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

[Shrap]

I mean holy ****, no matter how many times I watch this fight it blows me away. You can't even call it a fluke - it was a straight up beatdown. Kirkland tasted the canvas 3 times and had 2 chances to change it up but did nothing. Absolutely one dimensional. Props to Ishida for going all out.

Even if they had a rematch Ishida would have won again - he can take a lot of punishment and will counter punch all night; exposing Kirkland's lack of skill and poor chin all over again.

[Scary]

The answer is yes.

Lacy.

[Shrap]

The answer is yes.

Lacy.

Not even close. Calzaghe was actually a great fighter.

[frantic fighter]

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

[mlac]

wasnt ishida fighting at heavyweight in his last few fights?

at least thats a good exuse for kirkland...he wasnt with ann wolfe doe/ KO'd by a heavyweight doe

[Scary]

Not even close. Calzaghe was actually a great fighter.

Have another.

Broner.

[Butt stuff]

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

[Eastcoast]

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.

[Funky_Monk]

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.

[GMAN SUPREME]

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