Angulo vs Kirkland: Official HBO Fight Poster

by Scott Christ on Nov 1, 2011 11:57 AM EDT in Boxing Posters

This Saturday night's HBO Boxing After Dark will be headlined by a pair of electric 154-pounders in a must-see matchup that promises action, whether it lasts 40 seconds, four rounds, or somehow goes the long haul. Here's the official but entirely unimaginative HBO poster:

It's the Boxing After Dark template + the Pacquiao vs Marquez 24/7 plug! Yaaay!

The co-feature, which hasn't been hyped a lot but is also a good fight, will see 160-pound prospect Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (25-0, 19 KO) take on Craig McEwan (19-1, 10 KO). McEwan is coming off of his March 12 loss to Andy Lee, but it was a hell of a fight and the 29-year-old Scot should be a good test for Quillin, who at 28 is trying to fast-track his way out of prospect status and into legit contention. Quillin has the talent, but to date he's yet to face someone who was any real danger to defeat him. McEwan may or may not be that guy, but I expect this to be another good fight.

For those wondering, and we will have a schedule up this week (on Wednesday), we will have round-by-round coverage of both shows on Saturday night. I'll be handling the Showtime double-header, which starts at 9 p.m. EDT, and Andrew Fruman will be here for the HBO show at 10:15. It should pretty easily line up so that the main event of the HBO show is unopposed, and we might get lucky and not have the SHO broadcast cut into the HBO opener, too.

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‘Fists meets fury’?

As in one guy has fists but isn’t angry and the other guy has no fists but is angry? Or they both have fists but until Saturday they have never been thrown with fury?

Bad poster or not, it should be a good fight.

Nobody will read this and care and why should they?

by Eoin_not_ian on Nov 1, 2011 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

Seriously, who is Fists and who is Fury? I want to lay a grand on Fists!

by El Destruyo on Nov 1, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Like the old days. Let's get it on.

"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." - Mike Quarry

by Boss Man on Nov 1, 2011 12:50 PM EDT reply actions

Do they even need a poster? It’s not like a mainstream fan is going to see this poster and all of a sudden be interested in this fight. It should have just been,

Angulo vs. Kirkland
That is all

No pictures, no graphics, nothing to make this seem like a fight that will be pretty. This is going to be a nasty fight and I can’t wait.

by glatin1982 on Nov 1, 2011 1:17 PM EDT reply actions

No referee needed, no sweet science, no problem

Go Angulo! TKO7

by El Uppercut on Nov 1, 2011 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

Awesome! This sounds like a fun boxing weekend for hardcore fans.

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by Matt Miller on Nov 1, 2011 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

and sadists

"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." - Mike Quarry

by Boss Man on Nov 1, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

no doubt

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Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"

by Matt Miller on Nov 1, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Fo what they are worth, here are my weekend picks.

Mora over Flores (Flores was top notch years ago but was out of action between 2002 ands 2010)

Angulo over Kirkland (shoot out)

Lebedev over Toney (Toney is too old for this guy)

Sillakh over Ismailov (slick and stylish)

Bute over Johnson (could be a stoppage)

Molitor over Gauthier (Molitor on comeback trail)

Green over Demer (so is Green)

Quillen over McEwan (Kid Chocolate steps up)

Wilder over TBA (This is getting sickening)

Arreola over Butler (easiest pick of the year)

Groves over Smith (Brit dust up)

Burns over Katsidis (I see the Kat as being shot and Burns as exposing that)

Jones over Marrone (Marrone will get chilled)

Wach over McCall (McCall too old and too slow).

Olubamiwo over Chisora (I’m betting that Del-Boy shows up out of shape)

"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity." - Mike Quarry

by Boss Man on Nov 1, 2011 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

I think I agree with all picks except Burns/Katsidis.

But then, I may be letting my heart rule my head on that one.

At my signal, unleash hell.

by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Nov 1, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Damn. I just saw the bottom one.

I’ll take Chisora over Larry. Larry has the physique of a black Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the fighting skills of a black Arnold Palmer.

Chisora via wide and boring decision.

At my signal, unleash hell.

by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Nov 1, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I agreed with all of them bar the Chisora v Larry and Burns v Katsidis. I really think that Larry will be knocked out within 4 rounds. If it goes beyond four, there will be hugs than even Ortiz would be willing to give.

I also think that Burns is a lot better than people are giving him credit. I think that Burns will attempt to adopt a similar approach that Guerrero did, though this fight will be a lot closer, and that Katsidis is just enough past his prime for it to work.

Nobody will read this and care and why should they?

by Eoin_not_ian on Nov 1, 2011 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I think that Burns will attempt to adopt a similar approach that Guerrero did.

You have to remember that Guerrero has some pop. I don’t know if Burns has the power to keep Katsidis honest (unless he’s really shot, which is certainly possible).

by Sammlung on Nov 1, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I have to agree. Katsidis may be going, but he’s not nearly that gone.

by DrRck on Nov 1, 2011 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

If Larry the war machine wins

Then I will…… I was going to say eat my own shit…. But knowing boxing that will come back to haunt me

I can’t see Larry going past the second. Big Bad John took him out inside a minute

Burns and Katsidis will be fight of the month contender (Angulo Kirkland will trump it) and will be very close. It will be let down by wide scores for Burns though IMO

by Sweet science on Nov 1, 2011 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I think I’d like any Angulo fight. I also should say that I just don’t think much of Kirkland, so I’m picking Angulo by KO.

by DrRck on Nov 1, 2011 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

Even though I like watching Angulo fight, I’ve never really thought much of him. I think I got to pick upset in this one. I think Kirkland actually has a lot more overall talent than Angulo. My real fear is that his chin will betray him. Was Ishida just a pure fluke? I think it might have been, but he’s going to have to prove it against a hard puncher.

Both guys have been pretty inactive the last two+ years for different reasons, both pretty dumb. I think there are a lot of questions left to be answered about both men. I’m pretty excited to find out!

by Sammlung on Nov 1, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Angulo’s been fighting south of the border, hasn’t he?

by DrRck on Nov 1, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he has fight a couple times, but neither fight was against very good competition or lasted very long. His last real fight was Joel Julio over a year ago.

by Sammlung on Nov 1, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Ishida will, I think, be one of the great unsolved mysteries in boxing; I don’t think anyone saw that coming.

Angulo is not a great fighter, but up to this point he’s been memorably tough and unrelenting.

I’m questioning Kirkland’s will, I guess. He’s certainly a better talent, but Angulo, to me, is an irresistaile force that I don’t think Kirkland, for all his talent, will be able to meet.

by DrRck on Nov 1, 2011 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions