e cudn slap against Mikkel cos e would of lost they hard punches ask eubanks

@frankzappa951 4 жыл бұрын

Careful , his brother frequents KZfaq comments!

@cjns5253 4 жыл бұрын

Greatest British boxer and the greatest Danish boxer

@cesarferreira2564 4 жыл бұрын

joe is the goat

@steffene5989 3 жыл бұрын

100%

@frenchgoldenboyfan 2 жыл бұрын

Right both legends of the sport we love !

@dg115 4 жыл бұрын

Joe's dad Enzo what a legend.

@KJJ8518 4 жыл бұрын

What a partnership they were. RIP Enzo.

@jackquack6352 3 жыл бұрын

Very underrated in the terms of best ever boxing trainer Trained two men into World Champions only trained a few too what a man, what a character. RIP Enzo, a great guy

@Carl-fp6xt 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta do one with lacy... astonishing it was.

@louduva9849 4 жыл бұрын

Lacy was garbage. Calzaghe beat scrubs.

@8888noodle 4 жыл бұрын

Lou Duva yeah. Hopkins, jones jnr, kessler and eubank were scrubs.....and don’t give me the “they were old” bs. Hopkins went on to fight for years after at championship level and reclaiming his light heavyweight title.

@robertbyrne592 4 жыл бұрын

@@8888noodle jones was old to be fair but it's not like calzaghe was in his prime either for that fight

@ateam137 4 жыл бұрын

That would be criminal to make Lacy relive that.

@bobsnbits2516 4 жыл бұрын

Jeff lacy was dubbed 'the middleweight mike tyson' at that time. Calzaghi broke is right hand in the 2nd round and won the rest of the fight using only his jab!!

@sbaddison 4 жыл бұрын

Watching Joe & Mikel on the Mr Calzaghe Blue Ray is brilliant. One of the best fights I’ve ever seen🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@ec7645 4 жыл бұрын

Calzaghe had an amazing engine

@jackquack6352 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Joe was simply relentless, a boxer who could do 15 rounds if needed

@emmadeeba2038 4 жыл бұрын

Joe Calzaghe is a true great! Absolutely top bloke! Very underrated boxer! Kessler is a top bloke too! I always say the best boxers don’t look boxers when they finish

@Queenwraith 4 жыл бұрын

Joe and Mikkel were and are two classy guys. Great to see they are good friends to this day.

@lukeaskew2568 4 жыл бұрын

that was a tidy program....looking forward to the next...joe and his dad ..hell of a team..

@comets00 4 жыл бұрын

Joe's dad is dead

@NangTalksBoxing 4 жыл бұрын

comets00 he knows he was stating that Joe and his dad were great together he was not trying to get them on a show

@mattwatkins7333 4 жыл бұрын

Both legends of the sport,,after this fight I was a Kessler fan through and through,,yes my man joe won the fight,,but Kessler has heart,and he is suck a likeable guy,,I think the whole uk like Kessler as a fighter

@NangTalksBoxing 4 жыл бұрын

Both gentlemen, really enjoying this series, watched the Haye ones too. Are there any more on their way?

@NangTalksBoxing 4 жыл бұрын

@BT Sport Boxing

@johnPeriv 4 жыл бұрын

Kessler my fav boxer!! Great champion and a gentelman!!

@JackRascal 4 жыл бұрын

That's so sad 41m in when Joe sees Enzo and just says "... dad..."

@terryhaircastle5702 4 жыл бұрын

Argh, is he not around anymore?

@bobsnbits2516 4 жыл бұрын

Two very classy guys. Boxing today should have more of the same. Ggg, pacman etc

@mattwatkins7333 4 жыл бұрын

Kessler,,what a warrior man,,joe,,what a legend man,

@frankzappa951 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Mr Enzo Calzaghe

@davidbailey4189 4 жыл бұрын

Two great champions and a credit to boxing. Take note AJ ,this is how a champion should behave instead of spreading racial bile and trying to stir up a race war !

@ukhhskank9710 4 жыл бұрын

What has aj done? I dont no whats happened please tell

@tobyplayzzz9654 4 жыл бұрын

ukhhSKANK absolutely nothing. This is one of the retarded Tyson fury fans that makes me ashamed to support him

@mattdevereux5940 4 жыл бұрын

this is class lads, doing this.

@redred2862 3 жыл бұрын

Joe's dad Enzo what a legend.

