By Edward Chaykovsky
Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs is pleading with heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko, and HBO, to forget about a possible April fight with Bryant Jennings. Briggs wants to be the man to challenge Klitschko at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Briggs was born in the neighborhood of the Barclays Center and promises that he's capable of selling out the entire venue from top to bottom. The veteran has chased Klitschko in several states and multiple continents, causing numerous confrontations with the champion.
"Let me fight in Brooklyn, I’ll sell it out. The whole world is gonna be talking about me, the whole world is gonna talk about Shannon ‘The Cannon’ Briggs, I promise you. No one has this much enthusiasm, no one has this much motivation. I want this more than I want anything because I’ve tasted it before, I’ve had it before and a lot of this has to do with revenge, I want revenge," Briggs told On The Ropes Boxing Radio .
"The reason they should pick me is because of the viewer ship and ticket sales. I’m from Brooklyn, I was born on Atlantic avenue, right down the street from where Barclays Center is. Everybody knows me, we’re gonna sell it out. I’m just looking forward to becoming the heavyweight champion for the third time, I’m just trying to make it happen."
