Many have wondered what if Ali hadn't lost 3 years of his career to exile? What if Aaron Pryor, Pinklon Thomas, and Tony Ayala Jr. not gotten involved with drugs. What if Tyson hadn't gotten tagged for rape or Ike Ibeabuchi's absolute insanity not shown through and he go to jail? I think James Kirkland is about to lose a few or more years of his promising career to prison. There are fighters like this in every generation. Yet, no one learns. James, it was fun watching you fight, too bad we might not be seeing you anytime soon.
Tony Ayala wasn't really involved with drugs to my knowledge, he had alcohol problems and then raped his neighbor but Kirkland's story reminds me a little of Ayala's, right when he was about to make it big, he did something to **** it all up, both are from Texas too.