If tyrell biggs was around today would he be champ ? .

[Kid Achilles]

Briggs was big though. He was 6'5" which made his mobility all the more freakish. Still, he was not a great fighter by any stretch of the imagination. He's a great example of why talent and athleticism aren't enough to win at the top level of boxing.

[PBDS]

Briggs was big though. He was 6'5" which made his mobility all the more freakish. Still, he was not a great fighter by any stretch of the imagination. He's a great example of why talent and athleticism aren't enough to win at the top level of boxing.

......I don't think the guy had the mindset or heart to be a dominant heavy.

[kapersky]

......I don't think the guy had the mindset or heart to be a dominant heavy.

true, he had no power and is to weak and also didnt had heart enough. he was scared to died when he fight tyson. he had good feet movement and long jab thats is not enough.

[Kimmy]

He may have beat the Lamon Brusters of the this world i guess but he`d have to be matched carefully. He could be protected enough by say a Don King and then got a Ruiz fight or something. He would have had a chance of winning. It all depends on whom he fought and when!

[catskills23]

Come on guys biggs would blitz this division, he gave prime tyson hell in the first round and won it and holyfield and lewis beat biggs when he was a ******* addict and was shot but the biggs who fought tyson boxes holyfield and lewis ears off .

[lennon]

Thats an interesting question. Biggs was defintely a very good boxer, but he wasn't a very big guy nor was he a big puncher. He would beat Brewster easy, he would beat Ruiz if Ruiz wasn't allowed to hold constantly, he would get destroyed by Vitali, and I think that a fight with Byrd would a highly intersting fight. Both have good skills, I see a close fight but Byrd winning on points.

He was a big guy, he was 6 ft 6" 230 pounds, his style was to jab and dance like ali thats why he wasnt heavier.

[lennon]

I'm in the UK dude, so i didnt see much of Biggs as an Amateur. Sorry! He was in the Olympics wasnt he? But my recolection back that far is hazy.

He fought lennox lewis in the 1984 olympics, he won a points decision on the way to winning gold.
Lewis was 18 and skinny and biggs 24 and physically much bigger, lewis had some good moments and hurt him but biggs was an ali style dancer so was difficult to hit, anyway lewis destroyed him in 3 rds in 1991.

[Sulpiride]

Doesn't take much to be a titlist right now, so sure, why not...he certainly wouldn't be the man at HW..

[paul750]

true, he had no power and is to weak and also didnt had heart enough. he was scared to died when he fight tyson. he had good feet movement and long jab thats is not enough.

i think some of you guys might be getting confused here, we are talking about tyrell biggs, not snannon briggs tyrell big was not big, he is much smaller than lewis

[Dynamite76]

Biggs would be champion today, based on the talent.However, due to his lack of power and heart, would probably lose in his first defense.Drugs robbed him of any chance he had to be a good fighter.