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Kessler camp calls out Calzaghe

24/05/2007

Super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler has Joe Calzaghe running scared, according to the Dane's promoter.

Mogens Palle, who represents the WBA and WBC title holder, claims that Frank Warren, his counterpart in the Welshman's camp, has reneged on an offer to bring the pair together for a September meeting.

"Warren's proposal was $5 million, but when we met last week in London his offer had suddenly fallen to $3 million," he said.

Kessler has an impressive unbeaten record that features 39 wins and 29 knockouts, but it is thought that Warren and Calzaghe would both prefer a more lucrative bout against American middleweight Jermain Taylor.

"Kessler is a good fighter. Frank has been talking to his promoter over the last few days, trying to do something with him but I think that fight may be six months or more down the road. Kessler is not a big name in America," the WBO champion said.

"He has had a couple of good wins but in his last fight he beat Markus Bayer, who was shot. We can go down the Kessler road but Taylor is the one for me."

Although Taylor won a split decision over Corey Spinks last weekend, it is thought that US network television may have moved fellow American Kelly Pavlik ahead of Calzaghe in the queue to take on the Little Rock fighter.

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