Mikkel Kessler stops Perdomo!

At the MCH Messecenter Herning, Herning, Denmark 30 year old danish fighter Mikkel “the Viking Warrior” Kessler(42W-1L-32KO’s) from Copenhagen, Denmark faught 33 year old #1WBA mandatory challenger Venezuelan southpaw -Gusmyr ” Azucar Torpedo” Perdomo(16W-3L-10KO’s) from La guaira, Venezuela in a 12 round fight for the WBA supermiddleweight title..
Mikkel Kessler who came into this fight risking his belt with a tune-up prior to participating in the highly anticipated Super Six middleweight tournament being hosted by the great boxing network Showtime in the USA.
Mikkel kessler ended the fight inside 4 rounds in th highly watched european fight wich drew high numbers with a phenomenal peak market share of 72 percent. 1.645.000 viewers watched the clash on TV2 during its peak, with an average of 1.342.000 fans (58,2 percent) tuning in between 21:55 and 22.35. to show what a huge fan following Kessler draws in his country and beyond.
Mikkel Kessler who has only one loss to the welsh boxing great Joe Calzaghe back in 11-3-2007. Kessler stalked his opponent with patience allowing Perdomo to expend energy and miss  his punchesthe first 2 rounds. In the third round Kessler picked up his work rate while being rallied by the huge partisan crowd in attendance and landed an left-right combo catching Perdomo on the shoulder with the last punch sending him to the canvas for a scored knockdown. Inthe fourth Kessler went in for the kill swarming and th Referee Russel Mora stepped in at 0:56 of the fourth round.
Mikkel Kessler will now face Andre Ward in Group Stage 1 of the celebrated Super Six World Boxing Classic, Nov. 21 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, USA for Kessler’s WBA world title.

Official Verdict: Mikkel “the Viking Warrior” Kessler winner by way of K.O

Mikkel Kessler:
(onthe fight) =    “He(Perdomo) came out strong in the first couple of rounds”, I couldn’t figure him out so I made a plan in the third to go forward and put pressure on him and that worked”.

(on the tournament) =    “I am looking forward to the Super Six (World Boxing Classic). It’s a dream come true for us all. Ward is a great fighter. I have deep respect for him. He’s a tough guy and a nice guy also. I met him. I think we are going to have a hard fight. I am going to show him I am the best. I am the world champ.”