After two under-the-radar tune-up fights, middleweight fan favorite James “The Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland (34-2, 30 KOs) emerges from the shadows against “Madman” Marcos Hernandez (14-3-1, 3 KOs) in a 10-rounder that headlines on FS1 Saturday night from MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Kirkland was last seen on TV against Canelo Alvarez back in 2015.
Hernandez has lost two of his last three, but he does have a draw with current WBA/IBF super welterweight champion Jeison Rosario on his ledger. He says he plans to take the Mandingo Warrior to school and outbox him.
I hope Kirkland does well for himself, but past legal problems and personal distractions have always plagued him as a fighter. It seemed Ann Wolfe kept him inline as a fighter and I hope his present trainer can do the same.
Kirkland always comes to fight. I thought for a second he was gonna put canelo away.
I’ll never forget Kirkland trying to intimidate Canelo during the preflight instructions just prior to the opening bell, Kirkland almost tried to force Canelo to make eye contact with him and Canelo would have none of it and next thing you know Kirkland the bully was bullied and bludgeoned to the canvas and soon thereafter was left on his back unconscious staring at the ring lights like a bad dream lol that’s what happens when the bully predator becomes prey.
Guessing you were bullied badly as a kid.
I like him but he’s a glass cannon. That chin makes Malignaggi look like Deontay Wilder.
Anybody who can hit Kirkland square on the jaw can knock him out.
Anyone know where will be the site for the weight ins on Friday and what time are they?
I’m certainly no cinnamon fan but never a fan of the thug. No sunshine I wasn’t bullied badly as a kid but I did get my own revenge against some of the coward bullies who tried these tactics on me. I got to wonder though how it felt for you to get spanked for trying to be a bully. Must have hurt sunshine?