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An inside source tells BoxingScene.com that former super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler is looking at a possible move to light heavyweight division. Kessler had been scheduled to face Edison Miranda in a ten-round super middleweight contest on May 24 with Showtime televising, but after both sides reached an agreement for the fight - Kessler's camp pulled out without warning.
Kessler's withdrawal is said to be strategically timed with the recent retirement of WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green. Green announced his retirement on Easter Sunday and made it official the next day.
With Green hanging up the gloves, the WBA title becomes vacant. Green was scheduled to defend the title against mandatory challenger Hugo Garay of Argentina on April 27. From what BoxingScene was told, Kessler will move up to 175-pounds, receive a decent enough ranking from the WBA to fight Garay for the vacant title. A win would position Kessler for numerous bouts in what is becoming a loaded division with Antonio Tarver, Clinton Woods, Chad Dawson, Joe Calzaghe, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr., Glen Johnson and Felix Trinidad in the mix.
An inside source tells BoxingScene.com that former super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler is looking at a possible move to light heavyweight division. Kessler had been scheduled to face Edison Miranda in a ten-round super middleweight contest on May 24 with Showtime televising, but after both sides reached an agreement for the fight - Kessler's camp pulled out without warning.
Kessler's withdrawal is said to be strategically timed with the recent retirement of WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green. Green announced his retirement on Easter Sunday and made it official the next day.
With Green hanging up the gloves, the WBA title becomes vacant. Green was scheduled to defend the title against mandatory challenger Hugo Garay of Argentina on April 27. From what BoxingScene was told, Kessler will move up to 175-pounds, receive a decent enough ranking from the WBA to fight Garay for the vacant title. A win would position Kessler for numerous bouts in what is becoming a loaded division with Antonio Tarver, Clinton Woods, Chad Dawson, Joe Calzaghe, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr., Glen Johnson and Felix Trinidad in the mix.