By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) may have his match in former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) and legendary trainer Emanuel Steward is concerned about Klitschko’s ability to beat the 38-year-old Briggs.
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Vitali is just too good to lose to Shannon “the Cannon” Briggs
By Mark Hepplestall: There have been many articles stating how Shannon Briggs is going to destroy Vitali and how Vitali is going to get KO’d in the first 4 rounds, this is the biggest hype job to disguise the fact its America’s last chance for a long time to get a World Heavyweight Champion. In fact all of the writers who are writing articles portraying Shannon Briggs as the saviour of the heavyweight should be ashamed of themselves. Firstly I just want to point out I am a Vitali Klitschko fan, yet very disappointed with his choice in opposition for this fight. Truly in this fight Shannon Briggs has only a punchers chance, and when fighting a guy called Dr Ironfist or could be called Dr Ironchin it just shows that even that punchers chance is diminishing fast.
Briggs down to 242: Vitali Klitschko is in trouble on October 16th
By Dave Lahr: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) has trimmed his heavily muscled frame down to a sleek 242 lbs for his fight against World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) on October 16th at the O2 World Arena, Altona, in Hamburg, Germany. For Briggs, this is the lowest weight for him since he came in at 230 for a 1st round blowout of Russell Chasteen in April 2001. I think Vitali is going to have a major problem on his hands in trying to stop the powerful and now light on his feet Briggs when they meet up in Germany.
Briggs-Klitschko: Will Shannon make Vitali look like an old man?
By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) turned 39 last July, and he’s starting to show the ravages of age as he’s slowing down and losing his hand speed, the little that he has, and is much easier to hit than he ever was before. On October 16th, Vitali will be facing knockout puncher Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) at the O2 World Arena, Altona, in Hamburg, Germany. When you get old all of a sudden, things start to break down on you, and you lose your hand speed.
Briggs-Klitschko: Shannon needs to use uppercuts on Vitali
By Dave Lahr: As we saw in Vitali Klitschko’s 6th round stoppage loss to Lennox Lewis in 2003, he has no defense against a good uppercut. Klitschko showed in that fight that he’s a sucker when it comes to getting tagged with uppercuts, as Lewis was able to nail him again and again when Vitali would lean forward when the two fighters came near each other.
Klitschko-Briggs: Vitali won’t be able to hurt Shannon with his arm punches
By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has turned into an arm puncher recently as he’s aged to the point where he’s now too slow to land the few power shots he throws in his fights. Vitali, just so he can land, throws almost exclusively arm punches in his fights. This was the case in the Kevin Johnson, Alberto Sosnowski and Chris Arreola bouts. Vitali is losing more and more hand speed from fight to fight. This is good news for Briggs, because all he’ll have to worry about is Vitali’s pesky arm shots and that won’t be enough to slow Briggs down from attacking with his own big shots.
Briggs vs. Klitschko preview
By Mathew Muranaka: After reading many amusing articles about how Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) has a real chance to beat Vitali Klitschko (40-3, 38KO’s), I realized that the author, who will remain anonymous, truly does believe that “The Cannon” will indeed knock out Dr. Ironfist. So lets look at the facts that this other anonymous author fails to mention:
Briggs wants David Haye next after Klitschko
By Jim Dower: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs is already thinking ahead to his next bout after he deals with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on October 16th at the World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. Briggs, 38, is unhappy with World Boxing Association David Haye for making light of Briggs’ asthma condition.
Briggs: “Plan A is to knock him [Klitschko] out in the 1st round”
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By Dave Lahr: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) is no joke. This man has whittled down from 340 pounds to a muscular 248 and is ready to terrorize World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) on October 16th, at the O2 World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. In an interview at easideboxing.com in the radio program On the Ropes Boxing Radion, the 38-year-old Briggs says “I’m going to be the heavyweight champion of the world. Plan A is to knock him [Vitali] out in the 1st round. Plan B is to knock him out in the 2nd round. Plan C is to knock him out in the 3rd, and if I don’t knock him out at all, I plan on beating him in every round and that’s my main goal.”
Briggs under 250, and ready to whip Vitali Klitschko
By Dave Lahr: Big Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) is under 250 pounds and in the best shape of his career since 2001. He’s ready to take on and destroy World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) on October 16th, in their title fight at the O2 World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. Briggs, 38, has been scaling in between 260 and 270 for the past nine years, and that kind of weight has been a little too much for his 6’4″ frame. But now that’s he’s down to under 250, it’s like Briggs has turned back the clock a decade and is fighting like a fighter in his late 20s rather than his late 30s.