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Kirkland: If He Wants Another Ass-Whooping, I’m All For It

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:58:00 +0300

Junior middleweight contender James Kirkland (31-1, 27KOs) is ready to fight Carlos Molina (19-5-2, 6KOs) in a rematch, but it depends on the ultimate decision of his management team. Last Saturday night at Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas — Kirkland, behind on the scorecards, was coming on and knocked Molina down in the tenth round

Team Molina To Appeal Disqualification Defeat To Kirkland

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:59:00 +0300

Junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina (19-5-2, 6KOs) is planning to appeal his controversial ten round disqualification loss to James Kirkland (31-1, 27KOs), says promoter Leon Margules to BoxingScene.com. On Saturday night at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas — Molina was ahead on two of the three offical scorecards, with tallies of 88-83 and 87-84, when he was knocked down at the end of the tenth round

Weights: Erik Morales at 142 and Vacates, Garcia 139.5

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:16:00 +0300

Six months after making boxing history for his native Mexico, four-division titlist Erik Morales has elected to end his reign on the scales. Morales was over the limit for Saturday�s showdown with Danny Garcia, which headlines an HBO-televised doubleheader (10PM ET/PT) from Reliant Arena in Houston. As the scales read 142 lb. for what was supposed to be a 140 lb. title defense

Alvarez Eyes Cotto or Kirkland on April 21 or May 5

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:19:00 +0300

WBC junior middleweight champion Saul «Canelo» Alvarez (39-0, 29KOs) is yet another fighter who lost the opportunity to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. Alvarez was also trying to get Mayweather in early 2012, but the WBC welterweight champion was recently sentenced to 90 days in jail for a domestic assault issue. After fighting four times in 2011, Alvarez wants a big fight to ignite his start in 2012

Kirkland stops Angulo

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:27:00 +0300

In a clash of junior middleweight KO artists, James «Mandingo Warrior» Kirkland (30-1, 27 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO over Alfredo «Perro» Angulo (20-2-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Cancun Center in Cancun, Mexico. In a wild first round, Angulo dropped Kirkland and launched a fearsome attack that Kirkland weathered and then came back to drop Angulo! Angulo never really recovered and Kirkland pummeled Angulo for the rest of the fight before the referee stepped in

Avtandil Khurtsidze-Nobuhiro Ishida, WBC Belt on 12/17

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:26:00 +0300

It is on. Former WBA (interim) light middleweight titleholder Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6-2, 8 KOs), who acclaimed international fame after vaporizing highly regarded James Kirkland in just a round, will try to repeat this trick against possibly a harder opponent. On Dec. 17 in Zaporizhyya, Ukraine, the lanky Japanese stylist will clash his horns with Gerogian bomber Avtandil Khurtsidze (26-2-2, 17 KOs)

Alvarez vs Cintron Update, Ishida Return, More

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:31:00 +0300

WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (38-0-1, 28KOs) will not train in Big Bear, California for his upcoming fight against Kermin Cintron (33-4-1, 28KOs) on November 26. Alvarez, who trained in Big Bear for recent fights with Alfonso Gomez and Ryan Rhodes, wants to avoid the possibility of getting sick from the climate change in California.

Kirkland, Vera stop foes

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:08:00 +0300

Returning from his first professional loss, middleweight contender James Kirkland (28-1, 25�KOs) wasted little time in�annihilating journeyman Dennis Sharpe (17-8-3, 4�KOs) on�Friday night at�the Dr. Pepper Ballpark in�Frisco, Texas. Sharpe was down twice before Kirkland was declared a�KO winner at�2:18 of�round one

Sergio Martinez-Nobuhiro Ishida Explored For The Fall

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:52:00 +0300

BoxingScene.com has been advised by manager Edison "Eddy" Reynoso, that Nobuhiro Ishida (23-6, 8KOs) has received an offer to face middleweight king Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26KOs) in the fall. On Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Ishida pulled off the upset of the year by stopping previously unbeaten James Kirkland in the first round

Kirkland KO’d

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:18:00 +0300

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

Kirkland, Ishida Quick Quotes

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:57:00 +0300

Nobuhiro Ishida: "As you know, Japan had a very big earthquake. It makes me happy and proud to come to the United States and win for my country. He [Kirkland] didn’t expect this from me. He didn’t respect what we had. Kirkland kept coming forward at me and so I kept going with my right, my right, my right and it worked

Kirkland vs Yorgey Possible For Maidana-Morales Card

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:14:00 +0300

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

James Kirkland To Be Released on 9/17, May Fight on 11/6

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:22:00 +0300

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

Dzinziruk to face Husanov?

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:11:00 +0300

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.

Kirkland-Dzinziruk, John-Juarez II May Split To July

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:17:00 +0300

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

Dzindziruk vs. Kirkland in The Works For June 27

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:57:00 +0300

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

Young Guns San Jose Presser!

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:05:00 +0300

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.

Kirkland stops Julio!

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:45:00 +0300

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