Has anyone ever been exposed as bad as Kirkland was against Ishida?

He went on and beat Angulo a few months later. I consider that his biggest win. His trouble outside the ring ruined him tho.I meant it in terms of kirkland losing his aura.

Andrew Fonfara vs Joe Smith Jr

Mike jones??????

Seth Mitchell????????

Ishida beat an undefeated kirkland in a much more impressive fashion than canelo did. That says something. And ggg stopped ishida in 3.

Whathisface on here tried to warn us that Ishida was going to be a tough customer for Kirkland, but yeah I watched that **** on the Boxing Guru stream i think. Was that on the Morales/Maidana card?..... man I was going nuts when little homie KTFO Kirkland, incredible upset. And he parlayed that into three big fights (Williams, Golovkin, Pirog) that probably turned his whole life upside down. Gotta go watch that Kirkland KO now....lol little homie? ishida is a big dude who has fought at heavyweight.

Morrison / Bentt

Whathisface on here tried to warn us that Ishida was going to be a tough customer for Kirkland, but yeah I watched that **** on the Boxing Guru stream i think. Was that on the Morales/Maidana card?..... man I was going nuts when little homie KTFO Kirkland, incredible upset. And he parlayed that into three big fights (Williams, Golovkin, Pirog) that probably turned his whole life upside down. Gotta go watch that Kirkland KO now....

I suppose Tyson-Douglas as well...

that was the end of kirkland right there. he's also an idiot outside the ring turning down good fights and going to prison.

I hate the terminology exposed, its such a crappy term for so many reasons. You can usually tell when a fighter has someones number as in this case they celebrate when dropping someone as they know the plan is working rather than them dropping them per se. TheLacy one sticks out to me too. Every man and dog thought he'd blitz JC and how very differently that turned out. Before Prescott there were a few signs of vulnerability with Khan.

I agree with the OP, Kirkland was built to be a monster and Ishida was a laughable opponent that was supposed to be a 1-2 KO with Kirkland going on his Tyson-like way. In fairness to James, Ishida went on to go the distance with Paul Williams then Dmitry Pirog, and I think he beat Canelo's brother just prior. But people in the know like Gabe Montoya were pointing out that Kirkland had a questionable chin before hand. I guess Shawn Porter iced James in sparring post Anne Wolfe/pre-Ishida. Kirkland was still an offensive juggernaut, I won some good money on him beating Angulo. Still think Wolfe gets too much credit with her training style. Yeah it kept James disciplined, but it also burned him out mentally and physically. Throw Kirkland in the same boat as Bute & Khan. Great offensive abilities, but weak durability. Khan losing to Presscott exposed him quit a bit.

Wow, getting rocked and dropped = "I'm just going to throw only lead rights at 0.0005 mph until something works out"

Not even close. Calzaghe was actually a great fighter. Have another. Broner.

wasnt ishida fighting at heavyweight in his last few fights? :lol1: at least thats a good exuse for kirkland...he wasnt with ann wolfe doe/ KO'd by a heavyweight doe

Forrest/Mosley and Jones/Barrera, in both cases the great fighter was handily defeated twice by the unheralded fighter.

The answer is yes. Lacy. Not even close. Calzaghe was actually a great fighter.

The answer is yes. Lacy.