briggs ready for serge

Reach advantage + power + aggressiveness might give Briggs a chance. If he can hurt Liakhovich and stay on him he could get a knockout. I’d be surprised if he pulls it off though.

anybody who thinks that briggs is gonna come into this fight under 250 pounds would probably believe anything that anyone told them. good shape to shannon briggs means losing two or three pounds and jogging 800 meters to dennys every morning for his all american breakfast. he will come into this fight at 265 or so, proclaim it to be great shape, people will actually believe him, bet on him, and then he will get terminated with extreme prejudice by the guy who shows up in real fighting shape.

Briggs will win the fight if he is in shape and focused. If the fight is gone 8 Rounds, then Sergei will win, otherwise I got briggs in this one, dont base the brewster vs liakhovich fight because brewster was out of shape and still hurt and kd him, and brewster dumped his old trainer, not saying its sergei's fault, he fought well, but i dont see it going the same way. my prediction, Briggs by KO/TKO in Round 7 briggs does have a better chance than many are giving him. serg is still hugely untested imo and a lot of people are overrating him soley becuause of his win over brewster. he was stopped by lighter hitting mo harris and brew came very very close to stopping him and very well might have if he came in lighter. I dont think briggs cracks as hard as brew but he should be more agressive and may be physically stronger than brew. I give briggs a 30-40% chance of a knockout victory if he comes out agrressive and lets it all hang out. if he sits backs and waits as he did against mcline and foreman he'll get taken apart and stopped. this is an interesting fight and I very much look forward to it

This guy chats shit. hey that wasnt me it was briggs. so get off my case j/k :D

In addition to Scott Hirsch and all my team, I want to thank the World's greatest promoter, Don King This guy chats shit.

Yeah I doubt Briggs has enough endurance to beat Sergei.

Briggs Ready for Challenge! September 4, 2006 By Andre Courtemanche The drama is over for heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs (47-4-1, 41 KOs), now that his challenge for the WBO Heavyweight Championship has been confirmed for November 4. Going from the roller coaster ride of being promised a November 11 fight against IBF King Wladimir Klitschko that never materialized, to heavy training mode is something Briggs says he’ll have no problem doing. Briggs says he plans to deliver the excitement on November 4 and bring a heavyweight championship back to the United States. Shannon congratulations, the Briggs vs. Liakhovich fight was announced on Showtime on Saturday, after the months of waiting how does it feel to be fighting for the title? It feels great. In my opinion, all the public double and triple dealing and all the lies and threats from Shelly Finkel that I have gone through make me appreciate this opportunity even more. All I ever wanted was a shot. In addition to Scott Hirsch and all my team, I want to thank the World's greatest promoter, Don King, Sergei's manager Ivaylo Gotzev and Paco and all the great people at the WBO for making this possible. I truly appreciate this opportunity. How do you see the fight going? I have lots of respect for Sergei, he's the true heavyweight champion of the world, and he earned the WBO belt in the ring. He beat Brewster who beat Klitschko and that makes him the man. It's going to be an exciting fight while it lasts. I see lots of power punching and action with me taking him out in the mid rounds, this isn't going to be one of those boring Brock and Ibragimov fights. Like Toney vs. Peter and Liakhovich vs. Brewster, it's going to be another great heavyweight fight on Showtime. Do you have to prepare differently to fight Sergei than to fight Wladimir? The only difference is the sparring partners. I'll try to get guys similar in size and style to Sergei, other than that, everything is the same. I'm going to be training in altitude and I've made some great additions to my training staff. I'm going to be in the best shape of my life on November 4. Does being an American contender when all four titles are held by Champions from the former Soviet Republics give you any extra incentive to win a title? I don't need any extra incentive, but bringing the belts back to the USA is very important to me. Rahman was supposed to be the last line of defense; well I'm the first line of offense. I'm bringing the belt back to Brooklyn, back to Brownsville where it belongs. You are one of the most talked about fighters in boxing. What do you have to say to your many fans and to your critics? I want to thank all my loyal fans out there. I love them, they are the greatest. I can't even keep up with all my email and action on My Space. For my critics, I got nothing but love as well. I'm going to prove them all wrong and turn them in to believers on November 4. I like what briggs had to say in that interview. it sounds like he's going to be in good shape and seems highly motivated. of course he's sounded like this in the past and still came in way too heavy. hopefully he wont disappoint us this time. Im hoping he comes in at or under 250 lbs. he has a good punchers chance here..but I have to go with serg as he has much better stamina than briggs and that could be the difference in this fight. serg tko 8 after a few rocky moments early in the fight