Kirkland Laing

[paulyb]

Two questions please.

1. How good was Kirkland Laing?
2. What is he doing with himself now?

Thanks in advance.

[Lefthookhappy19]

I seen a Steve Bunce piece on him on the BBC a while back. He's got tons of problems and was in a bad way when the program was made.

[mrbassie]

He was pretty much destitute, think he was even drinking special brew early in the morning, seemed to have trouble even remembering that he'd been a boxer at first.
Very sad sight.

[glittermonkey]

I remember boxing monthly doing an article on Laing in 2001. I can't remember which month's edition or who it was by.

Laing was talking of a comeback and saying things like "My Jamaican roots mean that i grow old at a different rate to everyone else", and generally spouting all the cliches that washed up boxers on the comeback trail tend to do.

The article also mentioned he had a string of children by different mothers. If he is in a state now, i hope he can turn it around for their sake.

[KOJOE90]

Two questions please.

1. How good was Kirkland Laing?
2. What is he doing with himself now?

Thanks in advance.

Try this link for info and a recent 2 part video interview.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_ ... 186337.stm

[paulyb]

Thank you for the answers above.

I hope that Kirkland can get his life back together.

I remember watching him box many years ago and my father tipped him as a potential world champion.

Once again many thanks.

[paulyb]

Another interesting point - on Sunday 20th June, Kirkland will celebrate his 50th birthday.

I sincerely hope he has a good one and that he celebrates wisely.

[revporl]

After the article on the beeb, they said that he'd suffered a serious fall and was hospitalised at the time of he broadcast. I hope he made a decent recovery, he was a great (wasted) talent at the time and a real character.