Kirkland Pleads Guilty, To Be Sentenced on 9/23

[Kalion]

The bad thing is his offense happened in Texas. Im from Houston and ive have a couple of run in with the law. Texas law isnt like anyother state, especially for people like him that violate probation. Id like to see him get one of those sweet deals like celebs such as T.I. got, but the fact that he didnt even bail out shows me hes proably gonna do a stretch. I hate to say it but he may end up doin 10+ and saying he was already on probation for Aggravated Robbery which is punishable by 5-99 in Texas. Add that to the fact his violation was also weapons related and he had a previous incident also involving a weapon hell proably get his probation revoked and resentenced on his inital charges and have the sentence run concurrent. This really maybe the end of his career which would be a god awful shame.

[lcheezy]

he deserves whatever they give him. he had it made in boxing to be a convicted felon and he threw it all away.how freakin ******. now he can box in prison for free. i try to hold back judgement when i can but this is just plain owe idiocy if thats a word.

[Iceta]

This is a shame because Kirkland in my view was the real deal when you look at the other line up of fighters. He was one of the few guys that was calling out Paul Williams for a fight. And Williams lost a little bit of respect from me for blowing off the challenge and saying Kirkland wasn't deserving enough. It was a little bit understable though. I admit Kirkland was probably no angel outside of the ring, but he had the right attitude when it came to fighting who was put in front of him, and he seemed like the kind of guy that wouldn't use politics to duck fighters like Berto and Juan Ma are doing.

[talip bin osman]

James Kirkland pleaded guilty last week to a charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, according to court documents. [details]

what a waste of prime years...

[Southpaw16]

Well Mr Kirkland, you want to be a gangster, here you go. You will now be sentenced and treated like a gangster, enjoy.

He knew the consequences, knew the legal system, just decided to keep buying guns and to keep living that lifestyle. It's hard to have sympathy on somebody who simply doesn't want to be a decent member of society.

If a convicted armed robber is walking around with firearms it's good he was caught before he ended up shooting somebody.

[skullduggery]

man i hate these dumbass dudes on this site that say **** like" well he wants to be a thug"..... u all sound like ignorant white trash that would be terrified if ur car broke down in the "hood"

[Kalion]

Well Mr Kirkland, you want to be a gangster, here you go. You will now be sentenced and treated like a gangster, enjoy.

He knew the consequences, knew the legal system, just decided to keep buying guns and to keep living that lifestyle. It's hard to have sympathy on somebody who simply doesn't want to be a decent member of society.

If a convicted armed robber is walking around with firearms it's good he was caught before he ended up shooting somebody.

Being from Texas and having visited the area which Kirkland grew up in and still lived during his professional career for the most part. I could understand why he would need to have a weapon. Also James grew up fighting, hes a local legend for knocking out a many a people and alot of times for good reasons. He was a "livin street legend". I dont know what type of money he made and if that was the reason he didnt leave the area he grew up in but I really think if he had he wouldnt have been in the situation hes in today. Im not making any excuses for anything he did, im just saying he lived in a tough area and there were people who could have wanted him injured or killed. So it wouldnt be surprising if he needed a gun for protection. I just wish someone in his managment would have seen this and removed him from this enviroment.

[vrodz]

Sky was the lmit for this kid, to bad this happened. Probably has killed his boxing career IMO. I really wanted to see him fight the likes of Paul Williams, Daniel Santos maybe even Kelly Pavlik. Looks like all that is down the drain.

[UnifiedD]

The bad thing is his offense happened in Texas. Im from Houston and ive have a couple of run in with the law. Texas law isnt like anyother state, especially for people like him that violate probation. Id like to see him get one of those sweet deals like celebs such as T.I. got, but the fact that he didnt even bail out shows me hes proably gonna do a stretch. I hate to say it but he may end up doin 10+ and saying he was already on probation for Aggravated Robbery which is punishable by 5-99 in Texas. Add that to the fact his violation was also weapons related and he had a previous incident also involving a weapon hell proably get his probation revoked and resentenced on his inital charges and have the sentence run concurrent. This really maybe the end of his career which would be a god awful shame.

Inside sources told me he will get minimum 18months

[-EX-]

I'd be shocked if he did under 5 years...unless he has some info to snitch on certain ppl...

He's a felon and was on probation...he really ***ed himself...