
Originally Posted by
mokele
Briggs beat Koval and honestly my opinion of Koval went down because of how badly he was beaten. Briggs did his job but I'm still not convinced that he's ready for the top heavyweights around today. Koval just isn't that good even though he went the distance with Dimitrenko.
Anyway, Briggs is gonna get a big fight now, within a year for sure, maybe within 6 months. If the guy has any sense at all he will start training right away, get his weight down to the 250 lb. range and take advantage of this opportunity to win a really big fight and get a big payday in the future. With his power he could probably knock out some of the other top 20 heavyweights. The younger, faster, durable ones [like Sam Peter, Brock, Chagaev, Dominick Guinn, etc.] would still beat him in my opinion by taking him into the later rounds when his age and excess weight would start to take their toll.
If Briggs is smart and can't motivate himself to train down then he should try hard to get a fight with an older, slower heavyweight that won't test his stamina. Guys like Danny Williams, Sinan Samil Sam, James Toney, DaVarryl Williamson would be good choices. A rematch with Jameel McCline sounds like a darn good fight to me, 2 big heavyweights that have both been busy and trying to work their way back up the ranks.
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