This should be a very evely matched fight...Briggs is the classic underachiever that seems to have little heart or stamina(He says asthma, Atlas says heart)....Generally Briggs fights tenatively against people he thinks can hurt him, I agree with Atlas...Lyakhovich is really just a little above average as far as a fighter goes, squeeking by Brewster, Guinn and being stopped by Maurice Harris hardly makes him a dominating fighter...Personally I don't think Lyakhovich moves well enough to avoid Briggs power and Shannon will KO him inside of 6 rounds...