Junior middleweight contender James Kirkland (31-1, 27KOs) has for the most art been out of the public's eye since declining a fight against Canelo Alvarez last year while he recovered from shoulder surgery. Since then he has been embattled in a laws...
On August 7th, 2009 Alfredo Angulo bounced back from his decision loss to Kermit Cintron by defeating Gabriel Rosado via 2nd round knockout. We spoke to Rosado about the difference between his career then and now on The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene's o...
by David P. Greisman - The expectations that fueled more than three years of anticipation were fulfilled within the first three minutes of action. The first knockdown – Alfredo Angulo’s right hand sending James Kirkland firmly onto his rear end –...
By Jake Donovan - A bout some four years in the making, Saturday night’s headliner in Cancun was expected to be a free-swinging brawl for as long as it lasted, until one of them eventually wilted. The fight followed that script, only the guy every...
Gary Shaw, who once promoted both Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland, discussed Saturday's explosive junior middleweight clash between the two boxers. Kirkland, down early in the first, rallied in the final minute of the same round to drop Angulo. The...
Centro de Cancun, Cancun, Mexico - James Kirkland (30-1, 27KOs) stopped Alfredo Angulo (20-2, 17KOs) in the sixth round of a war. The fight was a WBC junior middleweight eliminator for a mandatory shot at the champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. In a sure...
Centro de Cancun, Cancun, Mexico - James Kirkland (30-1, 27KOs) stopped Alfredo Angulo (20-2, 17KOs) in the sixth round of a war. The fight was a WBC junior middleweight eliminator for a mandatory shot at the champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. In a sure...
Bombs away Herman! Junior middleweight James Kirkland survived an early knockdown to outland the game Alfredo Angulo 131-24 in power shots over the next five rounds. 77% of their combined landed punches were power shots (216 of 286). Kirkland avg...
CompuBox takes a historical look at tonight's HBO televised junior middleweight clash between Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland. It's bombs away as both boxers throw well above their division average of 59 punches per round. Angulo's jab could be the...
Junior middleweight Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland are prepared for war on Saturday night at Centro de Cancun in Cancun, Mexico. The HBO televised clash will also be carried on Televisa in Mexico and promoted by Cancun Boxing and Golden Boy Promot...
By Robert Morales - A promotional company pitting two of its best fighters against each other is not exactly a common occurrence. But that's what Golden Boy Promotions is doing with James Kirkland and Alfredo Angulo, who Saturday will square off in a...