Kirkland Too Much For Cortes
September 8th, 2008 James Kirkland
By Jim Dower: Undefeated junior middleweight contender James Kirkland (23-0, 20 KOs) took out Ricardo Cortes (22-3-1, 15 KOs) in the 2nd round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Friday night at the Music Hall, in Austin, Texas. Kirkland, 24, looking a little bulkier in the upper body and somewhat slower than in his previous […]
Kirkland Crushes Albert
May 19th, 2008 James Kirkland
By Nate Anderson: Hard-punching undefeated light middleweight contender James Kirkland (22-0, 19 KOs) made short work of his Nigerian opponent Eromosele Albert (21-2, 10 KOs), stopping him in the 1st round to win the vacant WBO NABO light middleweight title on Saturday night at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. Fighting on the […]
Kirkland vs. Albert: James Takes A Big Step Up
May 14th, 2008 James Kirkland
By Eric Thomas: Undefeated light middleweight contender James Kirkland (21-0, 18 KOs) faces his toughest test to date this Saturday night against the hard-punching Nigerian fighter Eromosele Albert (21-1, 10 KOs) in a bout for the vacant WBO NABO light middleweight title at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. Kirkland, 24, is coming off […]
Kirkland Destroys Conyers
December 3rd, 2007 Boxing, James Kirkland
Perhaps one of the best prospects in the junior middleweight division, undefeated James Kirkland (21-0, 18 KOs) survived a first round knockdown to comeback and obliterate Allen Conyers (11-3, 9 KOs) at 2:56 of the 1st round on Friday night at the the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. Kirkland, 23, immediately opened up […]
Kirkland Destroys Said
September 3rd, 2007 Boxing, James Kirkland, Mohammed Said
Unbeaten junior middleweight prospect James Kirkland (20-0, 17 KOs) knocked out Mohammed Said (21-6-1, 14 KOs) in the 2nd round on Saturday night at the Emerald Queen Casino, in Tacoma, Washington. Kirkland knocked Said down twice in the first round, and then a final time in round two. Said wasn’t able to beat the count […]
