I make no pretenses when I say this, Kirkland could have nullified the affects of punches by being aware of the fact that his balance was pissed poor. His legs were too wide in pursuit and they were too close together in close. Ishida is not he strongest fighter in the division but he manhandled Kirkland and pushed him away with his forearm. There is one more thing, he went backwards too much, straight back and when the end came he seemed from my angle to appear like he was waiting to get hit. It's like he was a kid that got lost at a county fair. Canelo must have been holding him up or wanted o accumulate rounds because if you look at the end of the fight Kirkland is just standing there with a low guard as though this was the end.
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