Shannon Briggs Comeback

[MikeHunt]

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2005--Cedric Kushner Promotions, Inc. (CKP) (PK: CKPI) announced today that the former Linear Heavyweight Champion of the World, Shannon Briggs, will return to the ring after nearly a one year lay off. Briggs is slated to fight on Thursday, March 3, 2005 in the Theater at Madison Square Garden against an opponent to be determined. With a professional record of 40-4-1 with 34 knockouts, Shannon is still regarded by many to be one of the best heavyweights in the world and a serious contender for the world heavyweight crown.

It's a boy named Sue!! Not Shannon you *****..........He's a tomato can at best so I 'Shannon' should toss my salad!

[Kid Achilles]

How can anyone doubt Shannon's talent? Overall he has been a dissapointment as a fighter but only because he *is* so talented and has not yet lived up to his potential. In his loss to Lewis he gave a good account of himself against one of the very best heavyweights in the last 25 years. Have you seen that fight? If so I don't know how you can still question his heart. He may have confidence problems (okay he DOES have confidence problems)and motivational issues but his talent, heart and athleticism are enough to make him a dangerous contender for Vitali's title if he gets his act together and stays completely focused on boxing.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Isn't he the guy who knocked himself out in the Lewis fight?

I guess with the heavyweight division being the way that it is, everyone is a potential saviour..

[jabsRstiff]

How can anyone doubt Shannon's talent? Overall he has been a dissapointment as a fighter but only because he *is* so talented and has not yet lived up to his potential. In his loss to Lewis he gave a good account of himself against one of the very best heavyweights in the last 25 years. Have you seen that fight? If so I don't know how you can still question his heart. He may have confidence problems (okay he DOES have confidence problems)and motivational issues but his talent, heart and athleticism are enough to make him a dangerous contender for Vitali's title if he gets his act together and stays completely focused on boxing.

He has beaten no one.

He was MOPPED up by Wilson, remember ?
What about his fight with Botha ?

The guy has done nothing, nothing at all.

He's an absolute fraud.

[Kid Achilles]

No he hasn't beaten anyone else YET, but he looked damn good against Lewis and his career isn't over. The division is weaker than ever before (and I really mean that) and if Lamon Brewster can win a title, Shannon Briggs certainly has it in him.

[joeboxer]

It's a boy named Sue!! Not Shannon you *****..........He's a tomato can at best so I 'Shannon' should toss my salad!

You quoted a news article I posted and then called me a *****. Does that make sense to you? cause i'm not getting it.

[joeboxer]

Yes. You're an idiot.

I like what you did there. You took my quote out of context and made fun of it. That was very smart of you. And funny.

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You can thank me later.

[jabsRstiff]

No he hasn't beaten anyone else YET, but he looked damn good against Lewis and his career isn't over. The division is weaker than ever before (and I really mean that) and if Lamon Brewster can win a title, Shannon Briggs certainly has it in him.

Aside from a few nice moments...Briggs was getting bashed all over the place by Lewis.

[Kid Achilles]

Right, but in those few nice moments he had Lewis on the verge of a knockout loss. No one is arguing that Briggs is anywhere near as good as Lewis, but he did a lot better than Golota, Botha, Grant, and other Lewis opponents who were never even in the fight. He also showed a lot of heart in losing and stood up to Lewis in the fight,frequently throwing hard shots of his own after he had gotten tagged.

The people who don't think Briggs has a chance of winning a title in this lame ass division obviously have a bias against the guy. He is more talented than Ruiz and Brewster, and both of those guys have titles. He is a hell of a lot better than Danny Williams, who recently got a title shot for beating a shot Tyson.

Only time will tell for sure but I see Briggs with a belt around his waist sometime in the next few years.

[jabsRstiff]

You're acting like Briggs hasn't gotten his chance !

He got a GIFT over Foreman....in a title fight he didn't even deserve to be in !


I DO have a bias against him.....I tend not to support hype-jobs who flop every time they're supposed to step up.