By Ryan Burton
Junior middleweight contender Ishe Smith wants to let the world know he wants to be James Kirkland's opponent when Kirkland returns to the ring for he first time after serving his prison stint. Smith told BoxingScene.com, "my advisor Ray Campbell called me and asked what I thought about fighting James Kirkland and I told him let's do this."
Kirkland is tentatively scheduled to return to the ring on November 6th in Austin, Texas on an HBO doubleheader that may also include Robert Guerrero. Golden Boy is currently looking for opponents for Kirkland and Guerrero. Smith reasoned, "I want to go back to 154 and Kirkland needs to get some rounds in. Sounds like a perfect fit to me."
Smith has recently fought competitive bouts with Fernando Guerrero and Danny
Jacobs. Smith would give the heavy handed Kirkland rounds which is what he needs
to shake off the ring rust.
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