James Kirkland was an absolute power punching machine, landing an avg. of 54 power shots per round - FOUR TIMES THE 154-POUND AVERAGE.. Mandigo's 73 power shots landed in round four is a CompuBox 154-POUND RECORD. The game Glen Tapia landed 21 power shots per round- eight more than the wgt. class avg. They combined to land nearly 400 power punches in less than 16 minutes of action.
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NomadicMon Dec 9, 2013, 8:36 PM UTC
I guess you can call those power punches
BigZiggaMon Dec 9, 2013, 6:07 PM UTC
"American stoppage" breaks compubox record shocker.
And Froch-Groves was one of the worst stoppages in recent history....
ManOnTheMoonMon Dec 9, 2013, 5:02 PM UTC
Fight should of been stopped a lot sooner anyone could see that Tapia had nothing left much earlier. Only time fights should continue when guys are taking these beatings is when they show they still have some energy and have a chance to fight back. They let him keep fighting only cause they know Kirkland is chinny but that's not a good reason to keep him going.
djinfernoMon Dec 9, 2013, 4:29 PM UTC
shame on Tapia's corner 4 letting him go out 4 that last round & Smoger for his very slow stoppage, just trying to grab Kirk by an arm & not getting between them...watch the replay & he could have jumped in quicker & w/more decisiveness...
I agree but Kirk was beasting, he could of got hurt ...
parrish_dukeMon Dec 9, 2013, 3:01 PM UTC
James Kirkland is more than just a brawler for .He smothers you and grinds you into dust. I have an extensive fight collection and thanks to youtube I am able to get training footage / interviews / sparring etc.. and the amount of trash Tapia was talking was sad - no real respect and Kirkland would just say he was ready and that Tapia was gonna be a tough fight! The eye opener was that Kirkland has not fought in like 2 years so he was actually rusty as hell - the psychological oll he put on Tapia, at the start of every round he was being held back by smoger in the center of the ring ready to pounce on Tapia - Tapia was tagging him in the first minute of the fight - his sad corner just knew kirkland was going to get ko'd he threw quick rights between the gloves like Ishida did. But after the 4th when Tapia was about to go back in and his pathetic trainer said show them some bounce about 2 times and Tapia didn't and couldn't that should have let his trainer know that he could not continue - they thought kirkland was done and they also factored in the 2 year layoff - this a$$ whooping was yhe furthest from their minds