@SuneTheMairn 3 ай бұрын

I always try to come back to see these guys, both their fight together (and I mean together, and not against) but also, maybe even more, the mutual respect between these gentlemen. Yes gentlemen

@krishnam2297 4 жыл бұрын

2 absolute warriors!

@bremnersghost948 4 жыл бұрын

Record like Joe's and yet his Nose is pretty much Straight and barely a Scar, Best British Boxer IMO

@TeamAcXa 4 жыл бұрын

Resume is too weak im afraid!

@deanBORO 4 жыл бұрын

TeamAcXa he beat Kessler who was best in division apart from him 🙄 he unified the division ya crank

@TeamAcXa 4 жыл бұрын

@@deanBORO One name? Okay buddy....

@josephbuck7129 4 жыл бұрын

TeamAcXa Lacy, Eubank, Kessler, Hopkins, Jones......

@TeamAcXa 4 жыл бұрын

@@josephbuck7129 I only see one credible name there! Eubank hopkins and jones where past their best and lacy was a hype job. Theres a reason he don't get more credit because he didn't beat anyone apart from kessler!

@EdWoodson.45 3 жыл бұрын

I love the respect for each other!! Kessler was one of my favorites but Joe is second to none. Two of the best honorable men of the sport. Real class from true champions!! 🥊🎓👑

@hometruthshomie8688 4 жыл бұрын

BT Sport Boxing are smashing Sly Sports Boxing!

@GHOST-ig6bi 2 жыл бұрын

Calzaghe is the best fighter I have ever seen, personally speaking. Yes, I like, his style, it is appealing but nobody dominated their opponents the way this guy did. This guy didn't get tired, he got hungry!

@johnnymatteis3452 4 ай бұрын

I loved how Emanuel Steward said that Joe was in P4P best because no one ever questioned Steward for good reason, and he said this about JOE.....a fighter that was not from the states. Steward LOVED Joe.

@jeffkuzzen 2 жыл бұрын

love seeing the massive amount of mutual respect between these 2 legends

@jamesharland5137 4 жыл бұрын

Joe changing stances like a mma fighter ..someone do an in depth vid on calzaghe his style is incredeeblay

@mattinterweb 4 жыл бұрын

WHy doesn't Steve Bunce stop asking leading questions and ask good ones, such as asking kessler what he would have done different with hindsight, to win.

@AndrewG975 4 жыл бұрын

Bit awkward having Calzaghe and Warren together, Joe didn't seem to happy to see him!

@stockyguru 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@dannyboy1779 4 жыл бұрын

The Marquis would have liked these two athletes for their competitive spirits, class and gentleman like qualities.. A credit to boxing.

@alienj272 4 жыл бұрын

These kind of fights don’t happen anymore. The 90s was the best era for epic boxing matches. Legends

@DecoreHQ 4 жыл бұрын

This fight wasn't fought in the 90's but yeah, great fight.

@chrish559 4 жыл бұрын

Well done Bunce creating this series. To listen to my favourite boxers I followed talk of the fights. Magic absolute magic B.B Is froch v Kessler coming? Followed both and I would never now say who would win...joe or carl, just wish I could of seen that fight. In a sense different eras if thats a fair comment. And what I mean is I followed Joe....THEN Carl

@TheIkaraCult 2 жыл бұрын

It would be great to see Froch and Kessler do a similar thing. Both Calzaghe and Froch have immense respect for Kessler.

@frenchgoldenboyfan 2 жыл бұрын

I love both Calzaghe and Kessler, great fighters and great human beings..

@Dj-et6zf 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant this was.... the best British boxer ever

@mickthompson584 3 жыл бұрын

@john g NAH JOE GOT BEAT BY ROBIN REID.

@bigd1935 4 жыл бұрын

These are great ..a good in sight from the boxers round by round bt sports need more of these from other fights and boxers ... great idea

@MulMhmm 4 жыл бұрын

Top lads

@JC-ko1bp 4 жыл бұрын

Froch never beat kessler..... he was shot to bits by the time of that 2nd froth fight. looked awful

@robertg305 3 жыл бұрын

Round 12 was still my fave

@neiljamieson3298 3 жыл бұрын

Glad Steve bunce is doing this with joe as joe calzaghe never got the recognition he deserved when he was boxing .Simply coz he is not english . One of the best fighters ever from the uk .

