On August 12, 2012, Mikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KOs) gets a shot at the super-middleweight WBA (Regular) title held by Brian Magee (36-4-1, 25 KOs).
Brian Magee is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over Rudy Markussen, 5 months and 25 days ago. Mikkel Kessler is on a 3-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Allan Green, 2 months and 24 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Mikkel Kessler at 99-1 winning odds. Brian Magee really doesn't have much to present against Kessler.
Mikkel Kessler made easy work of Brian Magee, stopping the champion via TKO in the 3rd. Kessler improves his record to 46-2 (35 KOs), while Magee adds a loss to his record at 36-5-1.