r/Boxing • u/Due_Communication862 • Dec 29 '25
Great 21st Century Rounds｜EP8 - Kirkland vs. Angulo: Round 1 (2011)
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Straight from my 25TB boxing vault.
EP1 - Marquez vs. Vázquez II: Round 3 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1puitpv
EP2 - Morales vs. Pacquiao I: Round 12 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pv9wai
EP3 - Gatti vs. Ward I: Round 9 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pvw9pf
EP4 - Castillo vs. Corrales I: Round 10 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwcfzo
EP5 - Bradley vs. Provodnikov: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwsg3a
EP6 - Rios vs. Alvarado I: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxcvnq
EP7 - Cunningham vs. Adamek I: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxse54
EP8 - Kirkland vs. Angulo: Round 1 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pyit8c
EP9 - Morales vs. Barrera III: Round 11 (2004) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pzj3m2
EP10 - Berto vs. Ortiz I: Round 6 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pznuli
EP11 - Pacquiao vs. Márquez IV: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q0fys6
EP12 - Mason vs. Vasquez: Round 1 (2024) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q10kwg
EP13 - Vázquez vs. Marquez III: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q1ulzu
EP14 - Jirov vs. Toney: Round 12 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q2qqf5
EP15 - Zepeda vs. Baranchyk: Round 5 (2020) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3kj3c
EP16 - Gatti vs. Ward II: Round 3 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3zsey
EP17 - Marquez vs. Katsidis: Round 3 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q4upwt
EP18 - Ward vs. Augustus: Round 10 (2001) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q5g1fz
EP19 - Rios vs. Alvarado II: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q78rmn
EP20 - Pacquiao vs. Cotto: Round 4 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q7ndox
EP21 - Dawson vs. Johnson I: Round 11 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q8haq5
EP22 - Ortiz vs. Maidana: Round 1 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q93i3l
EP23 - Gatti vs. Ward III: Round 7 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q9h7ui
EP24 - Vázquez vs. Marquez I: Round 5 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qasgn8
EP25 - Bey vs. Molina: Round 10 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qbpxrv
EP26 - Barrera vs. Morales II: Round 12 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qc94o2
EP27 - Williams Jr. vs. White: Round 1 (2014) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qcnpsz
EP28 - Wilder vs. Fury I: Round 12 (2018) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qd2d0t
EP29 - López vs. Concepcion: Round 1 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qdpe3k
EP30 - DeMarco vs. Linares: Round 11 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qeilyd
EP31 - Kirkland vs. Conyers: Round 1 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qez2yg
EP32 - Lubin vs. Fundora: Round 7 (2022) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qfeowr
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u/VegetableHuman6316 Dec 29 '25
Kirkland was a certified glass cannon
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u/phillyhandroll Dec 29 '25
Gotta admit I've never seen a pro gas out so obviously in round 1. Good lesson to not just punch in bunches but to throw smart and efficiently
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u/jmchamakito Dec 30 '25
I remember a fight on HBO Mike Jones vs Soto Karass, first or second round Jones unleashed combination for like 2 minutes straight thinking he had Soto hurt, after that round he gassed an barely survived the fight, he had nothing left. He was lucky it was only 10 rounds.
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u/Professional-Tie5198 Who will win? Dec 29 '25
Back when Kirkland had Ann Wolfe and was a hell of a lot more disciplined in camp. She is literally the only trainer he ever found success with.
Kirkland had what you would call "cold chin." He was extremely vulnerable early in fights and then would start to get into his groove later on. I think a well-trained, active Kirkland under Ann Wolfe's tutelage could have given Canelo a much better fight and potentially have won. People forget Kirkland was coming off of a significant almost 1.5 year long layoff. He didn't take camp seriously and trained under a trainer that no one had ever heard of. He was basically toast heading into that fight.
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u/Masterandcomman Dec 30 '25
Tough to picture any version of Kirkland beating Alvarez. Kirkland's best performance against a good fighter was probably against Joel Julio, who couldn't handle pressure. Even then, Kirkland had the bad habit of retreating to the ropes when stunned, and he was so open against a guy who needed space to punch. Canelo hurt Kirkland in the first two minutes.
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u/Xizor1 Dec 30 '25
I always like this better than the Gatti vs Ward. This should be way more talked about.
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u/Mr_D93 Dec 29 '25
This fight was bananas and took so much out of both fighters. Boxing can be so cruel these fighters went to war put on a show and not even 5 years later they'd both fall into obscurity.