Kirkland wouldn't be competitive with any true world-class quality junior middleweight. I'm not talking Cotto, Alvarez, etc. but actual good fighters at the weight.
you are actually comparing Angulo to a guy of Julian Jacksons skill level? This fight tonight was good but no Hagler/Hearns. Everyone wants to have another Hagler vs. Hearns, but we will have to wait for top level guys want to fight and land clean. This was a good fight, but overrated. Kellerman made this fight too big.
Why compare it to Hagler/Hearns? Marquez vs Concepcion 1 was FAR better and it was this year. The only great round on the Angulo-Kirkland fight fight was the 1st. Not even top 5 fights of the year IMO.
People want to **** on someone who flew out to a "dangerous" mans back yard and slained him in a dog fight? **** yall, you're some ***** ass haters. Kirkland win/lose/draw, we'll ALL TUNE IN to see him fight, because he brings it.
I was making a point. Anytime two guys come in and give an exciting fight guys like Kellerman act like it is a rare fight. It was exciting but Angulo is too open and Kirkland has a weak chin. It was exciting but predictable. Good fight. We will not be talking about it next week. It was not that great to last a week or two in conversation.
Not top level fighters, that's why, Gatti-Ward 1 is nowhere near Barrera-Morales one. HBO always does that, they have a entertaining fight and they call it "One of the best fights ever", I was hoping for a 8 to 12 round War!, but knew one of them was gonna go early, and it wasn't Kirkland.
Some one would die! Which frankly I was getting a little worried about before that fight got stopped. Shout out to the ref!