Shannon Briggs Comeback

[Kid Achilles]

Like I said, we'll see. He's lost to some pretty mediocre opposition (Sedrick Fields and Wilson especially) and even drew with Botha but he's got quick hands for a large heavyweight, has proved his heart when he was in against the best, and hits very hard. Those things are enough to make him a viable contender when you consider the jokers who are carrying a title these days.

You want to talk about dissapointments, let's discuss Golota. I've never seen a fighter blow so many fights that he was winning. I don't understand how anyone can still bet on the nut when even if he's ahead on the scorecards by a mile there's no guarantee that he'll get through the entire fight without quitting or going south. I'm sorry but compared to a guy like that, Briggs seems pretty stable and consistent.

[Moon]

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.

How can the guy have heart, but lack confidence and motivation?

Without confidence and motivation, your'e a tomato can at Heavy.

[Moon]

By the way, Briggs does not have any speed or power going into the middle rounds. If hasn't got a guy figured-out by then, it's all over. Briggs also drops his hands alot and doen't coverup after being tagged. he's very very hittable when he gets smacked good by a guy who can follow-up.

[PBDS]

Shannon Briggs is one of the biggest frauds in the history of boxing.
He got a lot of hype because he was a New Yorker....& because he had the dreads.

He never won a fight of significance....& I'll never forget his first loss...
He headlined HBO's "Night Of Young Heavyweights" (Tua KO'd Ruiz, Golota KO'd D. Nicholson) & took on the undersized Darroll Wilson.
After storming Wilson & having him hurt, Briggs ran into a hurdle......Wilson stayed up & shoved a jab in Shannon's face. You could just see all the fire put out in Briggs, right then & there.
After that, he was schooled by Wilson, before getting knocked silly.

He then blamed it all on ASTHMA.
Teddy Atlas was his trainer, & was so embarrassed by Briggs & his excuses that he went & quit.


What's this fraud coming back to , anyway ?

....Yeah, I remember that. I was actually pretty disapointed in him. I thought he was gonna be a bad ass and someone to really watch and you could just see he didn't have the confidence when he got tested. It ******!!! He did give a good accounting against Lewis though and re-earned a little respect from me anyway.

[Kid Achilles]

Heart and motivation are two very seperate things my friend.

Rid**** Bowe is a great example of another fighter who had a lot of heart but little motivation or dedication to the sport. He came into those fights against Golota drained (from losing all the weight he put on) and unprepared and fought like **** but he never gave up. Briggs is like that as well. He is a courageous guy once he's in the ring, but he has a hard time in the gym preparing himself to fight at his best.

You can make an arguement for Rahman being the same kind of fighter as well. Inconsistent, no motivation to stay in shape, but when he's in there he isn't gonna quit.

[joeboxer]

Shannon claims when he was a kid people called him Ali, he said it was because they didn't even know his real name. Maybe they wished he wasn't named Shannon either.

[Crouching Tiger]

Yeah, like we needed another one of those dime-a-dozen comebacks by mediocre, past-their-prime boxers.

I think the reason why he's boxing again is that he needs dough very badly because was sued for $2million (and lost) for breaking the eye socket of a football player in a club brawl.

I want to meet his hairdresser though.

[hollister]

C'mon man relax, I wasn't trying to offend anyone.

[Slipx]

I think it's a bad idea.

For a boxer to be named Shannon.

the truth to that is

thats probably the reason he started boxing. picture it:

when he was a young kid, people picked on him hardcore about the name, and in turn, it instilled something in him,a burning desire to prove to people that he's hard, and not a *****, like the kids that used to clown him thought he was.

[hollister]

the truth to that is

thats probably the reason he started boxing. picture it:

when he was a young kid, people picked on him hardcore about the name, and in turn, it instilled something in him,a burning desire to prove to people that he's hard, and not a *****, like the kids that used to clown him thought he was.

That's exactly what I meant