News - James Kirkland

In a huge, huge upset, former WBA interim 154lb titleholder Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6-2, 8 KOs) destroyed previously unbeaten middleweight KO artist James Kirkland (27-1, 24 KOs) with a sensational first round KO. Ishida shockingly dropped Kirkland three times in a one-sided annihilation. Time was 1:52. Kirkland is rated WBO #4 at middleweight, Ishida is rated WBA #4 at super welterweight read more ...

Undefeated junior middleweight prospect James Kirkland (25-0) told BoxingScene.com that he cant wait to get back in the ring in his first televised fight on the Marcos Maidana-Erik Morales undercard on April 9th. Kirkland has to come out of his tune up on March 5th unscathed in order to solidify his spot on the Maidana-Morales card. His opponent for March 5th hasnt been named yet read more ...

Junior middleweight contender James Kirkland (25-0, 22KOs) is set to be released from prison on September 17 and placed into a halfway house. He was orginally scheduled to be released on October 2. Kirkland has been imprisoned since April 2009 after pleading guilty to a charge of gun possession by a convicted felon. Kirkland's co-manager, Camerin Dunkin, said his fighter is ready to roll read more ...

According to local sources, WBO #11 ranked Sherzod Husanov (14-0-1, 7 KOs) may be next-in-line to collide with Ukrainian WBO light middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KOs). The proposed fight would take place on May 14 at Chumash Resort & Casino in Santa Ynez, California. read more ...

The hyped triple-header that HBO and Golden Boy Promotions is trying to put together for June 27 may get split and become two separate events. The original idea was to have a triple-header that would feature unbeaten James Kirkland facing WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk, Victor Ortiz facing WBA junior welterweight champion Andreas Kotelnik and read more ...

Eric Gomez, Vice President of Golden Boy Promotions, informed Doug Fischer of The Ring Online , that attempts are being made to match unbeaten junior middleweight James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KOs) against WBO champion Sergei Dzindziruk (36-0, 22 KOs) of Germany. The fight would take place on June 27 with HBO televising. If Dzindziruk falls through, WBA champion Daniel Santos is being looked at as another possibility for Kirkland read more ...

Following Saturday night’s HBO Boxing After Dark tripleheader at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, the focus was on the future of Golden Boy Promotions’ victorious fighters, James Kirkland, (25-0, 22 KOs), and Victor Ortiz, (24-1-1, 19 KOs), as well as local hero and main draw Robert Guerrero, (23-1-1, 16 KOs), and his opponent, Indonesian prospect Daud Yordan, (17-0, 12 KOs), whose scheduled ten-round bout was cut short due to an accidental headbutt in the second round. read more ...

In a highly anticipated clash of junior middleweight KO Artists, unbeaten James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KOs) stopped Joel Julio (34-3, 31 KOs) after six brutal rounds at ther HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. Kirkland pressed the action in round one cutting Julio over the right eye. Julio began to connect more in round two, but it was still Kirkland applying pressure. Huge sustained exchange in round three in which both fighters read more ...