"El Perro" Angulo vs. James Kirkland - Saturday "Fight Thread"

[Mars_ax]

People who say Kirkland has no defense needs to go back and watch. He slipped alot of punches and Definetly has improved his defense. Why would Alvarez eat him up? He is less tested than Kirkland. Julio, Angulo, Even Vera Is livlier than any one Alvarez has fought He was fumbling against Gomez and has been coddled and not tested at all

He slipped punches on behalf of Angulo being slow as hell and telegraphing everything. Kirkland does have extremely poor defence, his resting stance is purely a target the way he cocks his left before even throwing it etc. I think Alvarez, or anyone with an outside game, would absolutely pummel him. It was a fun fight for a few rounds last night but really both guys are quite average in the scheme of things.

I agree with this, Angulo's limitations were apparent, and Kirkland is still very "raw".

[Mars_ax]

Before he does anything else, I'd like to see Kirkland in a rematch with Ishida, i'm convinced that the 1st fight was a fluke.

[J_Undisputed]

I have to agree with those that say Kirkland is raw and has $hitty defense. I personally dont think Angulo really wants to fight anymore. He didn't seem to want it last night. He knocked kirkland down with one shot and tried to swarm him and make it an early night, but angulo looks like he just fights for the money now. Sad the guy refuses to go down because it really be bad for his health. Maybe he can find less painful work as a Freddie Mercury impersonator or something.
The shot that dropped kirkland was a text book example of how Kirkland will be eventually exposed and outclassed one day. Kirkland loves to try to swarm blindly with combos and never thinks about what might be coming back. There's a mentality there that says as long as i'm throwing, my opponent will cover and never get their offense going. Watching a slugger like Angulo, thread the needle with that punch made the look on Kirkland's face priceless when he got dropped with it. I think someone like Cintron would embarrass Kirkland and that's saying lot considering my opinion of Cintron. The feather punching Ishida dropped Kirkland because he was throwing in between Kirklands shots, Kirkland was either walking into shots or wobbled by straight punches thrown through his own offense and then put down. Its like a 154lb version of Julian Mr. Ko Letterlough (RIP).. a heavy hitter that takes some heavy shots but can be baited easy and countered if you throw with him.