Fight Shannon Briggs L UD 12 (12) Sultan Ibragimov

Shannon Briggs, who lost his WBO heavyweight title via twelve round decision to Sultan Ibragimov on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is blaming a combination of asthma and asthma medication for the loss. He weighed in at a very high 273-pounds for the bout, which Briggs claims is the result of asthma medicine complicating his training camp. Briggs said that he was hurting so bad from read more ...

Sultan Ibragimov (21-0-1, 17 KOs) dethroned WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (48-5-1, 42 KOs) via a tactical twelve round unanimous decision at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Ibragimov initated most of the action early as the much larger Briggs waited to counter. Briggs barely missed with some bombs in the fourth as Ibragimov seemed more willing to engage. Ibragimov landed a number of good straight lefts read more ...

WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs outweighed mandatory challenger Sultan Ibragimov by 52 pounds at Thursday's official weigh-in in Atlantic City. Both fighters looked ripped, although Briggs matched his career high of 273 pounds. The unbeaten Ibragimov weighed in at 221 pounds, the same weight he was at in his last fight when he demolished Javier Mora in March read more ...

The fight was originally scheduled to take place on March 10th at the Theater in Madison Square Garden. However, Briggs pulled out of the date due to illness while Ibragimov fought a tune-up; blowing out Javier Mora in less than a round. The fight was then re-scheduled for June 2nd although it appeared to be heading to Russia. Finally the New Jersey venue was secured. After months of negotiation, re-negotiations and hype both read more ...

Sultan Ibragimov worked out at the Atlantic City PAL gym today in preparation for his fight on Saturday against World Heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs. Here is what Sultan had to say following his workout, during which he accidentally hit trainer Jeff Mayweather with a right jab to the chin while hitting the mitts… read more ...

WBO heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs (48-4-1, 42 KOs) is not a happy camper. He tells the New Jersey Star-Ledger that he's upset over comments made by Sultan Inbragimov's promoter, Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing, and promises to knock Ibragimov's (20-0-1, 17 KOs) head off his shoulders when they collide on June 2 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City read more ...

GL: Tell us about it champ. We here at the Copa. ON June 2nd what can we expect to see? SB: I'm not going to do much promoting today. I'm going to keep it real with you. The promoters have been treating me like trash. They have no respect for me. They didn't even fly me here. My man Scott Hersh flew me on a private jet today. The promoters are some real grimy cats read more ...

WBO Heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs has released the following statement in response to today's press release from mandatory challenger Sultan Ibragimov's camp: "I'm the Heavyweight Champion of the whole world, so it doesn't matter where I defend the title. As for running from Iggy, that's a joke! I'm from Brownsville, never ran and never will! I got nothing against Iggy but he's in way over his head and he's gonna get hurt read more ...

Fresh off a 46 second annihilation of Javier Mora on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden, number one WBO Heavyweight contender Sultan Ibragimov is looking forward to getting his shot at champion Shannon Briggs on June 2, in his home country of Russia. “I’ve been ready for Briggs for a long time and I’m just waiting to win the belt officially back home in Russia,” said Ibragimov. “June 2nd will be a big night for me and my fans.” read more ...