Colin Jones vs Kirkland Laing 1&2

[@markdoughty8780]

Outboxed, even outclassed in both fights, Jones found the equalizer with his tremendous punching power in the ninth in both fights. Great fights both; thanks for uploading.

[@bobtruth4050]

Spent many hours in the gym as a young boxer watching Colin train. He was a work horse and brilliant technical fighter. To top it off hes was a genuinely nice guy.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

I watched both fights live at the time. Jones had a wicked punch.

[@McElhinney65]

I met Colin at a boxing event in Cardiff a few years ago, what an honour that was. As a teenager he gave me many hours of excitement, what a banger he was.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

A true fighting man !

[@cycletouringoz5760]

Kirk passed away in June 2021 aged 66. Nary a mention generally speaking. Especially online. Kirk scored the most significantvictory by a British fighter overseas in beating Roberto Duran. RIP Kirk

[@wesleypresley1000]

You'll hear the Yanks and the Deigo's all day long defending Duran but Laing beat him UP.!!! I still have a damaged Larynx from that night through screaming ..KEEP YOUR FUCKIN' GUARD UP KIRK.

[@steveblack610]

Great when you could watch this type of stuff on Sportsnight on a Wednesday night. Before all this pay per view hyped up garbage.

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Previewed the previous week then waiting with eager anticipation for the whole week to watch the fight ...those were the days !

[@wesleypresley1000]

Jews at work.

[@TheGreatest1974]

Kirkland was a naturally gifted fighter. It’s like he wasn’t taught- he had a style all of his own. I remember marvelling at him in the 1980’s when I was a youngster. I never forgot him and often wondered what happened to him. R.I.P.

[@copferthat]

Searching through the boxing on youtube and come across an old favourite of mine, Jonesy. I always looked forward to watching him fight, as he was such a value for money fighter and one tough sod.

[@georgegreig8054]

That's right! Hard as fuckin nails! He put so much into his fights!

[@judex3226]

I understand why Jones reacted to the first low blow the way he did but the 2nd low blow clearly hit him on the side of his thigh but Jones reacted like it hit him square in the gonads. The only reason to do that was to either get Laing disqualified or to make sure Laing would get a severe warning and be too cautious to go for the body shots that were obviously causing Jones a lot of problems. Both great fights and there’s no denying Laings skill and there’s no denying that Jones had a heck of wallop on him 🥊

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video, DAVID KIRKWOOD

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Laing is fighting very upright with his feet close together and it's hard to imagine that he beat Duran... but he certainly did. Jones was a real determined tough nut who could bang.

[@jimcameron4672]

Great job by Colin jones of cutting the ring off, he didn't just follow Kirkland around. Colin wasn't flash but a great fighter and what a puncher.

[@stevenmorcom2247]

Every time I watch this I can't stop laughing, partly because Laing looks so in control and I know what's coming, partly the commentators curse (it's almost Mohammed Ali exhibition stuff), I'll say one thing Colin Jones knew how to finish.

[@daveradford6162]

Well done Collin great ending 👍

[@pam-gw6uk]

Laings powder-puff punches, were never going to trouble, a tough guy like Jones.

[@KENNYPAUL2]

pam Colin Jones was incredible his punching power reminded me a bit of Julian Jackson,however to say Laing never troubled him was/ is a fallacy. Like old harry said in round 8 ‘jones is all over the place’. Jones himself later said that his camp never expected Laing to give him so much trouble.

[@eastmidlandscabrides]

Amazing that little stabbing left hook at the end of the 8th knocked the stuffing out of Kirkland

[@errolkim1334]

You need to specify....end of the 8th of the 2nd fight.

[@michaelcollins6976]

Jones said so himself about that short punch.

[@stevex8409]

Im not sure that Laing was "completely outboxing" Jones , yes he was ahead both times but Jones was getting to him and always dangerous. Two classic British title fights.

[@weejim48]

Colin Jones was my hero. Nothing flashy just good solid work and a big puncher. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍👍👍

[@paulrimmer2853]

Good Night!

[@OfficialMixture]

I miss the old commentary o er boxing like this

[@tomasgarcia3945]

Cómo le ganó a duran

[@robertgissy2851]

Kirkland beat Duran and will always be rightly remembered for that could and should have pushed on but drugs and a bad crowd around him put paid to that .

[@wesleypresley1000]

And good fanny.And who wouldn't lol.

[@antonymoney5771]

You can't beat the Welsh boys hot dogs for tea it's your favourite lol

[@wesleypresley1000]

They come down from the hills for that.

[@JerseWhat]

When following ABA schoolboy's boxing championships in the 70's, we would often see Colin Jones ko his opponent every time and more often than not in round 1. Frightening punching power for one so young (at that time) and most were grateful to avoid him in the competition. Who are you fighting ? if the answer was Colin Jones, can we turn the bus round !!

[@PatrickLake-n1h]

How good would Kirkland have been if he wasn't out of his box most of the time 😮!!

[@robbryant52]

When you can punch like Colin Jones you just never know whats going to happen ...Kirkland was a good boxer but jones kept up the pressure and bang its good night

[@elena16350]

What a pity, Kirkland is easily the best boxer, Jones is a punchbag.He would never beat a solid puncher

[@georgem2371]

@'Lawrence Orr ' 'Jones is a punchbag'.......So you know nothing about boxing then? Colin was one of the best fighters not to win a world title.

[@Miguel...160]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha you're funny .

[@cardigan3000]

nice try

[@paulwilliams8389]

@@georgem2371 Very unlucky not to be a world champion as well - the split decisions in either of his fights against Milton McCrory could easily have gone his way.

[@AndyMann-vs3sf]

Rubbish 🗑️. Laing was twice his size but Jones was totally undaunted.