Keeping up with Shannon Briggs is like keeping up with the Kardashians. It?s voyeuristic. All that?s missing is the booty?
Keeping up with Shannon Briggs is like keeping up with the Kardashians. It satisfies the voyeuristic. All that?s missing is the booty.
In his latest attempt to get a shot, by hook or by crook, at reigning heavyweight kingpin Wladimir Klischko, the last American to hold a heavyweight title showed up in Hamburg where Dr. Steelhammer is defending his IBF title Saturday against undefeated Kubrat Pulev.
Briggs didn?t make a scene at Klitschko?s training camp in Germany, from which he was barred. He didn?t intrude on a quiet lunch at an Italian restaurant. He wasn?t acting wild on the water. But he made his presence known by appearing at a German mall for today?s weigh-in, shirtless and wearing a mask resembling that of a Roman gladiator.
Whether Klitschko saw Briggs in the crowd isn?t known. Nor is it known whether he noticed and chose to ignore him.
Those who believe Briggs deserves a shot at the crown, based on affection and/or chauvinism, need to ask themselves what?s in it for Klitschko. I?ve asked that myself several times and have not come up with an answer.
But there?s one person out there who is willing to fight Shannon Briggs. He?s not Ukrainian. He?s not tall. He also holds no title. But he?s someone who Briggs has a better chance of beating than Klitschko.
James ?Lights Out? Toney, whose own antics pale before those of Briggs, has been following Shannon the Cannon, at a safe distance, and has called him out.
?The brother whupped his ass already,? Toney told TMZ. ?Imagine what the younger would do to Shannon. He?s a punk. If you want to fight somebody, come fight me. If you beat me, which you would never beat me, you can fight Klitschko. But if you want to fight me for my belt, for my world championship, hey, I?d be willing to oblige you. Come see me. Klitschko will whup your ass, another time. It?ll be an all in the family ass whuppin?. He?s a punk, bitch, pussy.?
If I were Klitschko, I?d steer clear of Briggs and Toney. It?s not that he?d lose to either one of them. There?s just no upside.
