White Wolf backers? lol

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Compared to the Shannon Briggs of last night, Samuel Peter looks like Henry Armstrong. I have never before seen such a terrible display of conditioning. Briggs simply has the worst stamina in heavyweight history. Basically by the 3rd round he was gasping for breath after having thrown maybe a total of 50 punches by that time. He hurt Sergei in the first, and then threw something like six or seven punches to try to take him out but had to give up because the effort clearly exhausted him.

Sergei wasn't in great shape either and was not the same guy who beat Brewster. From the begining he looked subdued and depressed and did not want to be there. Mentally he wasn't in any shape to defend his title IMO.

I give credit to Briggs for doing what he had to to win but Wladimir Klitschko would have taken both men out last night, in a round or two each. Wlad must have been drooling as he watched the fight last night. Briggs and Maskaev are two easy fights for him. Only Valuev will offer any kind of resistance. At first glance it looks as if we Americans have a chance at unification now but really it's just set things up for Wlad to make a clean sweep.

The one thing standing between Wlad and the unified title is boxing politics. He will go through these title holders like a pig through ****.

Great post!

Did you notice Mario Preskar? This guy hits hard and if you look closely you will see he hasn't even learded how to punch! If Preskar got the right training he would soon enough be ready to clean out the whole division.

[Brockton Lip]

He got ko'd by Briggs lol
what a bum

KO'd by one of the biggest punchers in the division, nothing to be ashamed of

[Kid Achilles]

No, when did Preskar fight? The only fight I caught before the main event was Diaz vs. Angullo.

[Derranged]

look at the champions. tell me they would have survived in ANY other era! and I mean ANY

Well, Briggs started in the era before this, we all saw how HE did.

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No, when did Preskar fight? The only fight I caught before the main event was Diaz vs. Angullo.

Hmmmmm, maybe they did not televise it on your network. It was one of the preliminary bouts. Preskar didn't face much of an opponent, but he got the job done as he should have in the first round. I've seen him before and he still has the same problem, he pushes his punches. Preskar is without a doubt a puncher, and once he learns how to get full power on the end of his fist, he will be taking guys out with one shot. His boxing skills aren't too bad either.

[Dye]

What the F%^& is up with a division that Sannon Briggs can own a champ?
Lord let a HW save our boxing loving asses. soon

Remember the Lewis fight. Briggs IS championship quailty

[MetalVomit]

That was a terrible fight. Briggs is terrible, and Lyakovich is overrated.

[Mishra100]

Good end for that fight. Briggs finally punched which is sort of the basis of boxing and won by KO.

Serguei Lyakhovich did not deserve the win going into the 12th round but neither did Briggs.

The last 15 seconds decided the fight and rightfully so when throughout the fight it was clear Lyakhovich feared Briggs power.

Briggs was smart fighting judiciously to conserve his energy and Lyakhovich made it easy for him to do so.

Other opponents will wear Briggs down until exhaustion sets in and then finish him.


Sidenote: Kenny Weldon is the only reason Lyakhovich won the fight against Brewster. Also he is the only reason going into the 12th round Lyakhovich was winning the fight on the judges card.
Kenny Weldon is a great trainer who any prospect should jump at the chance to be trained by. The evidence is clear how he could take Lyakhovich a "B" class fighter and train him to put out just enough to win and almost win a second time vs two "A" class fighters.

I was thinking the same thing after watching that fight... He gives perfect instructions and seems to be really smart. The only thing I wish he did was tell his fighter the thing he is doing right in that round.

[Easy-E]

THought he was the real deal and I was wrong.
Nice 12th round by Briggs.

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Remember the Lewis fight. Briggs IS championship quailty

........WAS.......