If Angulo "blew his load" in round 1 and had nothing left, then why in round 3 did he throw so many punches and hard punches at that? He nailed kirkland a couple times with hard clean shots and james walked through them. There was a right hand in particular that snapped kirkland's head back and spit/snot went flying everywhere (watch the slow motion replay at 18:25 of video below).
If he was spent at the end of round 1, he was fully recovered by round 3. He didn't look gassed at all. Rewatching it he threw more punches than kirkland in that round and looked fine, stamina wise. Kirkland was just too much of a beast and was breaking him down in rounds 4, 5 and 6.
It's faulty logic to simply say angulo was gassed after the first round. Rewatch the fight and you'll see Angulo, who's always been known to have great stamina, simply was broken down by kirkland who relentlessly attacked the head & body. That's why he lost. He couldn't handle kirkland.
Round 3 starts at 14:30
If he was spent at the end of round 1, he was fully recovered by round 3. He didn't look gassed at all. Rewatching it he threw more punches than kirkland in that round and looked fine, stamina wise. Kirkland was just too much of a beast and was breaking him down in rounds 4, 5 and 6.
It's faulty logic to simply say angulo was gassed after the first round. Rewatch the fight and you'll see Angulo, who's always been known to have great stamina, simply was broken down by kirkland who relentlessly attacked the head & body. That's why he lost. He couldn't handle kirkland.
Round 3 starts at 14:30
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