{"id":143163,"date":"2015-05-12T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=143163"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:28:11","slug":"boxing-is-dead-yeah-right-the-numbers-are-in-for-canelokirkland1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/boxing-is-dead-yeah-right-the-numbers-are-in-for-canelokirkland1\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing Is Dead? Yeah, Right. The Numbers Are in for Canelo\/Kirkland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Canelo-Power.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Canelo-Power.png\" alt=\"Canelo Power\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Canelo-Power.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Canelo-Power-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Canelo-Power-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Canelo-Power-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Kirkland got his soul punched out of his body when he fought Saul &#8220;Canelo&#8221; Alvarez this past weekend on HBO. 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