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Briggs Responds to Ibragimov!
June 29, 2006
NABA, USBA and WBO NABO Heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs (47-4-1, 41 KOs) says he would like to set the record straight, in response to a widely circulated story that first appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, claiming he was “knocked out…with one punch in a sparring session,” against recently vanquished Uzbekistani heavyweight Timur Ibragimov.
"I like Timur and I wish things would have gone a little better for him the other night, but the thought of him knocking me down is a joke,” states Briggs emphatically. “I haven't sparred with the kid in a year and I beat him down when I did. Panama (Lewis, Ibragimov’s trainer) was so upset with the way I was handling him that he started screaming at the kid and pulled him out of the ring. I hurt him with every punch.”
Briggs, who maintains he was never contacted by the Review-Journal regarding the veracity of Ibragimov’s assertion, says he has no hard feelings about the incident, but feels compelled to set the record straight. “I don't blame Ibragimov’s people for trying to stir up some hype around the kid but it never happened, not even close!”
Miami light heavyweight contender Danny Santiago claims he was present during the sparring session in question and says Briggs’ version is the accurate one. “I watched the sparring between Shannon and Timur a year ago. Shannon was out of shape, but he ****** Timur all over the ring. Shannon put it on him,” he asserted.
Briggs will soon have little time to deal with such talk. On July 26, he will appear in one of the headlining bouts for Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing’s next show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
And then on November 11, providing he wins in July, Briggs is scheduled to challenge IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York.
(copied from *********.com)
June 29, 2006
NABA, USBA and WBO NABO Heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs (47-4-1, 41 KOs) says he would like to set the record straight, in response to a widely circulated story that first appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, claiming he was “knocked out…with one punch in a sparring session,” against recently vanquished Uzbekistani heavyweight Timur Ibragimov.
"I like Timur and I wish things would have gone a little better for him the other night, but the thought of him knocking me down is a joke,” states Briggs emphatically. “I haven't sparred with the kid in a year and I beat him down when I did. Panama (Lewis, Ibragimov’s trainer) was so upset with the way I was handling him that he started screaming at the kid and pulled him out of the ring. I hurt him with every punch.”
Briggs, who maintains he was never contacted by the Review-Journal regarding the veracity of Ibragimov’s assertion, says he has no hard feelings about the incident, but feels compelled to set the record straight. “I don't blame Ibragimov’s people for trying to stir up some hype around the kid but it never happened, not even close!”
Miami light heavyweight contender Danny Santiago claims he was present during the sparring session in question and says Briggs’ version is the accurate one. “I watched the sparring between Shannon and Timur a year ago. Shannon was out of shape, but he ****** Timur all over the ring. Shannon put it on him,” he asserted.
Briggs will soon have little time to deal with such talk. On July 26, he will appear in one of the headlining bouts for Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing’s next show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
And then on November 11, providing he wins in July, Briggs is scheduled to challenge IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York.
(copied from *********.com)
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