On March 24, 2012, James Kirkland (30-1, 27 KOs) and Carlos Molina (19-4-2, 6 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round super-welterweight bout.
James Kirkland is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Alfredo Angulo, 4 months and 19 days ago. Carlos Molina is on a 2-fight win streak with a 24% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Kermit Cintrón, 8 months and 15 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.8-20.2 in favor of Carlos Molina. It is going to be a competitive fight and James Kirkland will put up a very good fight, but Molina will prevail.
James Kirkland defeated Carlos Molina via disqualification in the 12-round super-welterweight fight. Kirkland improves his record to 31-1, while Molina adds a loss to his record at 19-5-2.