******the Official James Kirkland Express******

He's very entertaining.

And he really just looks like a tough mother****er. The flattest boxing nose you'll see.

 

I am more excited to see him fight this Saturday than Hatton/Paulie.

 

Kirkland can make a statement against Vera. I believe he's in line for that vacant IBF strap. He and Spinks are the IBF's highest rated fighters at 154. 2009 could be a big year for Kirkland. Once he knocks out Vera it looks he'll get Spinks and then maybe Paul Williams.

 

Not very skilled imo. Reminds me of a Southpaw Jeff Lacy. Muscle man with limited Boxing skills/defence, and overrated by the American media.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/...id=4084358

Junior middleweight contender James Kirkland, who is scheduled to fight Michael Walker in a 10-round bout May 2 on the Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao HBO PPV card undercard in Las Vegas, was arrested on a weapons charge Sunday.

He was still in custody Monday afternoon.

Kirkland, 25, who is on probation for a 2003 armed robbery that cost him 2½ years of his career, was arrested during a traffic stop in his hometown of Austin, Texas, and booked Sunday afternoon. He was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, according to the Travis County Sherriff's Department Web site.

Whether Kirkland (25-0, 22 KOs) will be available to fight May 2 is unclear.

"It appears that James is the victim of circumstance and we're waiting for the facts to come in before we make any comment," Cameron Dunkin, Kirkland's co-manager, told ESPN.com.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, who signed Kirkland in October and promoted his last two bouts, both of which were on HBO, has talked with Kirkland's attorney and co-manager Michael Miller and had no comment.

"I don't really know anything yet, so I really can't comment, but I'm looking into it," Schaefer said.

Kirkland has emerged as one of the most fearsome punchers in boxing and is on the fast track. After stopping Joel "Love Child" Julio in six rounds on March 7, he was quickly lined up for the May 2 fight which was to be followed with another HBO appearance in August. Schaefer has been trying to put together a title challenge for him against either Sergei Dzindziruk or Daniel Santos.

 

What an idiot :rofl.

 

LOL @ bumping this express

also it doesnt look good if Kirkland's case is that hes being framed by the ATF, I was atleast expecting a friend to take the fall for him but I guess thats it for him now.