I give Briggs more than just a punchers chance

[Leo Pradun]

One things for sure is that this is going to be a great fight and its not going the distance either...

[potatoes]

One things for sure is that this is going to be a great fight and its not going the distance either...

.......I tend to agree. From what we know about the two candidates it appears to be a good match with neither man having a major advantage. Both men are easy to hit, but then both of them can take a hit. Briggs may have the bigger punch, but only until he runs out of gas. I expect Liakhovich to be somewhat busier in the ring, especially the first half of the fight, and that should create interesting display of fistic fireworks.

[K-DOGG]

I really don't/can't see Briggs winning this one.

Shannon Briggs is yet another sad case of wasted potential in boxing's big boy division. He was hyped beyond belief when he turned pro, thanks to his boxing connections. So much was made of him being another Brownsville product, which was a blatant attempt to compare him to Mike Tyson and Rid**** Bowe. Then, he stepped up and had the spotlight on HBO against Darrol Wilson, who was 15-0 at the time; a match up of two young undefeateds, with favoritism leaning heavily in favor of the over-hyped Briggs.

He quit. Let's make no bones about it, he quit. His moment in the sun came, his time to shine, and he quit. Asthma my ass-ma. Tony Atlas, in response to his performance, quit him.

Enter, stage two: rebuilding a reputation. Four wins over so-so competition, rebuilding his confidence, I suppose. George Foreman, who had a contract with HBO, was given a choice of opponenents, and chose Shannon. Why? Because George is no dummy, knew his limitations, and picked the opponent who posed the least amount of a threat to defeat him. Lo and Behold if the judges didn't give, and I do mean "give", the decision to Briggs at the end of a fight that Foreman had clearly won. Why? Possibly it was Briggs's connections. Possibly it was the boxing establishment wanting George to ride off into the sunset and allow new blood to have the spotlight. Or, possibly it was lack of eyesight or poor judgement. Who knows? The fact is Shannon ran from George all night, and only punched in defense, for the most part, until the final couple of rounds, when he seemed to be reasonably confident that George wasn't going to knock him out.

Enter Lennox Lewis. Did Shannon really have Lewis almost ready to go. NO. He rocked him. He knocked him off balance, or he caught him off balance. It really doesn't matter because I've watched that fight I don't know how many times and no matter how exciting it was at moments, Shannon Briggs was never really close to winning that fight. It is a myth that has been blown out of proportion in the years since. Lennox Lewis kicked his ass, that's it. Now, kudos to Briggs for gettin up time and again...he showed heart; but he still got his ass kicked.

After Lewis, Briggs drew with Francois Botha, dropped an 8-Round Decision to the 9-9 Sedrick Fields, and lost a wide-margin 10 Rounder to Jameel McCline. There were other fights to be sure; but over whom? No one. Everytime Briggs has fought a fighter who wanted it more, he's lost. Shannon Briggs does not have what it takes to win the big one, he just doesn't. He's missing that certain indefineable quality that champions have.

In addition to his lack of stomach, Briggs has stamina issues, and he's getting old. He had his moment, his chance, and he let it pass as if it meant nothing....he did not rise up and cease the day; and it's too late now. Shannon Briggs is not only going to lose this fight, he's going to be beaten up. There will be some spirited give and take in the early going; but Shannon will eventualy decrease his activity, while Sergei will not. Will he be stopped? Depends. Liakhovich is not a massive puncher, so a stoppage will either be in the later rounds due to fatigue or retirement.

Then, finally, maybe this myth of Shannon Briggs will be laid to rest.


Liakhovich by 8th rond TKO.

[GasPed]

I really don't/can't see Briggs winning this one.

Shannon Briggs is yet another sad case of wasted potential in boxing's big boy division. He was hyped beyond belief when he turned pro, thanks to his boxing connections. So much was made of him being another Brownsville product, which was a blatant attempt to compare him to Mike Tyson and Rid**** Bowe. Then, he stepped up and had the spotlight on HBO against Darrol Wilson, who was 15-0 at the time; a match up of two young undefeateds, with favoritism leaning heavily in favor of the over-hyped Briggs.

He quit. Let's make no bones about it, he quit. His moment in the sun came, his time to shine, and he quit. Asthma my ass-ma. Tony Atlas, in response to his performance, quit him.

Enter, stage two: rebuilding a reputation. Four wins over so-so competition, rebuilding his confidence, I suppose. George Foreman, who had a contract with HBO, was given a choice of opponenents, and chose Shannon. Why? Because George is no dummy, knew his limitations, and picked the opponent who posed the least amount of a threat to defeat him. Lo and Behold if the judges didn't give, and I do mean "give", the decision to Briggs at the end of a fight that Foreman had clearly won. Why? Possibly it was Briggs's connections. Possibly it was the boxing establishment wanting George to ride off into the sunset and allow new blood to have the spotlight. Or, possibly it was lack of eyesight or poor judgement. Who knows? The fact is Shannon ran from George all night, and only punched in defense, for the most part, until the final couple of rounds, when he seemed to be reasonably confident that George wasn't going to knock him out.

Enter Lennox Lewis. Did Shannon really have Lewis almost ready to go. NO. He rocked him. He knocked him off balance, or he caught him off balance. It really doesn't matter because I've watched that fight I don't know how many times and no matter how exciting it was at moments, Shannon Briggs was never really close to winning that fight. It is a myth that has been blown out of proportion in the years since. Lennox Lewis kicked his ass, that's it. Now, kudos to Briggs for gettin up time and again...he showed heart; but he still got his ass kicked.

