Quote Originally Posted by bigpoppapuff
toasty...,we'll agree to disagree about the klitschko's...they're awful.imo....tall,they fight straight up...if someone would get up and under they'd beat the snot out of either brother...problem is the heavyweight division basically sucks....and nobody wants to fight shannon briggs...he'd beat the snot out of wladimer.....vitaly is finally retired...the 7'3" russian is nothing but a bum...i wanna see him fight someone good before i'll think otherwise......there's another russian,whose name i can't remember who is very good....

the flyweight fight last night that took over as the feature on showtime was a fun fight to watch...
Valuev has no talent...but he is a huge beast. And yeah, I guess we will have to agree to disagree about the Klitschko's because I really don't think there's anything either of us can say to change each other's mind regarding that issue.

Briggs has potential. I really can't make a decision on his future as a champ until he takes on some real fights. The only notable win he has was against washed up Ray Mercer, which is just another easy fight to bloat his record. A lot of his wins are against guys that shouldn't be fighting to begin with, or guys that are walking the last mile of their career. I'm not saying Briggs is a bad fighter. I think with Mayweather as his trainer, he will evolve into an even better fighter. He's just yet to pass any test to show if he's champion caliber. Granted, the big names want a ridiculous percentage to fight him; however, I think that's a sacrifice he needs to make atleast a couple of times to prove himself.

One of my biggest disappointments in the recent past was David Tua. I really thought he was going to go pretty far. But again, politics and lawsuits took over his career and he let it hold him down. I know he had a comeback fight last year and won, but haven't heard anything from him since.