Vitali Klitschko dominates Shannon Briggs over 12 rounds

That’s a beautiful picture.

Vitali’s got a lot in common with Holmes and Ali , he jabs his opponents senseless , has great stamina and rock chin and is masterful at using his reach advantage . Great clincher as well .

Off topic – I thought there would be some sort of open thread for the Vazquez/Hernandez fight…

Go Rangers! Took care of the Yanks tonight…was at the game. Lots of energy in the stands.

I am shocked Briggs lasted 12 rounds….give the guy some props for surviving, I suppose.

By what i was reading on the thread posts last night the ref and Briggs’ corner were totally inept in not pulling him out to save him unnecessary punishment.
I hate it when incompetent idiots are put in posititons of responsibilty and trust.
As far as the corner goes,who knows,maybe Shannon had instructed them before the fight not to pull him out at any stage as some fighters do sometimes.
Fighters are proud like that and often give everything just to finish on their feet.
Me,i’d think of the future and get myself out of there if i was fighting a one sided losing battle,but then,i’m not a fighter.

should have pulled him out no matter what he said. Make a pact with the ring doctor or something. And that ref! Briggs could probably have died right in front of him and he’d have yelled “Box!” There’s no way I can believe that maybe 25-30 hard Klitschko rights to the brain will serve Briggs well down the line, and he never had even a puncher’s chance, he had short arms.

I’ve never thought Ian John Lewis was a poor referee before, either, but yesterday he stopped the action at one point to yell at Briggs’ corner about cursing, for the love of God, and never once did he seem to even consider the idea that Shannon Briggs was getting the shit beaten out of him and it was getting pretty ugly. Briggs is a proud guy — all his antics aside, he’s tough and takes a damn good shot, and if he didn’t prove that yesterday, I don’t know how he ever could. But around the eighth or ninth round, this was getting to the point of being out of hand. Briggs did the absolute best he could. He tried to find ways to combat Vitali, just wasn’t good enough. Vitali was simply too skilled.

I’ll also add this, since I’ve said in the past I think Haye could beat Vitali considering Vitali’s age and the fact he’s slowed down some, and that I think Haye’s athleticism, speed and power makes him a good matchup. It’s not that Shannon Briggs was some super stiff challenge, either on paper or in practice. But the way Vitali looked yesterday… man, there’s no way Haye beats him unless Vitali gets super, super old overnight. Vitali was loose, limber, quick, powerful, and very smart. I think Haye could give him a decent fight, maybe, but Vitali seriously looked as good as ever yesterday, and I really believe this was his best performance since he came back. He looked truly fantastic.

Referee Ian John-Lewis, who has received criticism for not stopping the fight, said he was within "one or two shots" of stopping it. "It was a heavyweight world championship," he said. "These are tough guys and as long as a man fights back, you have to give him a chance."

so this is what heavyweight boxing is now?
what a ****ing joke.
the fact that people would pay or even consider paying to see some guy take a beating in this type of mismatch is why boxing’s average fan is 50 years old.. they have guys that support even a complete joke of a fight like this.

No disrespect, but Briggs fought like a reluctant sparring partner from the first round, albeit a brave and apparently injured one. I saw him throw and land two, maybe three decent right hands the whole fight. He never responded to instructions from his corner who should’ve recognised an unwillingness to attack and alerted the ref. Briggs had no hope of victory and no defence against that big right hand. Klitschko is effective but he had yet another punching bag in front of him in yet another disappointing HW title fight.

Briggs Reassures Fans He is Fine
 
Arm injury most serious ailment after courageous stand against Klitschko
 
Two-time Heavyweight World Champion and recent title challenger Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs wants to assure fans he will be just fine after his courageous performance against Vitali Klitschko on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany.
 
“Thank you all for your concern. Your outpouring of support has helped maintain my spirits through this disappointing period. I want to let you all know that I came to the hospital Saturday night, strictly as a precautionary measure, and after several tests the doctors concluded there were no severe head injuries. However, I am still undergoing tests to determine what kind of surgery I will need on my left bicep because of an injury I suffered in the first round of the fight.
 
Unfortunately, the injury kept me from fully executing my fight plan. Not to take anything away from the brilliant performance by Vitali Klitschko on Saturday night, but had I not injured my arm so early on, who knows how the fight would have concluded?
 
We are grateful to the fine doctors and people of Hamburg for the excellent care and support they’ve given me thus far. And as a life long asthmatic, I’m truly grateful to Dr. Charles Hensley and his homeopathic formulation Zivair that helped make it possible to go 12 rounds and compete for the WBC title.
 
As witnessed Saturday night and throughout my career, I never gave up, even when my breathing was out of order and the arm injury kept me from being 100%. Despite prior reports, throughout the contest my trainer, Herman Caicedo, wanted to stop the fight, but I made it clear that stopping was not an option. Thank you for all of your support and hopefully I showed you the heart of a lion and the perseverance of a champion.”
 

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Thankfully, this latest fiasco is over. I don’t want to tell a man how to make his money, but hopefully this was all just a sick advertisement for Cannon’s promotions business. And no, nobody wants to see him in against Wlad or Haye either. No more, please.