Shannon Briggs is in intensive care

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Heavyweight title challenger Shannon Briggs is reportedly in critical condition in the intensive care unit at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany. Briggs suffered fractures below both eyes as well as a concussion, after taking dozens of hard shots from WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on Saturday night, but is responsive according to RTL. He also suffered a pulled tendon and torn muscle in his right arm.
Briggs was rushed to the hospital after the fight as doctors feared a possible cerebral hemorrhage after observing symptoms associated with neurological disturbances and drowsiness.

Referee Ian John-Lewis, who has received criticism for not stopping the fight, said he was within “one or two shots” of stopping it. “It was a heavyweight world championship,” he said. “These are tough guys and as long as a man fights back, you have to give him a chance.”

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The referee and his corner, especially, should hang their heads in shame - there was no reason for him to be beaten so badly he has ended up in hospital. From what I could see, during round ten especially, Briggs WASN'T fighting back and it is the referee's responsibility to look after the boxer's welfare -even more so when his corner aren't doing him justice.

Fucking hell that is awful, lets hop he pulls through.

Hope he recovers okay. Haven't seen this match but from what I've read it sounds like someone's head sound end up on a stick for it. But suppose I should really watch it first before making assumptions. One thing for sure it does is highlight how dangerous this sport is, given the nature of prolonged excessive head trauma possible.

Apparently he was rushed to the hospital after the fight and then had surgery on his face.

I feel bad for the guy, and lean towards the side most do in saying the fight really should've been stopped. But at the same time it's hard for me to ultimatly blame the ref cause there is not any real consistancy when it comes to stopping these fights. Some get stopped to early and fans bitch, some get stopped to late and fans bitch. This fight and that last m aronutis (if that's how you spell it ) are two that looked like they went way too long. But this is a tough sport and as long as the guy is fighting back you'll always have those who belive in the "one great punch" that usually never lands but everyone tries to belive in. Tough call either way if you're the ref. I seriously doubt any ref intentially let's these guys go too far and gets off on guys dying or ending up in the hospital. I blame the corner more than anyone but this sport needs to look at making it more clear when these things should or shouldn't be stopped, cause hell i've seen darchiniyan beat the crap outta people just as bad early on and none of the fights were ever stopped.

Yeah some sad sad news to hear....In truth I am surprised he is doing as well as he is...He took some huge shots....I don't care what anyone says Shannon Briggs has one of the biggest hearts in boxing....His corner and the ref should both be ashamed...I don't know how either accepted paychecks for what happened....When you look at the fight yu could see in Briggs eyes between rounds he was hurt and not the type of hurt that just happens with fights but the type that youi can tell the man is in serious trouble...

I am a big fan of Shannons he has been done as a top fighter for years now but I have met him a bunch of times and he is a nice guy who goes out of his way for people all the time...

Lets just hope for the best

The thing I found more uncomfortable, for some reason, was seeing him talking to himself as he was getting pummelled. I think you could tell he just wanted to be the hell out of there but didn't wanna be the one to pull himself out and seemed like he was waiting for the ref or his corner to stop it. The guy has tremendous heart and courage but it wasn't nice to see. As for people saying, he was fighting back, in the tenth he wasn't throwing anything back really and that's when it should've been stopped.

Hope Briggs pulls through, did not think he would see the bell but he showed heart to do that.

I think the ref to a certain extent is at fault but I just watched the fight and really it was his corners job to finish that fight, shame on them, Briggs even though was getting hammered and taking clean shot after clan shot h didn't look hurt and maybe the ref was in two minds, I would of stopped it about the 8th round but really his corner should have pulled him out.

Shit man, he must have sustained a real beating. I was actually looking forward to this but was out for the day and broke down somewhere in Stafford, miles from my home. Missed the whole damn thing. Hope Briggs is all good.

Seems the injury to his bicep is the worst he's got so hopefully he'll be sweet..

