Calm down Kirkland looked as bad as Angulo

[4Corners]

Kirkland still just took out one of the most feared fighters in boxing. Angulo was no joke. And people want to say that "Oh...Angulo was gassed after 2 minutes in the 1st"...fine. Kirkland still stood in there and survived and KO'd Angulo.

Lara is the best fighter at 154, in my honest opinion. Kirkland fits right in there with the top 154 lb fighters. Kirkland, Lara, Alvarez, Cotto, Trout, etc.

Give credit where credit is due. Kirkland still looked good. It just tells you how tough Angulo is that he stood in there and survived rounds 2-5 taking about 35-40 punches a round from Kirkland.

[Derranged]

People are going a little OTT with the Kirkland hype now. I do think you have to factor in that Angulo was destroying him and then completely gassed out, he was a dead man walking after that. A re-match would be spectacular, even better than tonight's.

Still, James did what he needed to and it's undoubtedly a great win.

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