Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Briggs better hope to God that Wlad and Sam Peter lose.

Shannon got up for this fight because there was a belt to be won....I doubt he'll be up for the next one against maybe Sultan Ibragimov or the Peter-Toney winner.

I don't even think he has a good shot vs Maskaev I think his best shot is Valuev because he's big but he can't punch or take a punch.....Maskaev is a brawler and just ask Rahman if he can fight.....speaking of which Hasim Rahman wouldn't be that bad of a fight for him
I agree with you, except the part where you say Shannon got up for this fight. He did NOT get up for that fight last night. Had he been "up for it", and seriously trained with no shortcuts, good hard roadwork... He would have KOed Sergei in a couple of rounds.. That was honestly my pick for the fight as well, I thought that Briggs would have gotten into at least decent shape and thrown some hard leather early.. Instead neither guy had anything in the tank after a couple of rounds it was incredibly pathetic.. Sergei had some titties going on, Briggs looked like he just pumped growth hormones or creatine and sat in the gym but did nothing for his endurance/stamina. He said that he had done lots of heavy sparring for the fight too.. I wonder who the hell his sparring partners were, or if he really did any at all. The guy couldn't even keep his hands up and his mouth was wide open in round 2.. I think your dead on though that even Maskaev should KO this guy. It really wouldn't take much. I wouldn't expect him to last more than a couple rounds against Wlad or even Peter, Toney would school him silly, Valuev would probably just outwork him in another terrible fight. I have no interest in seeing Briggs vs anyone.