Shannon Briggs recovering in hospital after brutal defeat to Vitali Klitschko - ESPN

Hopefully he makes a full recovery, he shouldnt have been put in that situation though. Hopefully some cornermen will learn from this and protect their fighters, instead of letting them decide, because they almost always fight on too long. He was taking alot of heavy rights to the side of the head, after seeing Shannon wobbled so badly in the 9th and little offense, being that he lost every round up until then , the corner really should have threw that towel.

I watched Vitali-Sosnowski AFTER Vitali-Briggs. From that perspective Sosnowski looks like a really good heavyweight.
Congratulations to Briggs for having in his corner people who obviously don't give a damn about him.

I think the corner deserves most of the blame for not stopping it, but the ref should have stepped in by the 10th or 11th round.

Sad news to hear hope he takes care. How bout the matchmakers? This fight was a joke from the beginning and probably should have been stopped before even starting.

Yeah that's what happens when one runs his mouth reckless and than goes out there and decides to just barely fight. No surprise he ended up in the hospital. He took a lot of flush shots.

As for the fight being stopped? It should of been. But the blame falls 100% on the corner. Not the ref. The corner is suppose to know what their fighter can take and come back from. The ref has no business knowing fighters on an individual basis.

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Yeah that's what happens when one runs his mouth reckless and than goes out there and decides to just barely fight. No surprise he ended up in the hospital. He took a lot of flush shots.

As for the fight being stopped? It should of been. But the blame falls 100% on the corner. Not the ref. The corner is suppose to know what their fighter can take and come back from. The ref has no business knowing fighters on an individual basis.

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VD, dude you do realise the ref was English. ;D

Apparently ICU was only precautionary and his CT came back normal. No brain hemorrhage or anything, he's be in the hospital but just for a torn bicep.

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Originally Posted by skel1983

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Yeah that's what happens when one runs his mouth reckless and than goes out there and decides to just barely fight. No surprise he ended up in the hospital. He took a lot of flush shots.

As for the fight being stopped? It should of been. But the blame falls 100% on the corner. Not the ref. The corner is suppose to know what their fighter can take and come back from. The ref has no business knowing fighters on an individual basis.

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VD, dude you do realise the ref was English. ;D

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Even more reason the blame falls on the corner. What a English ref gonna be knowing about Shannon Briggs?

Side-note: Ref is still a terrible ref. Just wasn't at fault

That's good to hear that it's not serious. I've always maintained that if a guy is receiving too much punishment, it's alright to call it a day. They have a life out there and families to go back home to, that's why I have never blamed someone like Ortiz for refusing to fight on against Maidana. But in this instance, people are right, it was the fault of the corner and some of the blame also falls on the ref.

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That's good to hear that it's not serious. I've always maintained that if a guy is receiving too much punishment, it's alright to call it a day. They have a life out there and families to go back home to, that's why I have never blamed someone like Ortiz for refusing to fight on against Maidana. But in this instance, people are right, it was the fault of the corner and some of the blame also falls on the ref.

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I agree 100%. Unfortunately, most fighters who do that seem to be stigmatized for the rest of their careers as a result.

Hope he makes a complete recovery and calls it a career. It was a showcase mismatch from the start given his history.

I'm glad that the reports of being intensive care are not true. I read the thread title and got the chills, perhaps that could be changed as it is not quite true. His injuries are awful though and agree with others that it should have been stopped earlier. His corner needs to take responsibility for that, they are supposed to know their fighter.

Briggs deserves a lot of respect for enduring that. The man just wouldn't go down and took it. Briggs should probably retire now, but if he wants to finish his career with a win I wouldn't begrudge him.

On a side note, I think Vitali is the better fighter of the two brothers. There are no real chinks with Vitali, he can take your shots, keep you away with distance, has output, can bust you up, good stamina. He's the allround package. Wlad has improved, but I find him using skills to simply mask the deficits. Vitali doesn't have any of those flaws.

