Green and Briggs fiasco... they said it.

Quotes and fall-out from the epochal Green-vs-Briggs fiasco in Perth last night: "We've never ever in the history of boxing seen so much money go on a specific decision outcome, as in a first or second-round knockout." - Centrebet spokesman, Neil Evans. "He dogged it. My chihuahua Rocky has got bigger balls than him." Danny Green "The Combat Sports Authority stands by its unanimous decision of 6 July 2010 not to sanction the proposed bout in NSW between Danny Green and Paul Briggs," NSW Combat Sports Authority. "It was absolutely disgraceful, boxing needed that like a boil on our backside" - Legendary trainer, Johnny Lewis "didn't do a hell of a lot of sparring" - Briggs' trainer, Billy Hussein. "All the boxing people knew Paul wasn't what he was years ago. I don't know why he's blowing up. I will step up and fight him any day..." Boxer, Nader Hamdan "I can't accept responsibility for this." - Danny Green "Danny Green got what he paid for" - Jeff Fenech "I expected Briggs to be a really tough opponent so what happened tonight was a shock. I'm just filthy mate. I feel dirty. - Danny Green 'Very bad for Australian boxing' - Vic Darchinyan "I've gotta cop this, wear whatever comes my way. I've gotta wear some stuff that other people should be wearing too. It's cool. I'll deal with it." Danny Green again. "That was an utter disgrace and not good for boxing or entertainment in general," Anthony Mundine "I've gone from the most prestigious victory, some say the greatest victory in Australian boxing history in taking out Roy Jones Jnr to the lowest point in my career." - Danny Green. "There was a massive go on first or second-round knockout starting from very early yesterday morning, right through the day, certainly up until early afternoon," Neil Evans again "...it shits me because I can't do anything to change what happened." - Danny Green "Danny Green and this crap organisation, the IBO, have to be man enough to say 'listen, if we're gonna defend this title, let's get it some respect, let's get it some credibility and let's bring somebody in here who can fight, somebody who can be competitive." - Jeff Fenech "Several boxing identities felt the sport's best chance of repairing its reputation in Australia was to concentrate on the deeds of renowned warriors like WBO interim lightweight world champion Michael Katsidis, two-division world champion Darchinyan, Ndou and rising young IBO lightweight world champion Lenny Zappavigna." Sky News report "What happened was, 29 seconds into the round, Paul Briggs lunged in to attack, I countered with a straight left which we've practised probably 1000 times in training, and caught Briggsy on the top part of the skull." Danny Green. "Ordinarily there's not much interest in the round betting to be honest, so to get a heap of phone calls in the space of literally 10 minutes was peculiar." - Haydn Lane, Sportsbet "Boxing's been kicked in the guts a million times and this is the most farcical thing we've probably seen in many years in this country," - Neil Evans, Centrebet "The blow that lands - to the naked eye, it appears he hasn't been felled - but this (footage) is actual proof he has been felled by a legitimate blow to the head and a brain stem kind of injury has occurred ... almost like a collision." Danny Green. "The volume of bets, at the height of it all, they were coming in every 30 seconds. We probably held more individual wagers on a round one knockout in this fight than we have in combined fights in this country in the last 20 years." - Neil Evans, Centrebet "I viewed the footage this morning and slowed the footage down to an incredibly slow speed and I'm happy I did that, because you can actually see the blow that lands." - Danny Green "where in relation to a contest the commission is of the opinion ... that the contest is a sham contest the commission shall inquire into the promotion, arrangement and conduct of the contest." - Section 47 of the Professional Combat Act "He was legitimately hurt." - Danny Green again.