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KESSLER ROUTS MAGEE IN DENMARK
Mikkel Kessler TKO3 Brian Magee Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KOs) gained the WBA super middleweight title with a third-round destruction of Brian Magee (36-5-1, 25 KOs). (The WBA recently stripped the title from Karoly Balszay). Fighting in front of a boisterous crowd of 10,127 in Herning, Denmark, the Viking Warrior sent his opponent down in the second round with a huge right to the solar plexus. Kessler followed it up and scored another knockdown – only for the bell to save the champion. Kessler kept landing in the third, and when Magee went down from a body shot again, the referee waved the bout off. “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.” source: sauerland event
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