Vitali Klitschko: “I’m going to send Briggs to the floor before he gets me”
September 28th, 2010
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) understands he’s up against a huge puncher in Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) in his October 16th fight at the World Arena, in Frankfurt, Germany. Klitschko, 39, is going to try and get to Briggs before he can land his big power shots. In East Side Boxing’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio, Vitali says “I will do my best to send Shannon Briggs to the floor before he gets me.”
It’s probably safe to assume that Briggs is a lot faster than Vitali in terms of hand speed and is probably a bigger puncher than Klitschko as well in the first four rounds. After the 4th round, however, Briggs tends to fade, lose power and start to look sloppy. However, most of Briggs’ opponents have been knocked out by then, so his stamina is really called into question in his fights.
Hopefully, Klitschko hasn’t underestimated Briggs’ skills and what he has left, because Briggs will be very competitive for the first quarter of the fight. If Klitschko can somehow avoid getting caught by one of Briggs’ huge cannon shots, he could wear Briggs down and force a stoppage later on in the fight.
But Vitali has to avoid getting in any big exchanges while Briggs is still fresh and strong early in the bout. Briggs will be trying to take Vitali’s head off with every shot, knowing that’s his best chance at winning the bout. He’s not going to beat Vitali a decision, especially in Germany. Briggs has to knock Vitali out or else he’ll probably end up getting stopped.
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Maybe Briggs may find Vitali exchanging with him ,however ,why would he,when he can box and stay at a distance and pop shot him with accuracy,So we will just have to wait and see,There is always a chance of an upset,but it seems slim.
Watch Briggs face getting swollen and vitali take His Head off
The Klits ar superior in every aspect to everyone of these so-called though guys from the getto.. Who end up in jail shortly after abandoning boxing…
The Klits are exemplary personallities in the boxing scene!
Like mentioned, they don’t beat up their wives, they don’t abuse drugs, they show great humanitarian will. They are refreshing faces in top boxing, alternative to these fine gentlemen from the ghettos who earn a lot of money, and are broke 5 years after they leave boxing and end up in jail for a veriaty of offences… Civilized people, they are the Klits.. And much better skilled than all of these pimp-ghetto-gorillas..
Vitali is going to do what he allways does………break him down and knock him out
Vitali means what he says, Just watch this Master boxer in action.
@j jackson-you put your points across well,but this is about Klitschko v Briggs,not David haye!
Vitali will keep Briggs at bay for 4 or 5 rounds and then slowly begin to break him down. Vitalis always enters the ring in great shape and takes every opponent seriously. Always being in shape means Klitschko can spend his training time perfecting his technigue for the opponent he is facing.
i do believe briggs is younger than vitali.
i am beginning to understand this is not a boxing site, but a place for highschoolers to vent who know nothing abouit boxing. hayes fans cant rationally defend him, so they taunt and curse and also fake posts under my name. boxing is probably discussed in one of of 20 posts and the article writers tend to be biased, one is an outright racist, and many of the posters are either white or black racists. and david haye is not a god, hes just a boxer who is untested in the ring and shows a fair amount of promise and talent, but does not seem interested in developing it. i would be pleased if david haye fought a puncher like briggs or peter, esp briggs. as his hand speed and power would answer questions about hayes chin. vladimir didnt chose peter because he was ranked in the top 20…he chose him because he had something to prove after their first fight. vitali chose briggs because he felt his hand speed and power would offer a challenge. david choses fighters that can get him the maximum amount of profit for the least amount of risk. my problem with haye boils down to the fact he is not worried about his legacy, but just in making the most money possible. and he will take the easiest route to get there. and, i understand if he is not ready to fight a k brother, but then dont taunt and critisize them and claim they are at fault. be a man, like povetkin, admit your not ready, and get in the gym and prepare yourself. and when you take a fight with someone like audley, who has no chance, dont taunt them and explain how you will smash them. i know why he appeals to the fake jackson, because he is immature, unfunny, and cowardly…it is cowardly to post under anothers name, just as its cowardly to always fight the easiest opponant you can find. vitali got in the ring with someone who may be the greatest heavyweight who ever lived on 2 weeks notice and fought him to a standstill. do you serioulsy believe haye would get in the ring with lewis. he would take an easier fight, mock lewis from a distance, and claim the money wasnt right. vitali got 20 percent of that purse by the way, and there was a rematch clause. look it up. haye has gotten way better offers. why do the k brothers chose the fighters they do. the k brothers have people, like david haye, running from them. david is running from other fighters. big difference. vitali fought 3 top ten fighters his first year back. david has fought one top ten fighter in 3 years. how does this compare? vladimir fought 2 number 3 rated heavyweights in a row, david has fought one man rated in the lower 5 of the top 10. how does this compare. and david hayes competition was exposed when chagaev, the man who first beat valuev and ruiz, when they were younger, better fighters, stepped in the ring and was destroyed by vladimir.
If he does trade with the cannon in the first couple rounds,He will do it as a risky warrior that he was when he first started out professionaly.I realy doubt he will engage in that way.
should be a great fight.can`t wait too see it.
j jackson………..
Well done. lol
Side note: Vitali destroys Briggs in ten or less. I gaurantee.
Briggs can sure punch, so you never know. Cuts could be his only way of winning. vitali is so strong mind. Looking forward to it, as not many heavies punch like these guys.
Vitali Klitschko is an exceptionally endowed boxer with excellent defensive tools who is easily capable of keeping Briggs preoccupied until Briggs is ready to be tamed. Shannon will remain dangerous for a few rounds and then slowly but surely Briggs will begin to disintegrate in full sight of the fans in attendance. Shannon will be helped out of the ring before the 12th round has elapsed due to incapacitation.
it really angers me that people cannot understand what i am saying…ring rankings…10…vladimir…vitali…all good things…david haye…people who only like blacks…not good things…you people are like broken records and i have to repeat myself for you to understand because you keep repeating yourself…vitali is ranked higher in the ring rankings and david haye only fights old people…not like briggs who is in his prime and ranked 3 in the ring rankings…i read in ring magazine that david haye is not good…you all sound like broken records haye is not good just accept it…
i cannot believe all the things people are writing…it is like reading a broken record over and over and over again…vitali will win because he is number 2…what is so hard to understand about that? why do i have to keep saying it? i blame david haye who is confusing people with his muscles and chisselled phsyique and well oiled torse…this is confusing for proper boxing fans…face it cult members haye is not good…you all sound like broken records repeating yourself over and over again…vitali has faced 10 ring ranked fighter in his last 10 fights…vladimir has faced 20 ring ranked fighters in his last 10 fights…why do i have to keep repeating this…i understand it and i only heard it once in ring magazine…
it is unlikely that shannon briggs could beat vitali because he is not ranked high enough in the ring rankings…briggs is only ranked a million and 1 which is still one ahead of david haye who is not good…it’s like listening to a broken record with you haye cult members..you just have to face it david haye is not good…ring rankings say so and ring rankings are all we have to understand boxing…if there were no ring rankings no one would know who was number 1. vladimir is number 1. vitali is number 2…but i like vitali more than i like vladimir because he is harder and watching him makes me harder…in rings hardness rankings number 1…
Nice to see somebody else writing about this fight besides Dave Lahr.
Vitali wins by KO.
mid to late stoppage for this one for vitali for me…