watch it and you will see a scared white Russian get reduced into a bum for real by a fellow bum who is now a champion. congrats to Briggs though.
Lykhovich is still a good fighter and he will be back stronger, he just faught a stupid fight and was still winning, all he had to do was stay away from briggs in the 12th round like his corner told him too but he didint...
I don't know what was wrong with Liakhovich last night but he fought like a total idiot. Briggs was countering him all night and Liakhovich could not adjust to that and stopped throwing altogether. After the first knock down, he should have grabbed Briggs and not let go until the ref would have to tear them apart. Strange fight on his part. Briggs was everything anybody expected of him.
I believe Sergei wasn't right in the head for this fight. He wasn't ready for Briggs.
so you abandoned your "screwjob"/"foul play" theory already?
by the way, how'd that Baldomir win prediction turn out for you, moron?
diegofuego you dumb ass..how is the division bad just because its evenly matched?..
so if i take 10 bumbs off the street that would be a good divition because they are "evenly matched"
Good end for that fight. Briggs finally punched which is sort of the basis of boxing and won by KO.
Serguei Lyakhovich did not deserve the win going into the 12th round but neither did Briggs.
The last 15 seconds decided the fight and rightfully so when throughout the fight it was clear Lyakhovich feared Briggs power.
Briggs was smart fighting judiciously to conserve his energy and Lyakhovich made it easy for him to do so.
Other opponents will wear Briggs down until exhaustion sets in and then finish him. :boxing:
Sidenote: Kenny Weldon is the only reason Lyakhovich won the fight against Brewster. Also he is the only reason going into the 12th round Lyakhovich was winning the fight on the judges card.
Kenny Weldon is a great trainer who any prospect should jump at the chance to be trained by. The evidence is clear how he could take Lyakhovich a "B" class fighter and train him to put out just enough to win and almost win a second time vs two "A" class fighters.
first time I've ever agreed with you. going into the 12th, I said neither guy deserved to win and that somebody should go for broke. nobody even went for broke really. briggs just times sergei and cracked him good, followed up correctly, and got the win. funny fight with a funnier ending.
haven't watched the fight front to back but i saw the first 3 rounds and the last round.. i think Sergei can learn from last nights fight and continue to thrive in the division.. he's got talent, that's undeniable.. i feel bad for him but he did make a mistake in keeping within Briggs range of power.. like i said, i think its a learning experience for him
Remember the Lewis fight. Briggs IS championship quailty
oh please. he had a 10 second moment when he dazed an over confident lewis and then got his butt kicked in the rest of the fight. from what I hear he looked awful last night,,but serg was even worst
Good end for that fight. Briggs finally punched which is sort of the basis of boxing and won by KO.
Serguei Lyakhovich did not deserve the win going into the 12th round but neither did Briggs.
The last 15 seconds decided the fight and rightfully so when throughout the fight it was clear Lyakhovich feared Briggs power.
Briggs was smart fighting judiciously to conserve his energy and Lyakhovich made it easy for him to do so.
Other opponents will wear Briggs down until exhaustion sets in and then finish him. :boxing:
Sidenote: Kenny Weldon is the only reason Lyakhovich won the fight against Brewster. Also he is the only reason going into the 12th round Lyakhovich was winning the fight on the judges card.
Kenny Weldon is a great trainer who any prospect should jump at the chance to be trained by. The evidence is clear how he could take Lyakhovich a "B" class fighter and train him to put out just enough to win and almost win a second time vs two "A" class fighters.
I was thinking the same thing after watching that fight... He gives perfect instructions and seems to be really smart. The only thing I wish he did was tell his fighter the thing he is doing right in that round.
What the F%^& is up with a division that Sannon Briggs can own a champ?
Lord let a HW save our boxing loving asses. soon
Remember the Lewis fight. Briggs IS championship quailty
No, when did Preskar fight? The only fight I caught before the main event was Diaz vs. Angullo.
Hmmmmm, maybe they did not televise it on your network. It was one of the preliminary bouts. Preskar didn't face much of an opponent, but he got the job done as he should have in the first round. I've seen him before and he still has the same problem, he pushes his punches. Preskar is without a doubt a puncher, and once he learns how to get full power on the end of his fist, he will be taking guys out with one shot. His boxing skills aren't too bad either.
Compared to the Shannon Briggs of last night, Samuel Peter looks like Henry Armstrong. I have never before seen such a terrible display of conditioning. Briggs simply has the worst stamina in heavyweight history. Basically by the 3rd round he was gasping for breath after having thrown maybe a total of 50 punches by that time. He hurt Sergei in the first, and then threw something like six or seven punches to try to take him out but had to give up because the effort clearly exhausted him.
Sergei wasn't in great shape either and was not the same guy who beat Brewster. From the begining he looked subdued and depressed and did not want to be there. Mentally he wasn't in any shape to defend his title IMO.
I give credit to Briggs for doing what he had to to win but Wladimir Klitschko would have taken both men out last night, in a round or two each. Wlad must have been drooling as he watched the fight last night. Briggs and Maskaev are two easy fights for him. Only Valuev will offer any kind of resistance. At first glance it looks as if we Americans have a chance at unification now but really it's just set things up for Wlad to make a clean sweep.
The one thing standing between Wlad and the unified title is boxing politics. He will go through these title holders like a pig through shit.
Great post!
Did you notice Mario Preskar? This guy hits hard and if you look closely you will see he hasn't even learded how to punch! If Preskar got the right training he would soon enough be ready to clean out the whole division.
Compared to the Shannon Briggs of last night, Samuel Peter looks like Henry Armstrong. I have never before seen such a terrible display of conditioning. Briggs simply has the worst stamina in heavyweight history. Basically by the 3rd round he was gasping for breath after having thrown maybe a total of 50 punches by that time. He hurt Sergei in the first, and then threw something like six or seven punches to try to take him out but had to give up because the effort clearly exhausted him.
Sergei wasn't in great shape either and was not the same guy who beat Brewster. From the begining he looked subdued and depressed and did not want to be there. Mentally he wasn't in any shape to defend his title IMO.
I give credit to Briggs for doing what he had to to win but Wladimir Klitschko would have taken both men out last night, in a round or two each. Wlad must have been drooling as he watched the fight last night. Briggs and Maskaev are two easy fights for him. Only Valuev will offer any kind of resistance. At first glance it looks as if we Americans have a chance at unification now but really it's just set things up for Wlad to make a clean sweep.
The one thing standing between Wlad and the unified title is boxing politics. He will go through these title holders like a pig through shit.