New WBO Heavyweight Champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs manager Scott Hirsch says he is incensed by the proposed protest recently made public by the camp of former champ Sergei Liakhovich. "This seems to me to be a very desperate attempt to regain the title without getting back in the ring because they know Shannon would beat him even worse in a rematch!” says the Florida businessman. “Sergei took a terrible beating and my hope is that he is going to be ok and can resume his career. We are looking to unify the belts with WBA Champ Nikolay Valuev ASAP and after that Shannon will be happy to beat up Sergei again if they have the courage to rematch Shannon. Shannon knocked Sergei out of the ring and took the title at 2:59 of the 12th round and millions witnessed it on Showtime. Even Ivaylo can't change history. This is just a bunch of cowardly nonsense from a very scared fighter and manager. I had tremendous respect form them but that has changed based on this crap!”