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.
This should be a confident win for James Kirkland at 99-1 winning odds. Joel Julio really doesn't have much to present 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.