Comments Thread For: Time For Klitschko To Push The Interest Envelope

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Now that’s he’s run his heavyweight title defense total to 17 (a heady consecutive height only reached by Hall of Famers named Louis and Holmes) it’s high time for Wladimir Klitschko to change his tack.

His violent Saturday erasure of unbeaten No. 1 challenger Kubrat Pulev has seemingly gotten the last of the perpetual contrarians into the boat – as evidenced by “we knew it all along” gushing on premium cable and social media – so why not dispense with the rote assembly line dismissal of anonymous Eastern European heavy bags and move on to matches that might actually move the interest needles?

Fortunately for the still-prime 38-year-old, some options exist amid the flotsam.

Though I’m sure Luis Ortiz would be a fine drug-free foil as a WBA No. 1 foe and top WBO man Dereck Chisora would do no worse than 10-2, 10-2, 9-1-2 blowout loss he suffered to big brother Vitali in 2012, there are at least a small handful of other directions in which the four-belt champ can go to step away from the clinical automaton character he’s played so well for the last eight-plus years.

Toward that end, may I first suggest one Shannon Briggs?

Yes, I went there.

But no, I’m not actually claiming the 42-year-old New Yorker has legitimately earned a shot. [Click Here To Read More]

[Weltschmerz]

Vladimir is huge in Germany already and makes tons of money.

He doesn't need to push any envelopes.

[Cinci Champ]

Vladimir is huge in Germany already and makes tons of money.

He doesn't need to push any envelopes.

while i agree he dont need to it sure would be interesting if he did. im surprised he didnt mention tyson fury

[PAC-BOY]

Briggs is what i wanna see

[Chuckguy]

Briggs is what i wanna see

Didn't he already kick Briggs az

[fladz]

What -Weltschmerz- said.

Ridiculous article. See if Wilder can get through Stiverne first, as for Briggs he can fk off, what he's doing is mildly amusing but it doesn't get you a shot at Wlad.

[phatcatboxing]

Briggs? Really!? You want to see the greatest fighter on the planet, generally, not P4P, fight a roided up pensioner with severe brain damage who's thus far done nothing more to earn the fight than follow Klitschko around shouting 'Let's go champ' until he's removed by security.

The only reason this fight might take place is that Klitschko may need to put Briggs in a coma so he can get on with his own life, free of that wrinkly nut bag and his TMZ posse.

[yoz]

I'd still like to see Chisora get a shot. It'd be deserved, especially given their history and even more so if he beats Fury.

[Crazylegs77]

I wouldnt complain if Wlad took a fight in the USA with Briggs just for entertainment purposes.
but
How about a HW tournament? Winner gets a shot at Wlad.
Briggs can take part in the tournament.

[Arthur Daley]

One of the worst ever articles wrote about boxing in the history of the sport. Utter rubbish. Was the author a WWF fan 12 year old boy or some woman who has seen about 4 fights in her life? Utter toilet article.