By Edward Chaykovsky

Former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs created a lot of headlines in 2014. He was stalking after WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko in every way possible. Briggs crashed press conferences, media workouts, weigh-ins and even confronted Klitschko as he ate in a restaurant and enjoying himself in a Florida lake.

Briggs feels he set a high standard for hyping up a fight and wonders if the biggest fight in boxing, between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., can be made if the Filipino star takes his pursuit to the next level. Pacquiao has been more vocal as of late, calling Mayweather out on a regular basis via the social networks. 

"I think [Pacquiao-Mayweather] should happen, I think it can happen. It will happen because it’s a big money fight. I think 2014 was a great year, not to give myself a bl*wjob but Shannon Briggs really showed the world how to hype a fight. A lot of people were saying - 'why doesn’t Manny Pacquiao go after Floyd this way?'', Briggs told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.

"I think I gave a lot of people that energy to say - 'you know what, this fight needs to happen.' I took it back to the old school. I think Pacquiao vs. Mayweather a great fight, the boxing world wants to see it and people outside of boxing want to see this fight. It’s a huge fight for boxing. After the fight, what happens next? Who’s next though? Who’s the next superstar for that division?"