James Kirkland's loss to Ishida: Fluke or not?

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  • Troav
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    #11
    Kirkland might of took him a little too lightly. Either way it was no fluke, he was getting rocked. Whatever happened to Ishida? I wanted to see more of this guy...

    Also, I'll be surprised if Kirkland beats Angulo. That fight is gonna tell us what we need to know, so we'll see.
    Last edited by Troav; 11-01-2011, 06:39 AM.

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    • Dirk Diggler UK
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      #12
      No fluke. Kirkland was a KO waiting to happen. Didnt think it would be Ishida who did it. But Kirkland has been rocked in all his significant fights. Both pre and post jail. His style is just an invitation to get KTFO.

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      • SkillspayBills
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        #13
        He took him lightly. Heck he didn't think of him whatsoever. Plus you could tell he probably didn't train as hard as he should have. Ann Wolfe would NEVER let him come in unprepared.

        Some guy asked Ann Wolfe "How you are you trying to improve James' punch resistence since the Ishida fight"
        Ann Wolfe "4,5,6,7,8,9,10 people whooping his ass."

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        • STREET CLEANER
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          #14
          Kirkland has been down and hurt before a few times before this. His chin is supspect. No fluke here

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          • junior gong
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            #15
            No fluke, Kirkland's chin has never looked that solid to me and it certainly wasnt a lucky punch, he just didnt bother with defense.

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            • TintaBoricua
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              #16
              Originally posted by Cuauhtli.
              well he sounded fucked up when he asked cortez why he stopped it. He was obviously hurt.
              You know what's funny about all this? If Córtez had decided to stop the fight when Márquez was down the third time in the 1st round against Pacquiao, he'd probably be considered a bum today.

              Córtez was well within his rights of stopping it, but he didn't...and look what we got for a gem of a fight.

              I'm not saying Kirkland was going to put on a master fight following those three knockdowns, but he didn't look as though, "Oh, my God! Please stop the fight!"

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              • Leohappy
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                #17
                he did the same mistake khan did against prescott. after being knocked down, he immediately jumped into more punches. i notice many boxers do this mistake.

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                • VERDUGO
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                  #18
                  common now .
                  Kirkland has as exciting style
                  very entertaining to watch BUT he just wasn't THAT good.
                  The guy has no defense at all.

                  Kirkland was the fluke!
                  Last edited by VERDUGO; 11-01-2011, 09:30 AM.

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                  • Eaner0919
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                    #19
                    he didn't train all that well in LV but this was no fluke he got hit, couldn't recover, and they rightfully stopped it

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                    • waxfondler
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                      #20
                      plain and simple, he overlooked ishida... how else could a pillow-fisted japanese fighter KO kirkland (not like he has an iron chin anyway)?

                      ishida's combos & angles put james in check...

                      im sure kirkland/angulo will be CLASSIC

                      i really hoping james can get it together... hope he doesnt turn out like an edison miranda.

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