Weekend Afterthoughts, Focusing On Scoring Controversies In Wins For Devon Alexander, Felix Sturm And More

It's givin'-up time for James Kirkland, for me. It might be a bit premature, since he just reunited with old trainer Ann Wolfe. But in the above video he looks like the sloppy barroom brawler pal of the site Paul Kelly called him. I have no idea why he's leaning over into Dennis Sharpe at a 45-degree angle in the footage from Friday night's Solo Boxeo Tecate above, unless he's trying to get knocked out by an uppercut. He just plain looks terrible, and I don't care that he knocked out a guy in the 1st round who hasn't won a fight since 2004. Does he need more time with Wolfe? Does he need to return to junior middleweight? Is he still working off rust from his long jail stay? Or is whatever he had -- and admittedly it was rudimentary back then, too -- gone? I'm siding with the latter. I hope I'm wrong. A sharp (or as sharp as he can be) Kirkland is a nice force to have in the sport.

It was a jam-packed weekend, so before we start up with the marathon coverage of Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye this coming Saturday, let's revisit the most recent Friday and Saturday in boxing.

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