Briggs-Ibragimov presser! Look what Briggs is wearing!

[Derranged_]

Clearly, Briggs' conditioning will be the deciding factor in this fight. If he comes into this fight bulked up and overweight then Sultan will be able to exploit this, take the fight into later rounds, and go for the KO or decision.

In order to do this, Sultan has got to fight a "fast" fight and avoid Briggs' power punches. After wearing him out in the early to mid rounds, he can open up like he did with Mora and pray he's not countered with any bombs Briggs can muster.

[Derranged_]

What's the deal with fight; is it still going to be ppv?

[ROSEWOOD]

nothing new about the sweaters...

[Moon]

I kinda' like this fight, especially if it means we end-up seeing less of Shannon Briggs afterwords.

Really though, I like Iggy's power in both hands, but he comes in throwing wide wide wide open and can be countered hard by someone with patience. Briggs is not the smartest guy in the ring, but he can lay back and take some big shots to get the smaller Iggy close, and then pop him when he's swinging with both hands.

If Iggy shows-up condtioned, which I expect this old version of Shanoon won't, then it's not a long night for Iggy.

[STEELHEAD]

briggs looks dangerous against tomatoe cans but has still yet to be able to knock out an even semi durable heavyweight

agree... and s. ibragimov is a tomato can.

[jcarr71]

briggs looks dangerous against tomatoe cans but has still yet to be able to knock out an even semi durable heavyweight

Lyakovich? Ray Mercer? Granted Sergei did basically pass out and Mercer was washed up, but only Lennox Lewis had been able to stop Mercer prior and Sergei was able to take Lamon Brewster's best stuff and still be fine at the end of the fight. You can't question Briggs natural power. It is obvious. What you can question is whether or not he can actually throw the punches to hurt someone with or not.

[beez721]

Lyakovich? Ray Mercer? Granted Sergei did basically pass out and Mercer was washed up, but only Lennox Lewis had been able to stop Mercer prior and Sergei was able to take Lamon Brewster's best stuff and still be fine at the end of the fight. You can't question Briggs natural power. It is obvious. What you can question is whether or not he can actually throw the punches to hurt someone with or not.

serge was knocked out by light hitting mo harris and on the deck and within a hair of getting stopped by an out of shape brewster. mercer was a shell of himself and was destroyed by wlad 5 years earlier and the shot briggs stopped him with was a blatant foul behind mercers back. sure briggs has power but its not at the level that many make it out to be or he'd have stopped the botha's,,,mccline,,,wilsons,,,and field's of the world

[beez721]

agree... and s. ibragimov is a tomato can.

he's flawed defensively but far from a tomato can. youre too narrow minded to look beyond the austin fight

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Is this fight going to be ppv? If so, who's ordering?

[EliteSoldier]

This fights not ppv worthy. Yes, those two are perfectly matched with each other and probably going to be tough for both fighters. But ppv worthy? PPV worthy my ass, both boxers aren't world class beaters and aren't the most enjoyable to watch. Bloody ridiculous when they try to sell shannon briggs as a ppv fight.