Nobuhiro Ishida vs. James Kirkland (April 2011) "Kirkland is supposed to beat the hell out of him."—Max Kellerman "This is such a shocking upset that we didn’t have a [translator] on hand tonight." --Kellerman James Kirkland (27-0) had been in jail from April 2009 to September 2010 and had scored two stoppages on his return to the ring. Although he was a bit rusty in … [Read more...]
James Kirkland-Nobuhiro Ishida, April 9th on Maidana-Morales PPV
James Kirkland (27-0, 24 KOs), after two tune-up fights against marginal opposition since returning from his two year incarceration for parole violations, will be stepping up in class on the April 9th pay-per-view undercard of Marcos Maidana-Erik Morales. Kirkland will be facing Japanese jr. middleweight contender, Nobuhiro Ishida (22-6-2, 7 KOs). The former interim WBA jr. … [Read more...]