Kirkland vs Mayorga

[Ant Live]

I'm willing to bet the ref will get KO'ed in that fight. They both throw some wild punches!!!
I'll go with Mayorga by KO.

[MMASUX]

Going off each of thier last fights i would have to go with Mayorga. Kirkland looked like absolute shit his last fight.

[Spicoli]

A guy with no movement , gets hit flush and shakey legs with zero diversity...talking about Kirkland here...can't see anything but Mayorga destroying him.

[Hulk]

Kirkland gets knocked out in his last fight by a guy with little punching power and now he wants to fight Ricardo Mayorga ?

Kirkland's best chance to beat people is to get them outta there early and nobody has been able to do that with Mayorga, not even Oscar or Tito.

Thus, if they fight it will be Kirkland who getn outta there early. And they won't be flash knockdowns either.

For once an easy fight for Mayorga !

[ElTerribleMorales]

Kirkland has never really been anything special IMO, he's looked like crap last two outings especially since he was sparked in one last time out by a pillow puncher, IMO Mayorga spanks him something fierce

[Majesty]

People were saying after Kirkland's last fight that not being with Ann Wolfe really hurt him because she pushed him so far beyond his limitations he could take it into the fight which added to that determination. I think it truly is a case of the trainer making the fighter. I'm not sure Mayorga is gonna knock him out this time, depends how he shows up in the ring, watching the fighter when he was trained by Wolfe and the one now is like night and day, it was like Tyson after he got rid of Rooney, so if he gets that determination and ferociousness back then i'd pick Kirkland by late stoppage.

[ElTerribleMorales]

People were saying after Kirkland's last fight that not being with Ann Wolfe really hurt him because she pushed him so far beyond his limitations he could take it into the fight which added to that determination. I think it truly is a case of the trainer making the fighter. I'm not sure Mayorga is gonna knock him out this time, depends how he shows up in the ring, watching the fighter when he was trained by Wolfe and the one now is like night and day, it was like Tyson after he got rid of Rooney, so if he gets that determination and ferociousness back then i'd pick Kirkland by late stoppage.

problem with Kirkland is he's always thought that his punches are faster than they are, always has his hands low and is always wide open to the right hand, fuck he's open to any straight punches, even if he gets by Mayorga IMO any of the big names from 154 to 168 kick his ass easily,

154
Cotto
Angulo
Dzinziruk
Cintron
Williams

160
Martinez
Pirog
Sturm

168
Bute
Ward
Froch
Abraham
Kessler


all the guys mentioned put a clinic on the dude and i'm sure i missed a few

[Spicoli]

People were saying after Kirkland's last fight that not being with Ann Wolfe really hurt him because she pushed him so far beyond his limitations he could take it into the fight which added to that determination. I think it truly is a case of the trainer making the fighter. I'm not sure Mayorga is gonna knock him out this time, depends how he shows up in the ring, watching the fighter when he was trained by Wolfe and the one now is like night and day, it was like Tyson after he got rid of Rooney, so if he gets that determination and ferociousness back then i'd pick Kirkland by late stoppage.

Yeh I think Wolfe does nothing but help him. But huge difference with Tyson is that for all intents and purposes he was a 'complete' package when he jumped ship from Rooney, skills were at peak I believe. Had that to lead way even when mentality waned then. Kirkland is really quite green and his legs look short circuited when caught clean.