Shannon Briggs Signs Deal With BKFC

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Former two-time heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs announced this week how he has signed a deal with BKFC; Briggs being the latest big name boxer to go into the bare-knuckle ring.

“Hook. Right. Goodnight. We do ribs right at Chizzy’s Rib Shack. We tenderize and then capitalize off the fact that they wounded and are prey. Yeah!! I’ll be fighting bare knuckle when the coast is clear….Who do you want to see me fight in a bare knuckle fight? I mean, who you wanna see lose teeth? Let’s go champ,” Briggs put out on social media.

Following Paulie Malignaggi and others, Briggs has for a while expressed a real desire to try and fight without gloves. Now 48 years of age and inactive since his May 2016 blow-out of Emilio Zarate, Briggs, 60-6-1(53) may or may not prove to be a hit at bare-knuckle fighting. But, as Malignaggi found out in his quite punishing fight with Artem Lobov, it’s not all about skill in bare-knuckle, more so sheer toughness (a bare-knuckle fighter can expect to swell up around the face, bleed and suffer broken facial bones if the fight lasts more than a couple of rounds – to say nothing of suffering injured hands). Malignaggi is far superior to Lobov in terms of boxing skill, but who won the fight?

Briggs has to his advantage his big punch, his ability to end a fight quickly, inside a round. But if Briggs gets in there in a bare-knuckle bout and doesn’t end matters fast, he will likely run the risk of being busted up and of running out of gas, as has always been Briggs’ problem, even when he was a much younger man.

Briggs could possibly add some additional X-factor value to a sport that already has a big X-factor all of its own. Who knows if Briggs is in need of money, is simply bored and is unable to get himself any boxing matches, or if he simply cannot rid himself of the urge to fight.

Briggs asks us who we want to see him fight in bare-knuckle, so how about it – who do you want to see “The Cannon” go to war with?

[Paci]

Briggs is crazy.

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If he finishes them in the first 2 rounds, like most of his boxing matches, he should be fine. If it goes past 3 rounds, he may be screwed.

[milpool]

I'd sooner washed up boxers try this than go down the route of any kind of MMA.

[gilgamesh]

Should be interesting. I imagine Briggs is still dangerous for at least a few minutes. Particularly for a novice which he's likely to be matched with.

[RScarf1]

When I first read the subject, I thought Briggs signed a deal with KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).

[Enlightened-One]

I’ll be intrigued to see how Brigg’s fares in bare knuckle boxing, but I’m still against the idea.

By the time he participates in this novelty event, which will probably be around September, he would have seen less than 2½ minutes’ worth of action within the last five years, against a journeyman with an appalling record.

Shannon will also be on the cusp of turning 49 years of age.

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Whats the drug testing situation!??!?!

[tiny_acres]

When I first read the subject, I thought Briggs signed a deal with KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).

I can see him doing it.

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When I first read the subject, I thought Briggs signed a deal with KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).

I can see him doing it.

Would be a lucrative deal.

[oogiebe]

I can see him doing it.

Would be a lucrative deal.

Kentucky Fried Chicken! LOL! Apparently his brain is already extra crispy so it sounds like it's a good fit!

[snake33]

Nobody
Shannon Briggs should not be moving to something more dangerous at 48.
Unless he wants to spend his retirement drooling in a corner.

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This is great.

Hopefully it'll stop him turning up at HW title fights shouting "lets go champ" at whoever the champion is, despite the fact that he hasn't bothered to have a fight in almost four years.

[Puncher7]

This is great.

Hopefully it'll stop him turning up at HW title fights shouting "lets go champ" at whoever the champion is, despite the fact that he hasn't bothered to have a fight in almost four years.

It's funny because it's true but I can't help but love his crazy ass for this very reason.
Remember when he made Klitschko fall off his surf board

Considering the type of guys that fight in this, I could see him hurting someone in this

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