@RichCwm 2 жыл бұрын

he's welsh

@AG-nz9pz 4 жыл бұрын

Has anyone ever asked kessler who he thought would've won between calzaghe vs froch and calzaghe vs ward? I personally think he would've outworked both and got a points decision. I also would have loved to see a froch vs kessler 3 decider as the first 2 were classics.

@flexefelux13 2 жыл бұрын

dunno about ward, but he said he thougt jow would take it over 12 r decision over froch

@garyw1971 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos guys 👊👊👊❤

@billy2rivers1 4 жыл бұрын

Joe a great fighter.

@allancox651 4 жыл бұрын

I was visiting Dominican Republic and had to change flights in JFK Airport in New York...they asked where I was from because of my accent I told them South Wales UK...they then asked about Joe Calzaghe and if I knew him...was so surprised and made me realise he was respected for his achievements over there, and what topped it off the customs official was a woman that asked me. Well done Joe in flying the flag for Wales and UK over there IN YOUR SPORT :-)

@JACKINBENCAP 4 жыл бұрын

Top bloke Kessler

@jawadhussain4232 4 жыл бұрын

great content

@swagbag1835 Жыл бұрын

Mikkel seems a great guy.

@bfighter8930 4 жыл бұрын

Joe Calzaghe the great!!!!!

@jacklawrence6284 Жыл бұрын

What was Calzaghe’s entrance music

@realvids2955 4 жыл бұрын

I hope Joe is ok, it’s looks slightly I’ll in that video. Hope he is not depressed due to his parents dying, and back on the gear.

@samcampbell5286 2 жыл бұрын

Do the Roy Jones Jr one

@gavinblackford7273 3 жыл бұрын

Kessler is a great role model for humanity

@anthonydillon151 4 жыл бұрын

I might be biased,but super joe best ever super middleweight in modern era,and I no about the eights before anyone starts,skills win fights joe and sugar ray Leonard for me then Roy jones.maybe hagler hearns😂😂😂

@jackquack6352 3 жыл бұрын

Calzaghe unbeaten and surely the best British boxer, would have beaten Froch. Kessler a warrior comes anywhere to fight

@mattwatkins7333 4 жыл бұрын

I bet this was a bit weird,after frank took Calzaghe to court,,lol

@cesarferreira2564 4 жыл бұрын

Joe Calzaghe GOAT

@reno11558 4 жыл бұрын

Cesar Ferreira agreed

@BjarkeRasmussen_NexGenPerform 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta do one with Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner😂 “yall know I beat that boy!”😂

@sasfunc6170 4 жыл бұрын

Wonder what his hands feel like today. Hopefully good after these years of rest.

@stevenlamb2142 4 жыл бұрын

Two top men! Froch is a bellend!

@djcranium1210 4 жыл бұрын

Kessler looks like josh warringtons older brother

@vantheman1238 9 ай бұрын

Kessler is a great man and boxer. Kessler was treated disgracefully by referee Jack Reese who did not disqualify Andre Ward who headbutted Kessler “accidentally five times”. Ward a cheat who used low blows and elbows against Kessler.

@cloudy7292 4 жыл бұрын

Hi BT. I'm available for work to write your KZfaq video titles in correct English.

@Smoking_Joe 4 жыл бұрын

Has he been on the bizzo?

@thesweeneysweeney2404 4 жыл бұрын

Yah man

@terencelane3081 4 жыл бұрын

Steve bunce he's the best . top man.

@TB..... 4 жыл бұрын

Carl and 15 close chums voted this down.

@unitedstatesofavalon6760 2 жыл бұрын

No need for Warren to be invited.. Bunce is flipping clueless sometimes..

@christineseldon3979 4 жыл бұрын

Knighthood overdue

@performancesperformances2053 4 жыл бұрын

Judging by Kesslers face he would rather forget it haha, he lost his 2 world titles, if there was dans in boxing Calzaghe would be dan 9 and kessler dan 2 or something, was just more advanced with knowledge of boxing he knows more and knows how to prepare better for bouts.

@Khaos969 4 жыл бұрын

Calzaghe looks like a vampire

@stockyguru 4 жыл бұрын

Probaly Aries rising

@anthonydillon151 4 жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me a better p4p fighter from Britain than super joe.

@boxingmonthly 4 жыл бұрын

Lewis

@keepsafeandsound6722 3 жыл бұрын

I can't 👌

@scotty2036 2 жыл бұрын

Kessler hasn't changed much....Joe looks like hes ready for a old people's home 🤣

@ewweg 2 жыл бұрын

There is a reason why vikings never successfully invaded Wales, but everything around it, and its the same reason Romans never successfully invaded Denmark. And thanks to that we have the 2 worst languages in all of Europe.

