Vitali-Briggs press conf pictures and fight talk!!!

[rjj tszyu]

I don't expect Briggs to cause many problems for Vitali BUT one thing that can't be denied is his punching power and if he lands we'll find out what Vitalis chin is like these days. No one for me has tested it since the comeback and common sense tells me it won't be like it once was.

That said Briggs is one of the worst HW's I've ever seen and other than his power he doesn't have anything to trouble an elite fighter like Vitali (even though he is in decline) and I thoroughly expect Briggs to be gone before the 8th!!

[Spicoli]

Briggs is a nice guy,great commentator....but he is one of the most over hyped heavys in quite some time. He's a walking caricature and almost looks like a 'pet' or sidekick to Vitali in these pics.

[DAWGSWIN]

Briggs is a nice guy,great commentator....but he is one of the most over hyped heavys in quite some time. He's a walking caricature and almost looks like a 'pet' or sidekick to Vitali in these pics.

Exactly

[Master]

Briggs is a nice guy,great commentator....but he is one of the most over hyped heavys in quite some time. He's a walking caricature and almost looks like a 'pet' or sidekick to Vitali in these pics.

Exactly

Briggs is therefore our Audley who would make a great commentator.

[Mctaggert]

does anyone know of a live stream of this fight?

[armin]

I could swear I saw that espn3 was going to stream it but now it's not on there. Oh ok for some reason it doesn't show up under upcoming events but if you just select boxing under sports it pops up with a banner saying coverage begins at4;50

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Just heard that Briggs is going to have a very ''interesting'' choice of song for his entrance

[Gandalf]

I don't expect Briggs to cause many problems for Vitali BUT one thing that can't be denied is his punching power and if he lands we'll find out what Vitalis chin is like these days. No one for me has tested it since the comeback and common sense tells me it won't be like it once was.

That said Briggs is one of the worst HW's I've ever seen and other than his power he doesn't have anything to trouble an elite fighter like Vitali (even though he is in decline) and I thoroughly expect Briggs to be gone before the 8th!!

I agree, Briggs has really good power, but little else. Most of his record is padding (and that is most likely due to asthma ). He is dangerous for 6 minutes, but once he punches himself out Vitali should be able break him down. It will likely be slow because Vitali likes busting up his opponents over the long haul, but you can bet Briggs will be wheezing after 4.

[Drago]

briggs defo looks in great shape!

[Master]

Briggs was never that good at his best and all these years later his stamina has not improved. He has too much muscle, and will tire out after 4 rounds and get beaten.

[El Kabong]

Briggs was never that good at his best and all these years later his stamina has not improved. He has too much muscle, and will tire out after 4 rounds and get beaten.

He rocked the crap out of Lennox Lewis a couple times....should have scored a knockdown too! Granted this was AGES ago...but he was good, he just (like all other contenders) was inconsistent

[rjj tszyu]

Briggs was never that good at his best and all these years later his stamina has not improved. He has too much muscle, and will tire out after 4 rounds and get beaten.

He rocked the crap out of Lennox Lewis a couple times....should have scored a knockdown too! Granted this was AGES ago...but he was good, he just (like all other contenders) was inconsistent

He was still in genuine shape then though and was not carrying about 40lbs off juiced up muscle. I think he weighed about 225 for that fight, which is a good weight for a HW of his height.

[Master]

Briggs was never that good at his best and all these years later his stamina has not improved. He has too much muscle, and will tire out after 4 rounds and get beaten.

He rocked the crap out of Lennox Lewis a couple times....should have scored a knockdown too! Granted this was AGES ago...but he was good, he just (like all other contenders) was inconsistent

I honestly beleive that Lennox was playing with him because he was trying to get a fight with Holyfield and if he made it exciting and he could afford to take chances with Briggs he would and in fact did get the fight with Holyfield. That's why Lennox dropped his hands and battered Briggs. If that Briggs could not win the title, this version sure is not too.

[El Kabong]

I honestly beleive that Lennox was playing with him because he was trying to get a fight with Holyfield and if he made it exciting and he could afford to take chances with Briggs he would and in fact did get the fight with Holyfield. That's why Lennox dropped his hands and battered Briggs. If that Briggs could not win the title, this version sure is not too.

Well Lennox was a lot younger then, I still think the only way Vitali loses is if he injures himself. I do think Briggs may try to play dirty a bit to either rile Vitali or try to injure him as Vitali will more than likely control the pace of the fight and really just land at will.

I think Vitali's ring entrance is going to be the only surprising part of this fight...what could upstage Wlad's last entrance or Vitali's entrance vs Sam Peter?

[:::PSL:::]

The Milli Vanilli Boy will gassed out and gets crushed in 7th.