Joshua expects Haye to face Shannon Briggs

briggs5By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight Anthony Joshua believes that former two division world champion David Haye (27-2, 25 KOs) will be fighting former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs in the near future. It’s a fight that makes all the sense in the world for Haye to make. He needs publicity, and Briggs would bring him that. However, it would also be a risky fight for Haye because he’s little more than a pumped up cruiserweight, and not a true heavyweight like Briggs. When you get a pseudo heavyweight like Haye taking on real heavyweights like Briggs, bad things can happen to the artificial heavyweight.

Briggs, 44, recently busted into Haye’s press conference this week on Monday to call him out. Haye was announcing his next fight against little known heavyweight Arnold Gjergjaj (29-0, 21 KOs), who he will be facing in a 10 round bout on May 21 at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Briggs put Haye’s feet to the fire in the press conference by rightfully asking him why he’s fighting an unknown fighter with a padded record like the 31-year-old Gjergjaj.

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Haye wants Shannon Briggs for his undercard on 5/21

haye422By Scott Gilfoid: Earlier on Wednesday, former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (27-2, 25 KOs) surprised the boxing world by announcing at his London press conference that he’ll be fighting little known Arnold Gjergjaj (29-0, 21 KOs) in his next fight on May 21 at the O2 Arena in London, England.

The selection of the 31-year-old Gjergjaj took the boxing world by surprise because the fans had thought that Haye would at least fight a fringe contender if not a top 10 fighter. But instead of facing someone good, Haye chose to pick out an opponent with a padded resume. Former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs broke up the party today by busting into Haye’s press conference with Gjergjaj and confronting Haye about why he chose to fight Gjergjaj, who he says he’s never heard of, rather than fighting him.

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Joshua beats Martin, says Joseph Parker’s promoter

joshua56666By Jeff Aranow: Dean Lonergan, the promoter for unbeaten #6 IBF Joseph Parker (18-0, 16 KOs), is expecting unbeaten #4 IBF Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 KOs) to defeat IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs) on April 9 in their fight on Sky Box Office from the O2 Arena in London, UK.

Parker, 24, could soon be facing Joshua for the IBF title if Parker beats #5 IBF Carlos Takam in their IBF eliminator bout in May. There isn’t a set date for the Takam vs. Parker fight, but it’s definitely going to take place in May.

The winner of the contest will be the IBF mandatory challenger and will face the winner of the Martin-Joshua fight at some point in the future.

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Wladimir has to get inside against Fury, says Briggs

wladimir100By Jeff Aranow: Contender Shannon Briggs thinks former world champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) is going to need to change the way he fights before he faces IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) in a rematch this year.

Briggs says that Wladimir will get the same results as last time if he isn’t aggressive against the 6’9” Fury in the rematch. Briggs’ advice is for Wladimir to try to get inside on Fury so that he can land his shots.

It wasn’t working for Wladimir last November when he was trying to fight the taller and longer-armed Fury by staying on the outside and trying to jab with him. Fury was able to get out of the way of most of Wladimir’s pawing jabs.

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Shannon Briggs: David Haye is afraid

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By Scott Gilfoid: Since arriving in London earlier this week, former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs has been hunting for Davi Haye everywhere to try to get a fight against him on May 21. Briggs went to Haye’s gym, and he wasn’t there. Briggs’ conclusion is that Haye is plain scared to fight him and is in hiding. Briggs could be right about Haye. I mean, if he were truly interested in fighting him, he would have made an effort by now to meet with him to sign for a fight.

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Briggs takes credit for Fury’s win over Klitschko

briggs66By Scott Gilfoid: Shannon Briggs was England on Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, still looking for British heavyweights Anthony Joshua, David Haye and Tyson Fury in order to try and get a fight against them.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that the 44-year-old Briggs has been able to find them because if he did, he would be sure to let the media know. Briggs is in the UK trying to scare up some game by trying to weed out Fury, Joshua and Haye. Briggs believes he has a chance to fight Haye due to him recently mentioning his name as a possible opponent for his May 21st fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

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Shannon Briggs in London looking for Haye, Joshua and Fury

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By Scott Gilfoid: Shannon Briggs (59-6-1, 52 KOs) was telling the truth when he said he was coming over to London, England this week to hunt for David Haye. Briggs arrived in London on Tuesday, and immediately let the media know that he’s hunting for Haye, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua while he’s over there.

The 44-year-old Briggs wants to line up a big money fight against one of those fighters. You can’t say that Briggs isn’t ranked high enough to fight them, as the WBA has him ranked at #4 right now, and he’s a stone throw away from getting a #1 spot.

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Shannon Briggs travels to UK to get David Haye fight

BriggsBy Scott Gilfoid: 44-year-old former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (59-6-1, 52 KOs) is reportedly traveling to the UK this week to try and get a fight against David Haye (27-2, 25 KOs), possibly for his May 21 fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Haye recently said Briggs is one of the candidates for his next fight.

It looks like Briggs has gotten motivated by the lingering hope that Haye gave him, and he’s decided to travel to the UK to make the fight happen. It’s hard to know if Haye is serious about wanting to potentially fight Briggs, because he would be such a HUGE step up from the gawd awful opponent that Haye had in his last fight against Mark De Mori last January.

Haye fought a weightlifter type of fighter with an inflated ranking. Briggs at least can fight despite being very, very old.

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Shannon Briggs wants Lucas Browne fight

browne4333By Jeff Aranow: 44-year-old #4 WBA contender Shannon Briggs (59-6-1, 52 KOs) has heard the news about Lucas Browne (24-0, 21 KOs) capturing the WBA heavyweight title, and he’s now very interested in facing the 36-year-old Australian fighter.

Browne defeated the 37-year-old Ruslan Chagaev (34-3-1, 21 KOs) last Saturday night by a 10th round knockout at the Colosseum Sport Hall, in Grozny, Russia. Briggs has won eight consecutive fights over 3rd tier opposition since launching his comeback in 2014. The World Boxing Association has rewarded Briggs with a No.4 ranking with their organization despite his reluctance to fight any real quality fighters.

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Shannon Briggs vs. David Haye possible for May 21 at O2 Arena, London, UK

1-David-HayeBy Scott Gilfoid: 44-year-old former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs (59-6-1, 52 KOs) is a possibility for British heavyweight David Haye’s next fight on May 21 at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

Haye says Briggs is one of four potential opponents he’s looking at for his next fight. Haye plans on announcing the fight the moment it’s finalized. It looks like he’s got a pretty good idea about who he wants to fight right now. There’s only 12 weeks to go before Haye’s fight, so he’s going to need to make an announcement soon if he wants to attract interest in his fight.

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