Briggs says he suffered his bicep injury in the 1st round agaisnt Vitali
October 19th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) took a real pounding to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) in Briggs’ failed attempt to capture another world title in Hamburg, Germany. Briggs, 28, paid a huge price for his challenge by suffering a bad left biceps tear, a broken nose and a fractured orbital bone under his left eye. In a press release sent from Briggs’ team, he says “I never gave up, even when my breathing was out of order and my arm injury kept me from being 100%.” I had known about the arm injury, but Briggs’ breathing problems are a new one. It must have been really bad for Briggs, because not only was his arm torn at the bicep, but he was also having problems breathing. And, of course, Vitali was really laying into Briggs with powerful right hands and constantly on the attack during the 12 round fight.
That would explain a lot about why Briggs was ineffective on offense. He always gives an full effort to try and knock his opponents out, even in the fights he’s lost. But against Vitali, Briggs was strangely passive and not showing any interest in mixing it up with the big Ukrainian. But if Briggs hurt his left bicep in the 1st round, that would explain why he didn’t attack and failed to do the things that he needed to do to get the win. Given an injury as serious as the one that Briggs suffered, he showed a lot of courage to fight through the pain for 12 rounds and refuse to quit.
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BRIGGS IS THE MAN!!!!!! WE LOVE BIG BRIGGS YOUR UK N#1 FANS
@ Rob (October 19, 2010 at 3:35 am)
Agree !
Further to that.. even if boxers carry an injury, that doesn’t mean the rest of the skillset should falls asleep (i.e. head movement, creating openings, etc !)
Its not obvious Briggs clearly lost every round and its a miricle he didnt get ko’ed
Ain’t it obvious the Klitshkos’ powers are over rated? After all the pummelling Vitali couldn’t KO Briggs. I’m sure Haye could’ve done a better job. That’s if he (Haye) got the balls.
Absolutly nobody wants a rematch including briggs
Oh? If that’s so, he might be wanting a rematch?
@The Truth – Totally agree.
he also broke his left ankle in the dressing room.
Briggs showed a lot of grit in going the distance with Vitali.
I don’t think much of his corner people in allowing their fighter to get pummeled around the ring. The ref and the ring doctor also did not do their jobs.
All these people talking trash. Can any of you get in the ring with Vitali and last 12 rounds, even with a bicep injury in the first round?
Excuses, Excuses. Even if Braiggs is not injured, he still can’t win the fight. He is too plodding and very slow. At least, he earned his prize. Give him credit for it, instead of quitting on his stool immediately after he had the injury on his bicep, etc.
I dont understand the bravado then.A broken nose ,torn bicep,other facial fractures and still trying to hang in there as he did.That shows grit and toughness,and lack of concern from his corner ,but they arent Dr,s .And the ring doctor could have called the reffs attention to the chilling bone crushing punishment dished out and taken.I just wonder what Vitali thought of the ongoing masacre.
briggs is not fighter in his heart so therefore briggs should never been a boxer in the first place
No blood from briggs face..watch the fight again u idiot there was blood u blind twat..well said davey moris…have to say if haye gets in the ring well see how OVERATTED there power is wen they knock him out
Fight already- Briggs says he has never been hit so hard, harder than Lewis. His face was broken and you go on about the KO. You have never boxed have you?
Phil.
Your comment that ALL of the people calling Briggs…. have obviously never slipped on a pair of gloves, is just the sort of comment a Punchbag warrior makes.
Surprising as it may be, I know many boxers who come onto this site; and one thing they would probably agree on, is: A losing boxer often makes excuses to defend his pride. I hear it all the time.
Froch, BHOP, Malignaggi etc
One of the key things that we must remember is Dave Lahr gave credit to Chris Byrd and Lennox Lewis for the gravity of injury Vitali suffered despite their huge trailing on cards, in their fights. As such, Shannon Briggs suffered a torn bicep as a result of an accurate and cheeky short hook from Vitali, allowing him to dismantle the offence of Briggs and batter the man to pieces.
While he failed to knock him out, the fight should have been stopped we all agree on that, and no one disputes that Briggs was battered.
Does the KO really matter then as each persons chin is different
Briggs should have taken on a much easier opponent that he could beat as a tune up before fighting Vitali – a David Haye perhaps.
How Vitali couldn’t knock out a guy who had his hands down walking forward all night long is a joke. Hayemaker show these clowns how it’s done. I didn’t see one drop off blood come from Briggs face, some power there Vitali.
Briggs suffers from asthma which is what he will be referring to when he says his breathing wasnt right. I thought he fought a brave fight, he took shot after shot but didnt give up, he’s a true warrior. He was completely out boxed though, Vitali looked better than he has for a while. I think the Briggs plan was a good one, it looked like he was targeting Vitali’s body, but he just couldnt keep the attacks going after taking so many shots.
BIGGS WAS KNOCKED OUT BY A CRUISERWEIGHT, WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER AND FASTER,ALMOST MURDERED BY LEWIS OVER 10 YEAS AGO, HE HAD NO RIGHT FIGHTING FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. BUT I WILL SAY THIS AGAIN, WHEN ONE SAW HOW HE WENT DOWN AGAINST LEWIS AND AGAINST THAT CRUISERWEIGHT, VITALI´S POWER IS OVERATED, FIGHTERS LIKE BRIGGS, GOMEZ AND PETERS SHOULD´NT LAST THAT LONG WHEN HE IS PUNCHING THEM LIKE THAT.
he did do well but sayin he done it in the 1st is a lie and any1 who watched it wud have seen it..if he really had have hurt it in the 1st then when takin all the shots he was takin he wud have knew he cudnt put up a resistance and bowed out but he didnt he thought he was still in it up till a certain stage wer he and im sure every1 else seen it and was quite visable knew he cudnt do it after hurting it in the 8th round just basicly concintrated on his balance so he would not go down..plain as day ffs
The bicep was torn, from a short left hook by Vitali pulling Briggs’ arm down allowing an overhand right to land.
Briggs lost fair and square and that is really all there is to it.
i thought briggs was gona be bigger than that after hearing wat he had to say after fight but obviosly not….
Yeh of course he hurt his bicep in the first round, must have been all those two punches he threw.
Rob- give the man some credit, he wanted to win and if he had landed it was possible or so he believed. He was a lot better than the usual running Americans
Courage? What is so courageous about letting yourself be hammered to pieces?
Briggs did bite off more than he could chew.