James Kirkland is a RUTHLESS, COLD MONSTER during sparring!!!!

****ing disgusting, this is sparring not a ****ing fight and when it's obvious that sparring partner is over matched it's time to bring in a fresh one. i hope cotto fight him someday and ****s him up. ****ing ****

 

Tyson was no better with his sparring partners he liked to practice hurting them! Seemed like he enjoyed it. Its just as wrong morally as it is here yet nobody ever seems to mention that. Double standards?

 

They are building that beast mentality.
"Never let your opponent off the hook. Got him hurt ? **** him up ! "

 

Just hope these fall guys get paid well enough for the abuse they have to take.

 

Sparring is dangerous, and Kirkland gains nothing from beating someone up. In sparring when you have someone rocked like that, the best thing to do is take the chance to work on your weaker points, box on the back foot etc.

That guy could have been seriously hurt. Not just dropped, but really badly hurt.

Nonetheless, I do like Kirkland's fighting style, his jabs are like straight rights.

 

I could "go there" with a particular fighter who everyone loves....but that's just TOO EASY!!!!

 

What a ****

 

What a total arsehole. Thats not sparring, nothing more than a bully.

 

Disgusting, he gets nothing by beating totally hurt guy with hands down, no need for this he will just lose fans with this ****!!!

 

I imagine the lack of conditioning in jail and having to cut weight after it would have had an effect on his punch resistance. He did get dropped before jail too though, by Allen Conyers. Interestingly, every time Kirkland has been dropped was in the first round.

The sparring footage is pretty unpleasant, but in fairness to Kirkland he is doing what his trainer tells him to do.

 

no...lack of footage

 

I see this all the time at the gym, some fighters do this. What do you think SRL was doing to sparring partners when he was preparing for Hagler?

What do you think Tyson did to his sparring partners?

Who really cares what boxers do as long as it works and they perform?

 

They should really have had that stopped. It hardly improved his timing or helped with things he was practising - he just knocked the **** outa the guy and he didnt need to do that.

 

i'm really surprised at some of the negative responses to this type of stuff. you guys dont think sparring goes this far at the top level?

 

Hardly anyone has ANYTHING to do with real boxing on this site.

I have had my ass kicked in sparring a few times too lol!

Sparring = practise for a REAL boxing match.