Shannon Briggs fails VADA test

[Freedom2013]

Shannon Briggs fails VADA test

[candyslim]

Oh FFS has he tested positive for Sanatogen?

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Clearly the work of team wilder.

[Tanzio]

Make PEDvetkin v Briggs immediately, while they're hot.

[Freedom2013]

Make PEDvetkin v Briggs immediately, while they're hot.

Povetkin had a microscopic trace of something that was not a steroid and was legal a few months before.

Briggs has "dramatically elevated levels of testosterone". And he's an American, so VADA has no political agenda against him.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Hardly surprising is it, he's clearly been juiced to the gills for many years now.

[gilgamesh]

I'm annoyed because the people that were saying Briggs has a shot against the bigger names in the division won't get to see that he couldn't even beat Fres Oquendo.

[Enlightened-One]

The end of an illustrious career that enjoyed a golden period from 2014 until 2016.

Anyone up for a bout between Alexander Ustinov and Fres Oquendo?

[tiny_acres]

I want to read asdfuckedj response to this.
Let's get ready for conspiracy theories

[SAPFO]

He's been after a big payday, I'm not surprised. He looked juiced vs Vitali






Luis Ortiz should get it. He's not been seen since December. Give AJ a decent seller after Wlad 2.

[marvelous marv]

Fres Oquendo would have won because champions are generally fighters who can compete for more than 2 rounds.

[Tony1244]

Another HW fight is cancelled. Shocking.

[candyslim]

Fres Oquendo would have won because champions are generally fighters who can compete for more than 2 rounds.

You still have to survive the first two or three rounds, and against Briggs that's beyond a lot of heavyweights if his last outing was anything to go by. I did think what fantastic condition he appeared to be in for a man of his age, so I'm disappointed but not all that surprised.

[crusader]

Briggs fought a nobody last fight, and has only beaten nobodies over the last decade

Ever thought that he's fought shit, because he realizes how vulnerable he is against anyone with a pulse? Oquendo has been a reasonably durable fighter, and him nearly beating Chagaev is far more impressive than anything Briggs has done since 2006. I think Fres had a great chance of outlasting and beating the asthmatic...

[Tanzio]

Fres Oquendo would have won because champions are generally fighters who can compete for more than 2 rounds.

You still have to survive the first two or three rounds, and against Briggs that's beyond a lot of heavyweights if his last outing was anything to go by. I did think what fantastic condition he appeared to be in for a man of his age, so I'm disappointed but not all that surprised.

Would you also be "not all that surprised" to find out Santa Claus is a myth?

sorry, couldn't help myself.

[Tanzio]

Make PEDvetkin v Briggs immediately, while they're hot.

Povetkin had a microscopic trace of something that was not a steroid and was legal a few months before.

Briggs has "dramatically elevated levels of testosterone". And he's an American, so VADA has no political agenda against him.

Is PEDvetkin v Povetkin still on for July 8? Maybe Povetkin wouldn't mind stepping aside for Briggs under the circumstances.

[asdfjkl]

I struggle to believe it, what kind of value does he have? What does Wilder have and what do normal people have?

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I struggle

Huge understatement!

[Andrew]

The big question now is: Who is worthy of replacing Briggs and fighting Fres Oquendo for the WBA title?

https://mobile.twitter.com/bjfloresboxi ... 3755047936

[SaadOffTheDeck]

somehow, an even less interesting bout.

[gilgamesh]

Flores sees the one and only chance he ever might have at a title

[greg]

..the bigger question is why it took such a long time to catch him..

[TempleSlave]

Wow. Shocking news

[Tony1244]

Fres Oquendo would have won because champions are generally fighters who can compete for more than 2 rounds.

You still have to survive the first two or three rounds, and against Briggs that's beyond a lot of heavyweights if his last outing was anything to go by. I did think what fantastic condition he appeared to be in for a man of his age, so I'm disappointed but not all that surprised.

The key word is appeared.

Appearance vs reality.

[asdfjkl]

Again Dan Rafael, again a boxer Wilder is scared for, again vada, again a titlefight, I don't see the link yet, but something odd is going on. Briggs has always had a lot of testosteron, you don't need to be a wizard to see that.