Quote Originally Posted by The Shadow
What do you mean, Lyle? Here is an excerpt from an interview with Steward:

On Briggs

Having recently been misquoted by saying Calvin Brock is an easier fight than Shannon Briggs, Steward shoots back with, "I never said that. I said it's much easier to prepare for a standard, good fighter than fight a guy like Shannon Briggs, who's a big kamikaze-type guy.

"As for Briggs, he knows he's not going to be in shape. He comes out and throws everything he's got for two or three rounds and then he says, 'If I don't knock you out, the hell with it.' And for any fighter, Whether it was (Muhammad) Ali, Joe Frazier or (George) Foreman, anyone, that's a dangerous type guy to fight for the first two or three rounds, including Lennox Lewis, as we found out. And that's when I said he was the most dangerous guy, because of his size and his style for the first two or three rounds.

That sounds a bit apprehensive to me.
I'm well aware of what Manny said...he was just saying that they didn't take the easy way out by fighting Brock.

So Briggs has power.....oh I guess Wlad won't win because he can't take a punch

Well Briggs got the fuck beat out of him by Jameel McCline and I highly doubt he'll be EAGER to take Wlad's punches


Keep digging, I'm sure you'll find the TRUE reason Briggs didn't fight Wladimir and the reason is Don King!

King wanted his Apeman fighter to have the Garden and Finkle protected it for Wlad's fight and DK ended up not only losing out on the Garden but getting his guy KO'd!!!