On March 7, 2009, Joel Julio (34-2, 31 KOs) and James Kirkland (24-0, 21 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Joel Julio is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 86% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Serhiy Dzinziruk, 4 months and 6 days ago. James Kirkland is on a 24-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Brian Vera, 3 months and 13 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.4-1.6 in favor of James Kirkland. Joel Julio won't be able to do much against Kirkland.
James Kirkland stopped Joel Julio via TKO in the 6th round. Kirkland improves his record to 25-0 (22 KOs), while Julio adds a loss to his record at 34-3.