Incensed by the publicly made claims of heavyweight contender Shannon Briggs and his manager, Scott Hirsch, regarding a possible fight against Samuel Peter, promoter Dino Duva has issued the following response: As to their contention that I offered Shannon Briggs a fight with Samuel Peter. I’ve never called Shannon Briggs directly. And I’ve never offered him a specific fight or purse to face Samuel. EVER. While we have discussed the concept of him fighting Sam at some point, no specific purse offers were made. Their statement that I went around a fighter’s representatives to offer him a fight directly. I DO NOT go around fighters’ representatives to offer fights. That’s not the way I operate. And for the record, I would not even call his manager. If the fighter has a promoter, that’s who I would make a specific offer to, no one else. Their statement that I went back on my word regarding an offer I made to them. Do not attack my integrity. My word is very important to me. Not only have I never reneged on any offer to Briggs, I’ve never even made one. That they are not pricing themselves out of this fight. Wrong again. They just did, which, by the way, proves Samuel Peter’s manager Ivaylo Gotzev’s prediction that they would to be right on the money. It’s laughable that Shannon Briggs thinks he is worth a $600,000 purse. Ask the TV executives in this business what they think of Shannon’s request for that much money. In closing, please do not waste the time of a true warrior and man like Samuel Peter with your lame circus-act attempt to get publicity.