James Kirkland (boxer)

Infobox_Boxer


name=James Kirkland
realname=James Derick Kirkland
nickname=
weight=Light Middleweight
nationality= American flagicon|United States
birth_date=Birth date and age|1984|3|19|df=y
birth_place=Austin, Texas, United States
home=Austin, Texas, United States
style=southpaw
total=23
wins=23
KO=20
losses=0
draws=0
no contests=0|

James Derick Kirkland (born 19 March 1984 in Austin, Texas, United States) is an American professional boxer from Austin, Texas, United States.

Kirkland fights at light middleweight and is the WBO NABO light middleweight title holder.cite web | author=Boxrec | title="James Kirkland" | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?cat=boxer&human_id=62137| accessdate=15 May | accessyear=2008]

Background

Kirkland has an amateur record of 134-12 and won the Silver Gloves championship four years in a year and lost on a controversial decision James Patterson in the finals of the National Golden Gloves.

Instead of going to the Olympics, Kirkland turned professional to provide for his family.cite web | author=Gabriel Montoya | title="James Kirkland: “No man at 154 can beat me”" | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Gabriel/Montoya061606.htm| accessdate=15 June | accessyear=2008]

Professional career

Kirkland turned professional in August 2001 in San Antonio, Texas. In his debut Kirkland defeated fellow debutant Virginian journeyman Maurice Chalmers with a third round knockout.

Kirkland has been trained by former womens champion Ann Wolfe since 2001.cite web | author=Gerald Rice | title="Exclusive Boxing Interview : James Kirkland and Anne Wolf”" | work=Saddo Boxing| url=http://www.saddoboxing.com/5377-james-kirkland-anne-wolfe.html| accessdate=5 September | accessyear=2008]

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