Kirkland Laing, opinions?

He was brilliant. Smoked too much marijuana for a fighter though. Often his manager and trainers didn't know where he was the day of a fight, he'd be smoking a spliff somewhere. Went AWOL for weeks and months at a time.

Very erratic performer. At his best he could be brilliant, scintillating. If you wanna see an arrogant, hands-down, matador style, relying on pure reflexes, judgement of distance and accuracy, beating his man to the punch, and making it look easy, Kirkland Laing was the man. If he had fought near his best every time I thonk he would be remembered now as a great.
But on his average day he was ordinary.

 

I saw him box the ears off Colin Jones twice ,only to lose concentration and get kod both times.

 

If Laing had been dedicated, a one-sided beating at the hands of Don curry would have awaited him.

 

and...he beat roberto duran...an arguabaly peak duran too !!...duran won a world title a year AFTER laing beat him...

 

You'd have to argue pretty hard, but Duran was still good

 

ok...i wont dispute that too much...but was still winning world titles around then...2 years after the first 2 fights with leonard..and a year and a year and a half before hagler and hearns fights..

 

He was his eras Emmanuel Augustus.

 

He was nowwhere near as good as Emmanual Augustus. Maybe Emmanual Lewis.

 

emmanuel ceaser perhaps:think

 

I loved his foot stamp and the "what the ****" expression on his opponents face. Priceless

 

Actually he was more talented than Augustus but his flaws were there for all to see. One of the biggest wastes of talent I've ever seen.

 

Well, in the USA, not many people saw Laing. I've only seen him twice, and I though he was a clubfighter at best. He was just a good opponent in my book.

 

bit of a **** response right? how can you say Kirkland wasnt as good as Emmanuel if you seen **** all of the fighter?

Kirkland beat duran blunted, thats how talented he was. :good