Comments Thread For: Now a Happy Warrior, Kirkland Continues Middleweight Career Reboot

[anonymous2.0]

I thought he was be 40 or something, im like I havent heard that name in forever. Look him up hes 35 now but he didnt fight from 2015 until last August.

Did he have some major injuries after Canelo or something? Looks like he quit boxing for 4 years basically and decided to come back.


If he was going to fight for say another 3 years would have been better to just fight from 31-34 instead of 35-38.

Don't think there were injuries but I think there was a lot of trainer and manager issues.

[BlakBread904]

Kirkland was signed to fight Cotto a few years ago but IIRC Kirkland pulled out due to injury

[BigZ44]

I need to see Kirkland vs Curtis Stevens before I die

[cashdon]

My only question before reading the article was Anne Wolfe back training him. Got my answer glad that he's at peace with himself but as a contender it's on to the next....

[KidDinamita]

I think that's where the popular idea that he needed Wolfe to succeed came from, yeah, and he was making up for lost time as you say. Either way, tremendously exciting machine of destruction but also an incredibly flawed fighter. The high point was probably the Rock em Sock em drama of James vs Perro, which I can quite happily revisit any time at all and so will do so now:

Now this is what I call a classic fight, I remember this fight like yesterday.