Quote Originally Posted by ArawakWarria
Good observations.

B/c I am living and writing from NY, I do know this:  

1.  Briggs has intentionally taken stiffs so as not to hurt his chances of getting a bigger fight.  

2.  His recent run has been carefully crafted, as the bums he chose all happened to have regional titles.  He now has at least three of those belts, which makes a big fight unavoidable.

3.  He is still a fresh fighter, who has had relatively few wars.  And comparatively, when Briggs did have a war, he fared much better than the big Klit.  Two exceptions being Brigg's getting KO'd by Lennox (could this be a repeat), and the big Klit's win over Peter (I wanted Peter to win, but I scored it for Wlad).

Again, no one questioned Vitali when his record showed that he fought NO ONE of note, and that his wins were over journeymen.  He didn't fight anyone near the top ten  (Ross Purrity, Orlin Norris, Obed Sullivan) until after he got his 'unplanned' shot against Lennox.  Unitl then, he was biding his time and playing it safe...
I agree witht he first 2 but as for #3 I don't think he's the kind of fighter who has "Wars"...he seems not to like being punched. Ever since the Foreman and Lewis fights he's fought bums.

I think he still has skill left in him but if he weighs 270 for a fight with Wlad that will hinder his ability to use his skill. Wlad will be damn ready for that fight and I predict a spectacular performance from him stopping Briggs in 5-6 rounds.

Shannon will try to land one punch at a time because he'll be out of shape and Wlad will bust him up with the jab then drop him with the right cross and end his night with the left hook!

I honestly hope Shannon comes in and tries to win (eventhough WLAD WILL KO HIM...I just want Briggs to TRY), the heavyweight division needs good fights and this and Wlad-Lyakhovich could be one of the more exciting fights