@johnsmith-wx5fb 4 жыл бұрын

Joe looks very different? I dont mean aging.

@mickthompson584 3 жыл бұрын

Should have fought Froch and Ward to be considered a great.

@jsd5670 3 жыл бұрын

I wish bunce would stop shouting

@jketcham9004 4 жыл бұрын

Would like to see Eubank fight review. Fury has watched his Wilder fight m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gd9zYLCoudWypXU.html

@kungpowmike9799 4 жыл бұрын

i love how people say joes the best..but he’s boxing record isn’t the best really.. he had 46 fights and he’s best opponents were.. a past it Chris Eubank who Retired the the following year.. Jeff Lacy, Mikkel Kessler, a 43 year old Bernard Hopkins and a 39 year old Roy Jones Jr.. other British fighters have beaten better more opponents.. But credit to joe he did have fast hands but yeah.

@aljenx829 4 жыл бұрын

Eubank had 2 wars with Cruiserweight Thompson after the Calzaghe fight, Hopkins destroyed Pavlik, Kessler was undeafeated. Credit to the man best Super Middleweight along with Ward.

@johnjames1235 4 жыл бұрын

@@aljenx829 much better than ward. Way way way too busy for ward to deal with at any point of his career. I don't get why he gets the negativity. I see it from the Americans he went out and beat 2 legends with bad hands in his very last 2 fights and they don't like it so they say Roy and bhop were passed it and would have should have could have beaten him otherwise. They were older and past prime but so was Joe. And they were still there and they were still beat by him. It's the bits negativity I don't get. He's the best ever brit. One of few fighters around the world to retire undefeated. A true champion with how many defenses? Plus unifications? Plus moving up in weight going to the u.s and beating 2 legends of the sport. His record is lit. Give him his credit.

@johnjames1235 4 жыл бұрын

What other brittish fighter have beaten more or better opponents than calzaghe?

@tommyboy.9246 4 жыл бұрын

John James not even Hatton managed to do it and he’s at the top of the list for best British fighters Naz didn’t do it got beat in America Froch came close

@tommyboy.9246 4 жыл бұрын

John James with the right mindset and people round him I reckon billy joe could finish with a very good record But can’t see it happening

@leescammell9988 4 жыл бұрын

Calzaghe clearly far bigger than Kessler, Rawling. Looked a division larger.

@whyaretheleftsobrainwashed4366 4 жыл бұрын

Is it me or does Joe. Look. Like he's had 1 to many late nights on.the Charlie looking a bit rough

@johnsmith-wx5fb 4 жыл бұрын

I wrote the same

@jahedulhoque7703 4 жыл бұрын

Froch would have smashed his back door down Would have left him gaping

@tedspoonboxing8837 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible? Bit of a stretch.

@madeiracake1537 4 жыл бұрын

Calzaghe's only credible win against a fighter in his prime but lets not forget it was a Home Win, he never gave a rematch & never fought in Denmark 😊

@chiefbrodyrobertson2950 4 жыл бұрын

Calzaghes only credible win? Eubank not at his peak still a formidable opponent. Byron Mitchell Charles brewer,Ritchie woodall,Robin reid all ex world champions some recently at the time. Seika who beat a prime glen Johnson Johnson destroyed by calzaghe. Jeff lacy undefeated and a ibf champion destroyed by calzaghe. Sakio bika who would go on to give ward one of his hardest fights. Calzaghe would also go to America and fight in a new weight division and beat Hopkins. Hopkins would go on to destroy pavlik and also win the light heavyweight belt again. Calzaghe is a all time great

@johnjames1235 4 жыл бұрын

@@chiefbrodyrobertson2950 don't forget when he bounced his brittle hands off Roy's face chasing a wounded rabbit round the ring in his last fight. Roy gets his credit and respect tho don't he. Does my head in they put Roy and Hopkins on a higher pedastool than Joe and why? For what reason? 😂

@eddielopez5913 4 жыл бұрын

HE FIGHT OLD FIGHTERS PASS THERE PRIME

@anthonyrowe6101 4 жыл бұрын

Joe looking like hes been partying to much looks Ill

@redred2862 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best things about pro boxing - two guys who battled for 12 rounds sitting down "together" and talking through the experience with honesty and humour, love and respect. Love it.