Kirkland's aura of invincibility was destroyed by Ishida. The question is whether Ishida's KO was due to Kirkland's lack of defense and poor chin or because he didn't have the game plan and wasn't as prepared as he had been when he was trained by Wolfe? It seems to be a strange fight for Kirkland to take given that Angulo's a puncher and Kirkland was KO'd recently. Maybe Kirkland follows the blueprint laid out by Cintron and boxes Angulo to a decision?
I hope Angulo win so we can have a good opponent for Martinez is Pacman is playing weight game with him. For Kirkland will have no chance against Martinez.
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Glen will WIN!!!
At least on paper, this the type of fight that is supposed to be on BAD. 2 good, but not top-level, young fighters with exciting styles.
And if it's an entertaining and competitive fight, even the loser will be in line for another BAD fight down the line.
Watch it. "Your gonna find out hoppin on is a lot easier than hoppin off ! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!"
And to respond to another poster, no I was not referring to Bute being KO'd in the amatuers, I am not that good of a boxing nerd to have known that.
I was just alluding to the Andrade Bute first bout.
"You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"
I think Kirkland beats Angulo just because Angulo's hands are too slow. Sure he's durable, but #1 he's not hard to find and #2 Defense can be improved in training.
Johnson will get out pointed though I'd love for him to KO Bute.
I was surprised when Bute came back to stop Andrade in the rematch, I had thought Andrade was damn near impossible for Bute to KO, very impressive.
So it wouldn't be out of the question to see Bute stop Johnson, even though Glenn has only been stopped once during his career, by B-Hop @ middleweight back in 1997. Having said that, I believe Glenn will go the distance, and Bute will win a rather boring UD.
Would I like to see Johnson KO Bute?, why hell yes.
I watched Kirkland against the Japanese guy tonight and then against Julio, it was weird. Not that I rated him highly to begin with, but Julio did land some big shots on him and he took them alright and kept coming. He went on to display the punch resistance of a 12 year old girl in his first fight out of prison, I'd forgotten how feeble he looked. I wonder if something happened to him in jail Hard to give him even a prayer against Angulo unless he had major problems with weight drain or something. I don't buy that not training the way he used to could possibly sap his chin like that.
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