Briggs Predicts He Will Brutally Knock Vitali Klitschko Out

By Ruslan Chikov

Heavyweight Shannon Briggs is predicting a very fast victory by knockout when he challenges Vitali Klitschko for the WBC title on October 16 at the O2 World Arena in Altona, Hamburg, Germany. Briggs last challenged for the WBC title in 1998 and was stopped in five rounds by Lennox Lewis. Briggs says the knockout victory over Klitschko will be quicker than the loss to Lewis in 1998.

"I'm in the best shape of my life. I plan to knock Vitali out a lot faster than the fight Lewis had with me twelve or so years ago. Vitali will collapse on the floor of the ring and will helplessly shake his head, unable to get up, as the referee in the ring counts to ten," Briggs told the Bleak paper.