After Lewis, Briggs drew with Francois Botha, dropped an 8-Round Decision to the 9-9 Sedrick Fields, and lost a wide-margin 10 Rounder to Jameel McCline. There were other fights to be sure; but over whom? No one. Everytime Briggs has fought a fighter who wanted it more, he's lost. Shannon Briggs does not have what it takes to win the big one, he just doesn't. He's missing that certain indefineable quality that champions have.

In addition to his lack of stomach, Briggs has stamina issues, and he's getting old. He had his moment, his chance, and he let it pass as if it meant nothing....he did not rise up and cease the day; and it's too late now. Shannon Briggs is not only going to lose this fight, he's going to be beaten up. There will be some spirited give and take in the early going; but Shannon will eventualy decrease his activity, while Sergei will not. Will he be stopped? Depends. Liakhovich is not a massive puncher, so a stoppage will either be in the later rounds due to fatigue or retirement.

Then, finally, maybe this myth of Shannon Briggs will be laid to rest.


Liakhovich by 8th rond TKO.

HA! I don't totally agree with your post, but it was very well done! Good job!!

[Crazy Dude]

I really don't/can't see Briggs winning this one.

Shannon Briggs is yet another sad case of wasted potential in boxing's big boy division. He was hyped beyond belief when he turned pro, thanks to his boxing connections. So much was made of him being another Brownsville product, which was a blatant attempt to compare him to Mike Tyson and Rid**** Bowe. Then, he stepped up and had the spotlight on HBO against Darrol Wilson, who was 15-0 at the time; a match up of two young undefeateds, with favoritism leaning heavily in favor of the over-hyped Briggs.

He quit. Let's make no bones about it, he quit. His moment in the sun came, his time to shine, and he quit. Asthma my ass-ma. Tony Atlas, in response to his performance, quit him.

Enter, stage two: rebuilding a reputation. Four wins over so-so competition, rebuilding his confidence, I suppose. George Foreman, who had a contract with HBO, was given a choice of opponenents, and chose Shannon. Why? Because George is no dummy, knew his limitations, and picked the opponent who posed the least amount of a threat to defeat him. Lo and Behold if the judges didn't give, and I do mean "give", the decision to Briggs at the end of a fight that Foreman had clearly won. Why? Possibly it was Briggs's connections. Possibly it was the boxing establishment wanting George to ride off into the sunset and allow new blood to have the spotlight. Or, possibly it was lack of eyesight or poor judgement. Who knows? The fact is Shannon ran from George all night, and only punched in defense, for the most part, until the final couple of rounds, when he seemed to be reasonably confident that George wasn't going to knock him out.

Enter Lennox Lewis. Did Shannon really have Lewis almost ready to go. NO. He rocked him. He knocked him off balance, or he caught him off balance. It really doesn't matter because I've watched that fight I don't know how many times and no matter how exciting it was at moments, Shannon Briggs was never really close to winning that fight. It is a myth that has been blown out of proportion in the years since. Lennox Lewis kicked his ass, that's it. Now, kudos to Briggs for gettin up time and again...he showed heart; but he still got his ass kicked.

After Lewis, Briggs drew with Francois Botha, dropped an 8-Round Decision to the 9-9 Sedrick Fields, and lost a wide-margin 10 Rounder to Jameel McCline. There were other fights to be sure; but over whom? No one. Everytime Briggs has fought a fighter who wanted it more, he's lost. Shannon Briggs does not have what it takes to win the big one, he just doesn't. He's missing that certain indefineable quality that champions have.

In addition to his lack of stomach, Briggs has stamina issues, and he's getting old. He had his moment, his chance, and he let it pass as if it meant nothing....he did not rise up and cease the day; and it's too late now. Shannon Briggs is not only going to lose this fight, he's going to be beaten up. There will be some spirited give and take in the early going; but Shannon will eventualy decrease his activity, while Sergei will not. Will he be stopped? Depends. Liakhovich is not a massive puncher, so a stoppage will either be in the later rounds due to fatigue or retirement.

Then, finally, maybe this myth of Shannon Briggs will be laid to rest.


Liakhovich by 8th rond TKO.

Besides falling into the ropes, Lennox Lewis at one point turned his back on Briggs and ran. He sure looked like he was in trouble to me.

[beez721]

Something tells me that Lyakhovich is really over-hyped with his win over Brewster...

Yes both guys (Lyakhovich and Brewster) have a hell of a beard and can punch...

But lets not forget that Brewster was Wlad's punching bag for the first 4 rounds of their fight and could not do anything until Wlad punched himself out trying to finish Brewster.

Briggs on the other hand had Lewis hurt a number of times....

Having mixed feelings about that fight and we could see an upset

briggs dazed an unfocused lewis momentarily in the first round and was savagely beat down the rest of the fight. briggs has never beaten a top 20 guy and I dont see any reason why he would now. He'll disappoint his fans again and probably go down between round 6 and 9

[K-DOGG]

Besides falling into the ropes, Lennox Lewis at one point turned his back on Briggs and ran. He sure looked like he was in trouble to me.

That moment was Lennox attempting to get his balance back. If memory serves correctly, I believe their feet were tangled; but I'm not sure on that point.

[K-DOGG]

HA! I don't totally agree with your post, but it was very well done! Good job!!

Well, thank you. I will say this will be exciting for a few rounds, at least.

[Mr. Ryan]

i dont... i'm fully confident in Lyakhovich, he's the real deal IMO

I tend to concur with this statement. Lyakhovich is the real deal, IMO the realest deal out there. Briggs will need to take his fight game to the next level because Lyakhovich will set a brisker pace than Briggs likes to fight at. Stamina will be the deciding factor I think.

[!! Mr. Soprano]

thing is if Lyakhovich does not knock Briggs out, he will lose the fight.
Don't forget, you are dealing with King here....

King can make a LOOOOT more money off of Briggs than he can with Lyakhovich...