Klitschko-Briggs

Briggs: “I have a date with Klitschko set for September”

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wladimir56437By Dan Ambrose: 43-year-old former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (57-6-1, 50 KOs) says he’s got an agreement with IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 53 KOs) to face him later this year in September if Wladimir gets past the unbeaten Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) in their fight on April 25th.

Briggs has been hounding the 38-year-old Klitschko for a fight in the last year, and his hard work has paid off with Klitschko giving him the fight, if what Briggs is saying is true.

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Wladimir Klitschko: I want to fight and punish Shannon Briggs!

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wladimir44465By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (63-3, 53 KOs) has reportedly already booked the O2 Arena in Hamburg, Germany to face the 43-year-old Shannon Briggs (57-6-1, 50 KOs) later on this year in September after Wladimir takes care of #2 WBA, #3 WBC, #4 WBO, #6 IBF challenger Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) in their fight on April 25th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Wladimir is tired of the way that Briggs, a former WBO heavyweight strap holder, has been following him around and ambushing him at various places in order to get Wladimir to fight him.

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Briggs says “If it wasn’t for this [injured left] arm, I’d be heavyweight champion of the world”

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Image: Briggs says "If it wasn't for this [injured left] arm, I'd be heavyweight champion of the world"By Dave Lahr: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) isn’t ready to concede anything to World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s). Briggs, 38, speaking to the German news organization Bild, said “If it wasn’t this arm, I’d be heavyweight champion of the world.” Briggs ended up with multiple injuries in the fight, suffering two fractured cheeks, a broken nose and a torn left biceps. Briggs lost the fight to Klitschko by a lopsided 12 round decision last Saturday night O2 World Arena, Altona, in Hamburg, Germany. The fight was extremely one-sided to the point where it was almost painful to watch after the 7th round. Over and over again, Vitali landed crushing right hands that hit with full force to the head of Briggs.

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Briggs says he suffered his bicep injury in the 1st round agaisnt Vitali

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Image: Briggs says he suffered his bicep injury in the 1st round agaisnt VitaliBy 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.

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Briggs should have pressured Vitali more

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By Jason Kim: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs took the wrong approach for his fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko last Saturday night in Briggs’ failed attempt to capture Vitali’s title. Instead of going all out and risking getting knocked out early by putting massive amounts of pressure on Vitali, Briggs instead was content to take a partial approach to attacking Vitali.

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Haye says “I’ll get to the Klitschkos when I’m ready” – dismisses Vitali’s win over Briggs

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Image: Haye says "I'll get to the Klitschkos when I'm ready" - dismisses Vitali's win over BriggsBy William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) wasn’t shaking in his boots over World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s win over Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) last Saturday night. Haye, 30, who has a fight coming up against his hand picked opponent 38-year-old Audley Harrison on November 13th, had this to say in an article at the Telegraph.co.uk: “I’m not worrying about old timers like Briggs. he is years past his best. I am sharper than ever, and I’ll get to the Klitschkos when I’m ready. For now, I’m focused on sending Audley Harrison down a one-way street with no return.” What jumps out at me in reading Haye’s comments is that he seems to be under the impression that he’s calling the shots for the fights with the Klitschko brothers.

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Briggs threw twice as many punches agaisnt Vitali as Haye did vs. Valuev

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By William Mackay: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs may have gotten badly beaten in his 12 round landslide loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitachko last Saturday night in Germany, but Briggs showed a ton of heart by staying in there and taking massive punishment for 12 rounds from Vitali without once going down in the fight. But Briggs never stopped attacking in the fight, and ended up throwing a respectable 316 punches in the route loss. That’s a decent number of punches for someone who was literally getting his head taken off all night long by the giant Klitschko.

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Vitali Klitschko Vs Shannon Briggs – K2 still number one

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Image: Vitali Klitschko Vs Shannon Briggs – K2 still number oneBy Adam Fillingham: There is only one direction now for big Shannon Briggs and that is retirement. But he should retire happy with a performance to be proud of against the heavyweight champion of the world Vitali Klitschko.

Shannon didn’t even fight that well. In fact it was quite a poor performance. But what he can be proud of is that he had what no other American heavyweight challenger has had in years. That is determination, heart, guts and a granite chin.

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Vitali’s brutal bludgeoning of Briggs may make a fight with Haye less likely to happen

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Image: Vitali’s brutal bludgeoning of Briggs may make a fight with Haye less likely to happenPhoto credit Sumio Yamada – By William Mackay: By now, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1 22 KO’s) has likely had the time to watch WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s brutal bludgeoning of challenger Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) at least twice, and Haye probably not eager now to have the potential of Vitali doing the same thing to him in the ring.

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Will Briggs ever be the same again after the loss to Klitschko?

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Image: Will Briggs ever be the same again after the loss to Klitschko?By Jason Kim: Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) sustained a savage 12 round decision beating at the hands of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) last Saturday night in Germany. Briggs took clean right hands all night long and yet never went down. In this case, Briggs may have been better off if he had been knocked out because it would have saved him from taking the punishment he ended up taking from Klitschko.

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