Comments Thread For: Disappointment: Kirkland Not Injured, Wants More Money

[TaurusJ27]

Watch Kirkland's camp deny the money issue and come up with some other reason for not taking the fight.

[chiguy91]

if he really is still injured than he shouldn't have taken the fight. then again, the fight isn't until september so he maybe he has enough time to be ready? who knows. that said, he really is pricing himself out. what has been kirkland's biggest paycheck yet? i say james forgets the alvarez 9/15 fight for now and tries to get a fight with k9 signed for november, if he plans to take a tune up before it or something. snatching a title would catch alvarez' attention after september. all i know is, no one is trying to fight lara, haha.

[Mr. Philadel]

read the la times article where kirkland himself talks about what's going on, don't listen to promoters and managers.

kirkland is saying he's not 100% and for that he's not willing to fight. he said however everyone has their price and he'd fight canelo for like $2+ million dollars, he said he'd risk losing because of an injury for that kind of money, otherwise hell take his time and hopefully fight Canelo next year.

to suggest kirkland is scared of Canelo is silly since he willingly took two title eliminator fights to get canelo. Canelo is who he's been chasing this whole time.

bottom line is he's not 100% and that's that. Canelo will probably fight Trout and kirkland will take a tune up later in the year.

imo he's smart. he shouldn't go into the biggest and most challenging fight of his career coming off shoulder surgery.

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@ the THOUGHT of Kirk being scared of the Cinnamon kid...c'mon man, get REALLY REAL!!!

[Mr. Philadel]

He's a Hopkins fan. Why are you trying to have a rational discussion with an insane person?

[whoseyourdaddy]

I am talking about the fact that GBP and Oscar knows Alvarez is not that good of a fighter yet so they are looking for WINNABLE MATCH UPS FOR HIM! and I would not be shocked if they fixed fights for him, people fight this guy and all of a sudden they act as if they are afraid to throw punches

sorry...NOT BUYING THE CANELO HYPE!

and by the way that is not to defend Kirkland either, he is not that good himself, he is just another Brawler with NO BOXING SKILLS, both would lose to any of the other top fighters at 154

this cuban guys and their big mouth....is ridiculos. Do you have any prooff of what you're saying? or you just talking out of your **ss to discredit a guy you hate for no apparent reason.

[nycsmooth]

anything 1 reads of Trout states he beat Canelos brother, true, but the guy is pathetic & IMO can't believe Trout can headline, w/Alvarez a ppv...he's not a draw, has no ring charisma & Alvarez will tear him up...Trout's competition has been only average vs average guys...

[julio101974]

read the la times article where kirkland himself talks about what's going on, don't listen to promoters and managers.

kirkland is saying he's not 100% and for that he's not willing to fight. he said however everyone has their price and he'd fight canelo for like $2+ million dollars, he said he'd risk losing because of an injury for that kind of money, otherwise hell take his time and hopefully fight Canelo next year.

to suggest kirkland is scared of Canelo is silly since he willingly took two title eliminator fights to get canelo. Canelo is who he's been chasing this whole time.

bottom line is he's not 100% and that's that. Canelo will probably fight Trout and kirkland will take a tune up later in the year.

imo he's smart. he shouldn't go into the biggest and most challenging fight of his career coming off shoulder surgery.

if WBC has a little of respect left, they should not approve that fight. Come on guys.
kirkland it is saying that he is not ready but would accept the fight and risk his health for 2.5M. that's anything but fraud. who would want to buy that PPV?

[whoseyourdaddy]

My thing is why the f cuk is Team Canelo going after an injured opponent when they have the option of:

1. Waiting til October/November like Kirk asked.

2. Fighting Lara

It's one thing if Kirkland hasn't been saying he's been injured for the last few months, but he has. The man has said he's been injured since the Molina fight; that's why Canelo was going to fight Williams instead.

Why in ***ll would he said and sign to an agreement to fight...."I'll cut off one of my arms and still beat him" don't talk crap if you can't back it up.

[S H A R K B O Y]

Kirkland pricing himself out, who would've thought..

[BlackRobbb]

Golden Fishnets Gets a Dose of KARMA

I'm so glad Kirkland pulled the rug out from under these pricks. This is KARMA in play for how Schaefer and boys have screwed Erislandy Lara. Now watch them plug someone like Carlos Quintana in for Sept. 15th, but the problem with that is the fact they won't be able to sell him as an opponent worth of PPV.