Three-time world champion Mikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KOs) has signed an
early contract extension with Team Sauerland until 2014. “I look forward
to continuing our successful cooperation,” Kessler said. “It has been
great to work with Wilfried, Kalle and Nisse Sauerland. I owe it to my
fantastic fans to prove myself against the world´s best boxers and
thanks to Team Sauerland, I can do just that. They have big plans for me
and that suits me well.”
The Viking Warrior has been fighting under the Sauerland promotional
banner ever since September 2009 when a TKO victory over mandatory WBA
Super-Middleweight Title challenger Gusmyr Perdomo set the stage for the
Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament. “In the past three years, we
have been through a lot – inside and outside the ring,” Kalle Sauerland
said. “The excitement of the Super Six tournament, the shocking defeat
in Oakland against Andre Ward, the epic comeback victory over previously
unbeaten Carl Froch, the injury setbacks and last but not least the
impressive destruction of Allan Green in Copenhagen – all this has
formed a very special bond between us. We will now carefully plan the
next steps to make sure Mikkel will be remembered as one of the biggest
fighters in the history of boxing. He already ranks up there with the
all-time greats but in the next fights he can build his very own legacy,
a legacy that will be remembered not just in Denmark, Europe or America
but all over the world. The sky is the limit for the Viking Warrior!”
Details about Kessler´s next fight will be announced in due time as
“negotiations are currently under way”, according to Sauerland.