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Originally Posted by miles

I'm glad that the reports of being intensive care are not true. I read the thread title and got the chills, perhaps that could be changed as it is not quite true. His injuries are awful though and agree with others that it should have been stopped earlier. His corner needs to take responsibility for that, they are supposed to know their fighter.

Briggs deserves a lot of respect for enduring that. The man just wouldn't go down and took it. Briggs should probably retire now, but if he wants to finish his career with a win I wouldn't begrudge him.

On a side note, I think Vitali is the better fighter of the two brothers. There are no real chinks with Vitali, he can take your shots, keep you away with distance, has output, can bust you up, good stamina. He's the allround package. Wlad has improved, but I find him using skills to simply mask the deficits. Vitali doesn't have any of those flaws.

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It was true at the time mate.

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Originally Posted by koppas

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Originally Posted by miles

I'm glad that the reports of being intensive care are not true. I read the thread title and got the chills, perhaps that could be changed as it is not quite true. His injuries are awful though and agree with others that it should have been stopped earlier. His corner needs to take responsibility for that, they are supposed to know their fighter.

Briggs deserves a lot of respect for enduring that. The man just wouldn't go down and took it. Briggs should probably retire now, but if he wants to finish his career with a win I wouldn't begrudge him.

On a side note, I think Vitali is the better fighter of the two brothers. There are no real chinks with Vitali, he can take your shots, keep you away with distance, has output, can bust you up, good stamina. He's the allround package. Wlad has improved, but I find him using skills to simply mask the deficits. Vitali doesn't have any of those flaws.

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It was true at the time mate.

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That's fair enough then. Intensive care gives me images of people in comas, so probably just my interpretation gone a bit funny.

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Originally Posted by miles

I'm glad that the reports of being intensive care are not true. I read the thread title and got the chills, perhaps that could be changed as it is not quite true. His injuries are awful though and agree with others that it should have been stopped earlier. His corner needs to take responsibility for that, they are supposed to know their fighter.

Briggs deserves a lot of respect for enduring that. The man just wouldn't go down and took it. Briggs should probably retire now, but if he wants to finish his career with a win I wouldn't begrudge him.

On a side note, I think Vitali is the better fighter of the two brothers. There are no real chinks with Vitali, he can take your shots, keep you away with distance, has output, can bust you up, good stamina. He's the allround package. Wlad has improved, but I find him using skills to simply mask the deficits. Vitali doesn't have any of those flaws.

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Yeah I was abit concerned when I read it but then I read it was because of the fractures whereas I imagined he had gne into a coma or summat.

Latest is Shannon says he is fine. He was cracking jokes on his facebook updates and says he wants to go home but he may need surgery. He seems to be blaming the loss on the injury to the torn muscle her received in round 1 .

He needs to retire...

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Originally Posted by koppas

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Heavyweight title challenger Shannon Briggs is reportedly in critical condition in the intensive care unit at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany. Briggs suffered fractures below both eyes as well as a concussion, after taking dozens of hard shots from WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on Saturday night, but is responsive according to RTL. He also suffered a pulled tendon and torn muscle in his right arm.
Briggs was rushed to the hospital after the fight as doctors feared a possible cerebral hemorrhage after observing symptoms associated with neurological disturbances and drowsiness.

Referee Ian John-Lewis, who has received criticism for not stopping the fight, said he was within “one or two shots” of stopping it. “It was a heavyweight world championship,” he said. “These are tough guys and as long as a man fights back, you have to give him a chance.”

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The referee and his corner, especially, should hang their heads in shame - there was no reason for him to be beaten so badly he has ended up in hospital. From what I could see, during round ten especially, Briggs WASN'T fighting back and it is the referee's responsibility to look after the boxer's welfare -even more so when his corner aren't doing him justice.

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At least it shows Briggs is no quitter.

If Klitchko had gotten injured he would of quit on his stool.

Gett well soon Shannon.

I hope Briggs comes out alright. I've always liked the guy.