Briggs had this to say: "Larry Merchant's pet retained his title and for that I congratulate him. But he did not look good in winning.

How is knocking out an undefeated top ranked fighter not looking good? Yea Briggs really showed his skills against Lyakhovich.Talk about trying to hype up people to get a fight with Wlad.Wladimir could have a horrible night against Briggs and still KO him!