WBA orders Browne vs Briggs for regular title before Dec 31st

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The WBA has ordered #3 rated Lucas Browne to fight #5 rated Shannon Briggs for the WBA’s “regular” championship “on or before Dec. 31″

Since Fres Oquendo still hasn’t recovered from last year’s shoulder surgery and wasn’t available to face Browne. The winner has to face Oquendo as a mandatory defense in 120 days, the WBA said.

http://www.ringtv.com/471861-wba-allows ... ant-title/?

[Cutman Scabbers]

I'm really excited to see this fight!

[Like a Boss]

Should be very entertaining while it lasts.

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[Beltane]

Big Daddy has that lean and hungry look judging from his eyes and teeth in the above promo photo.

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Lucas Browne commenting on the announcement of the fight :

"Shannon Briggs it is. Let's go champ. Let's hope it's in Australia."

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Lucas Browne has said David Haye doesn't deserve a world title shot and has indirectly fired a shot at his former sparring partner Mark de Mori :

"Coming off a two- to three-year lay-off and coming back fighting two bums basically, how does that get you No 1 ranked in all three belts and then a world title shot by fighting two people that aren't ranked and no one knows?

"I don't think he deserves anything, no."

"Just in regards to the UK fans, it's good that I can actually fight someone like Shannon Briggs that David Haye has avoided," said Briggs.

"I know that David Haye said that if he did fight on his undercard and win, then he would fight him. I believe he has ducked him because he's too dangerous, but here I am fighting Shannon Briggs now.

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WBA ORDERS BRIGGS VS. BROWNE TO RESOLVE DISPUTES

http://www.ringtv.com/472072-wba-prez-o ... -disputes/?

The WBA’s curious decision to have Shannon Briggs face Lucas Browne for a vacant heavyweight title was made in part as a legal concession to pacify aggrieved parties, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza seemed to suggest to RingTV.com. “My plan was to have only one heavyweight champion,” Mendoza said, “but legal settlements (changed the) WBA plans.”

The WBA made a series of rulings on Tuesday to clarify the heavyweight division after Tyson Fury vacated his belt to deal with personal issues. One decision that seemed to stump fans was the WBA’s order for Briggs to face Browne for the WBA’s “regular” title on or before Dec. 31.

Briggs is 44 and hasn’t faced anyone of significance since he lost to Vitali Klitschko in 2010. Browne won the WBA’s “regular” title after knocking out Ruslan Chagaev in March. He was subsequently stripped of the belt after he tested positive for a banned substance. Yet both are now vying for a title. Here’s a good reason why:

Browne (23-0, 16 knockouts) claimed he was unfairly stripped because he didn’t knowingly take a banned substance and filed a lawsuit against the WBA. Briggs (60-6-1, 53 KOs) also complained after he was mistakenly dropped in the WBA rankings from No. 4 to No. 7 “without an explanation,” according to Mendoza, which is a violation of the Muhammad Ali Act, he said. The best way to resolve these issues, Mendoza seemed to suggest, was to allow Briggs and Browne a chance to oppose each other for a vacant title.

“Lucas Browne filed a lawsuit after (the) WBA decided to strip him of the title for failing an anti-doping test,” Mendoza said in an email on Wednesday in response to a question of why Briggs and Browne are contending for a title. “The case was settled based on a title opportunity for the vacant championship bout. Shannon Briggs filed a reconsideration after being dropped from #4 to #7 without an explanation in the rankings. Since it breached the Muhammad Ali Act, Brigg’s petition was granted by the WBA Rankings Committee.”

Mendoza pointed a finger at the various manager and promoters who have filed cases against the WBA as reasons the sanctioning organization must sometimes make difficult decisions that can draw criticism. “The WBA is working in good faith and hard in order to have one champion per division,” Mendoza said. “But the conflict of interest leads several managers or promoters to the justice system in order to claim remedies sometimes unfair to the sanctioning bodies. Regarding the critics, there is not much to say for the above-mentioned reasons. There was a mistake done by one of my committee (members in regards to Briggs’ ranking) which I must (take) responsibility.”

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Lucas Browne’s manager Matt Clark said he hoped Browne-Briggs would be held in Australia.

“But the commercial realities make it likely the fight will be held overseas,’’ he said.

“Briggs lives in Florida and has a big following from his original home in New York but London will also be competing to stage this.

“Briggs has spent a lot of time in the English media there trying to drum up a fight with David Haye and Lucas has had several big fights in the UK and is well known there.

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“One of the things I’ve been looking at and thinking about over and over in my mind is knocking Briggs out and standing over the top of him and saying let’s go champ” - Lucas Browne.

[ClivePatrickLyons]

I hope Big Daddy shuts this man up for good and retires him.

[DA GOOSE]

“One of the things I’ve been looking at and thinking about over and over in my mind is knocking Briggs out and standing over the top of him and saying let’s go champ” - Lucas Browne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT81h4MHL2o

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The build-up to this fight could be comedy gold.

[buster007]

the lead up will be far far better than the actual fight.

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“One of the things I’ve been looking at and thinking about over and over in my mind is knocking Briggs out and standing over the top of him and saying let’s go champ” - Lucas Browne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT81h4MHL2o

Molasses.

[crusader]

If Browne makes it out of the first few rounds, and I suspect he will, he should beat up Briggs.

Briggs has terrible stamina.

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Lucas Browne's promoter Ricky Hatton says he would rather Browne have fought David Haye than Shannon Briggs.

“I am surprised the WBA sanctioned the fight with Shannon Briggs,’’ Hatton said.

“Lucas was always going to fight for the vacant WBA belt but the next one in line for him was David Haye, so that was the obvious one to make.’’

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Shannon Briggs' reaction to hearing Browne had tested positive :

"They'll do anything not to give me a shot. Self sabotage. Anything!"

#LETSGOCHAMP #LETSGOCHAMP #LETSGOCHAMP

[convict]

Anyone have an update on weather this fight is still happening?.

[Cap]

Lucas Browne is an actual contender. Shannon Briggs and David Haye are not, but these days it seems anything goes. The ABC title means bug-ger all. None of them do anymore. It's only the match-ups that matter. Outlawed drugs are adding to the dearth of good promotions. Doesn't help that most heavyweights today have no talent to speak of. Just big hulking tulips. They make the cruiserweights look good by comparison.

[Perseus]

It'll probably work out the same way it did last time Browne failed a drug test.

WBA will try to find somebody else who is interested in fights with Briggs and Oquendo, when NOBODY else wants those fights WBA will come back to Browne.

[Grailer]

Shanon Briggs retired years ago I thought after he got beaten near death by Klitschko

[convict]

Just read this from the WBA,

Meanwhile, Shannon Briggs, Alexander Ustinov and Fres Oquendo will sort it out for the regular title.

Looks as if Browne is out of contention with his drug cheating done and dusted him of the title shot.

[Perseus]

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/briggs- ... rks-385005

lol.
Briggs v Oquendo for WBA belt.

2001 will be calling asking for its fight back.

[bollocks]

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/briggs- ... rks-385005

lol.
Briggs v Oquendo for WBA belt.

2001 will be calling asking for its fight back.