On May 9, 2015, Canelo Álvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) and James Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Canelo Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Erislandy Lara, 9 months and 27 days ago. James Kirkland is on a 5-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round KO win over Glen Tapia, 1 year, 5 months, and 2 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.6-1.4 in favor of Canelo Álvarez. James Kirkland won't be able to do much against Canelo.
Canelo Álvarez stopped James Kirkland via KO in the 3rd round. Canelo improves his record to 45-1-1 (32 KOs), while Kirkland adds a loss to his record at 32-2.