he showed that he can take a punch and give you a good ass beating. but he has NO DEFENSE at all. he needs a few more fights before going for a title.
he showed that he can take a punch and give you a good ass beating. but he has NO DEFENSE at all. he needs a few more fights before going for a title.
"Perro" would maul him like a ragdoll.
While he has things he needs to work on, he whupped a guy who was signifigantly bigger then him in height and weight last night
His left looked to be more accurate and in spots had some nice combos but the weak links are glaring Imo.He squares up bigtime,needs to come off the body shots much more and THEN go head hunting.Woolfe was almost loosing her voice trying to get him to focus on body more.He really and seriously needs some quality rounds....that was a 'showcase' one sided beatdown where he was made to answer nearly no questions.Stamina and defense look more leaky than the Levee's downtown here.....Strong as a bull but I think the a Williams would wreck him bad and Angulo,Martinez beat him as well.
All I seen was Kirkland Wupping ass,I think his opponent was tough as nails to take all of those shots.and Kirkland looks to me to have A ton of training under his belt,to keep the pressure on like he did throwing power shot after power shot,personally I think Kirkland is the best at 54.
I think he'd seriously struggle against Sergio Martinez, Alfredo Angulo, Paul Williams and even Vernon Forrest. I think he definately should be able to improve, his natural ability is undeniable and he has the "it" factor, but there are some serious flaws in his game. Fortunately for Kirkland everything that he lacks, are things that can be learned.
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He looks very beatable to me he looks sloppy and his feet are pretty slow. And he's wide open, he does have awesome power but power only gets you so far. I think he is on the verge of being badly exposed by a good boxer.
At this point in tim Angulo murders him IMO.....I was not overly impressed with Kirkland last night....Vera was like a heavybag in the ring and still even with his pitiful output on offense he was catching Kirkland with the straight rights....Yes Kirkland took them well but he was tired by rd 5 had his mouth open...He also did not take advantage of Vera's lack of output by using it as a chance to work on some things...Put together more combos etc......He at times showed some good head movement but again look what he was avoiding.....
He has a future ahead of him but needs some more work on important things like defense and how to compose himself so he does not tire out...
IMO Anne Wolf will not be the trainer to bring him to the next level...Yes she has some unconventional methods of training that look to impress but all that and he was still fatigued by mid rounds??...Something wrong there IMO.....
We will see what happens but again IMO he is not ready for the upper tier anytime soon
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Yeah and he wasnt supposed to beat Vera last night,and he destroyed him,give credit where its due
Maybe Kirkland needs to leave Wolfe for a better trainer but he won't do it. It will take her being selfless and firing herself because the two have such a close relationship. They are two birds of a feather and it will take the teacher to realize she's taken the student as far as she can.
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