Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
...people are believing the hype around Shannon Briggs, that's good.

Good for boxing, good for Wladimir and good for the heavyweights

I believe 100% that Wlad will bludgeon Shannon into submission within 8 rounds. Yes Shannon will come to fight for 4 rounds and he'll be scared much like McCline was, he'll connect but it won't do much damage as Wlad land his own big punches which will further tire out Shannon whose nervous energy will make him sluggish later on and finally after 4 knockdowns the ref will stop the fight in the begining of round 8

Well thats some serious prediction...
But I have to agree with some of the trainers above:
if Briggs comes to the fight in the same shape he was in his last fight(Chris Koval)
he might indeed be dangerous to Wlad for the first three or four rounds...,after that
Wladdy will kick his a**...
if Briggs looses some weight and comes in well conditioned he might even be dangerous
the whole fight through...
at least Briggs got the famous puncher chance(which nearly everybody has,fighting Wlad)...

So if Miguel Diaz (Miguel Cotto, many others) says "I can’t predict who will win. It’s 50/50.",
he isn't so far off...

But I really hope you are right...