James Kirkland's performance last night

[Trainer Monkey]

Trainer Monkey's not serious, is he?

Who the hell thought Vera was going to win? He was the opponent.

Anyway, I'm not getting my hopes up with Kirkland. He's fun to watch but he doesn't seem to take the need to improve his skills seriously enough. I wouldn't write him off versus Angulo though.

You kidding,on the lead up everyone was picking Vera,me and maybe two other posters were picking Kirkland
Dont rewrite history,most people on this board had Kirkland losing

[Fenster]

Trainer Monkey's not serious, is he?

Who the hell thought Vera was going to win? He was the opponent.

Anyway, I'm not getting my hopes up with Kirkland. He's fun to watch but he doesn't seem to take the need to improve his skills seriously enough. I wouldn't write him off versus Angulo though.

You kidding,on the lead up everyone was picking Vera,me and maybe two other posters were picking Kirkland
Dont rewrite history,most people on this board had Kirkland losing

You taking the piss? Check the prediction comp, i bet not a single person picked Vera. No one gave him (thats Vera) a hope in hells chance (rightly).

Kirkland was a 1/10 shot with the bookies (that means he was virtually a cert).

I wasn't very impressed with him. His lack of concern for taking shots means he's an accident waiting to happen in my book.

[OumaFan]

I have no idea who these people were who picked Vera? They're like imaginary friends, imaginary friends who way overrated Vera.

25 out of 26 people who voted in the prediction contest picked Kirkland. I won't say who the one who picked Vera was except for the screen name CutmeMick.

[OumaFan]

By the way I was excellent on the prediction contest this past week. Like a focused Zab Judah.

[Fenster]

Cutmemick was obviously trying to be smart. ()

[Trainer Monkey]

Pacdbest2


Re: James Kirkland vs Brian Vera as co-feature to Hatton/Malignaggi
Kirkland stamina will be tested. Vera chin is solid. This will be a good fight.

Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins





Re: James Kirkland vs Brian Vera as co-feature to Hatton/Malignaggi
I think Kirkland takes this one but his lack of Rounds/defense could catch up to him badly down the stretch



soulcocboy
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Re: James Kirkland vs Brian Vera as co-feature to Hatton/Malignaggi
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Kirkland stamina will be tested. Vera chin is solid. This will be a good fight.

Kirkland is more than capable of being at least as effective as "the Don" and that was over in two if I'm not mistaken.

First off with the contender he took last minute replacement while the rest of show had been training for almost three months and him only two weeks. Never has made an excuse 168 is not his weight fought art that weight because he is a fighter. James needs to watch out because he is finally getting the real training he needs just like he did against Lee. New fighter new erra for him. Watch for the upset . Lee is an awesome boxing and would handle Kirtkland. He is only five seven with heels on. Quit hating and watch the outcome of this fight. James is a greay fighter dont get me wrong but heart and determination will go along ways and he will be tested believe that. Its going to be fire works....

RozzySean
Old Guard





Re: James Kirkland vs Brian Vera as co-feature to Hatton/Malignaggi
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I guess they are fixing the mess between Golden Boy & Gary Shaw regarding Kirkland.

It will be good to see Kirkland get some more exposure on HBO. I think he should take care of Vera pretty easily.


ESPN - Legal battle nears end, opening door for Kirkland-Vera battle Nov. 22 on HBO - Boxing

Definate showcase fight for Kirkland, easy money, easy to look good.

I'm sure Andy Lee thought the same thing.

RozzySean
Old Guard






Re: James Kirkland vs Brian Vera as co-feature to Hatton/Malignaggi
This is actually a dangerous fight for Kirkland. Vera is a bigger man. Sure he lost to Jaidon, but Jaidon is a true SMW/LHW. Vera has fought his whole career at or above 160. Kirkland is more polished, Lee and Codrington are both probably better than the guys Kirkland has faced. Vera is a step up for Kirkland in two ways - he's a step up in size and a step up in quality. That's a recipe for an upset.



CutMeMick


Re: James Kirkland vs Brian Vera as co-feature to Hatton/Malignaggi
I'm picking Vera TKO...

I like Kirkland and I think he's exciting as hell.
But I just think he's gonna be a little too wild and is gonna get caught by the more relaxed and composed Vera.
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I mean you can see how Kirkland was the prohibitive fave here right

[OumaFan]

So as far as I can tell (that's a bit jumbled) Pacdbest and Spicoli thought it was going to be a good fight that Kirkland would win and Rozzy Sean and CutmeMick thought Vera would win.

27 out of 29 so far for Kirkland.

I'm not sure where we are going with this.

[OumaFan]

I've made worse picks so its not a matter of look at RozzySean and Mick, they picked Vera, lol. I just don't know what were arguing about honestly, clearly everybody did not pick Vera, pretty clearly it was the exact opposite.