Centro de Cancun, Cancun, Mexico - James Kirkland (30-1, 27KOs) stopped Alfredo Angulo (20-2, 17KOs) in the sixth round of a war. The fight was a WBC junior middleweight eliminator for a mandatory shot at the champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. In a sure fire round of the year, Kirkland was knocked down hard by a big right hand in the first thirty seconds of the first, and survived a wild swinging Angulo for nearly two minutes. Once Angulo punched himself out, Kirkland started battering Angulo, knocked him down, and nearly finished him off by the end of the first bell. After several more rounds of warfare, the referee jumped in as Kirkland punished Angulo against the ropes in the sixth.
Photo: Kirkland, Angulo Side By Side After The War
Comments
nycsmoothMon Nov 7, 2011, 1:04 PM UTC
Don't get the scoring that had Kirkland up by only 1 point...an authority needs to sit those judges down...
codeyMon Nov 7, 2011, 6:11 AM UTC
Angulo absorbed way to much punishment in the early rounds. kirkland is a strong dude! 26 Ko's Angulo should have used experience and pick his shots a bit smarter.
Hindsight_2010Mon Nov 7, 2011, 3:41 AM UTC
There's definitely something shady with that face.. damn. Guess what my homey who was working the fight told me was true. Kirkland is a cheating scumbag.
How was Kirkland cheating??? I think it was a great fight for both fighters...Kirkland was the one that had the better night. I think Kirk should stick with Wolfe...but Kirk could use some development of his jab...I mean if can get his jab in check, and sticks with Wolfe Kirk can be a real force in the 154lbs swimming pool.
Drunk_PunchMon Nov 7, 2011, 1:47 AM UTC
Angulo just shot his load in R1 and never got his legs back from the KD. Experience and conditioning could fix that, but with such an aggressive style he'd probably just do the same thing all over again.
Drunk_PunchMon Nov 7, 2011, 1:45 AM UTC
That's gonna hurt in the morning!
