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