WBO #1 heavyweight contender Sultan Ibragimov (20-0-1, 17 KOs) needed just 46 seconds to vaporize Javier Mora (21-4-1, 17 KOs) Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden Theater. Ibragimov dropped Mora almost immediately with a left hook and after Mora beat the count (barely), Ibragimov smelled blood and battered him back to the canvas as the carnage was halted. Ibragimov was slated to face WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs read more ...

#1 WBO heavyweight contender Sultan Ibragimov, disappointed at seeing his long-awaited title shot against Shannon Briggs postponed due to the champion's illness, minced no words when it came to the topic of the Brooklyn-born Briggs and the rest of the heavyweight division. "It seems that everything having to do with Briggs is attached to an excuse," said Ibragimov. "I don't understand why he just can't get in the ring and fight read more ...

Brooklyn born Shannon Briggs will return to his roots on March 10 when he makes his first WBO heavyweight title defense against Sultan Ibragimov at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The HBO main event was officially announced Wednesday afternoon to a standing room only crowd at the Firebird restaurant in mid-town. It will be the first defense of the belt Briggs won in November when he knocked out Sergei read more ...