Juan Macias has an unusual punching style. He switch hits and throws vicious uppercuts finishing Kirkland off in that video.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
James looked so awful, I would give me a chance to go the distance with Kirkland. Give 6 months, I think I could eke out a SD. And I'm 51.
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
He made it out the 1st round against Canelo, but couldnt make it out the 1st minute against this guy or Ishida? Somethin' is up with him internally. He is officially done. I enjoyed his fights up to Ishida.
All's lost! Everything's going to shit!
Macias reminds me of Julio Cesar Martinez.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
its 3
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying Kirkland didn't have a headful of cobwebs over career. We're pretty much all aware the sport is more mental than physical, again in the bigger picture. Part of those cobwebs probably lead to Wolfe leaving in the first place can't recall but we cannot deny that what we see today was the inevitable finish to what we saw early in Kirkland. No one expected him to come in v Montiel and be reborn and unbreakable.
A fighters flaws and vulnerabilities are an accumulative you cannot shake. It never stops. You just stack 'stuff'..age..damage..zero defense..concussions..years..onto your bowed back and it honestly wouldn't have mattered if it was Wolfe or Manny Steward sending him out now. We're just reached the inevitability of the guy we saw at the start. He's fought with his face for his entire career. Minds crack, so do chins and shaky rigged legs. Kirkland has always been 'hit ugly'. You see the physical reaction many times. Julio caught him flush and stood still with his very first uppercut. And honestly it wasn't like Julio was knocking out boogeymen save for maybe a K9 Bundrage and Vilches? Cortes stopped him dead in his tracks with a flush shot pre Julio. Jhon Berrio just 1 fight after Julio had Kirkland staggered badly with a right hand, legs locked up, standing stock still as I mentioned. It all collects with a single gear sponging style like that. Crazy thing is the first KD Montiel scored was a near replica of the short left cross Ishida timed him with.
legs locked up
like the locks for table legs!
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