As crazy as the Fortuna-Cotto mayhem was, this one was right up there as a contender for the most bizarre fight of the week. Also a part of the upcoming Sunday Report Card in its first anniversary edition soon to be posted at XN Sports Shannon Briggs KO 1 Richard Carmack, heavyweights Yes, the Shannon Briggs “One-Round-or-Less Barnstorming Tour 2014” is officially back on the road. Embarked on a bizarre, borderline delusional, and intentionally ridiculous campaign to challenge Wladimir Klitschko for the heavyweight title, Briggs (57-6-1, 50 KO) is now 6-0 in the comeback trail this year alone, with five of those victory being first-round stoppages against sub-pair opposition. Some of them were actually really, really bad. OK, let’s be honest: if we put these 6 fights in a single film reel and superimpose it on the screen while “Diggstown” is being shown, no one will tell the difference. Crappy middle-of-nowhere venues, tough-man level opponents, and other delicacies unbecoming of the last American ever to hold the undisputed heavyweight title are now everyday occurrences for Briggs, who in this case outdid himself by roaming the hallways of the casino on his way to the actual fight, in his trunks and boots, yelling “Let’s go, champ!” and “Entah-taaain!” in a move that would have gotten him fired from the WWF. And to top it all off, the fight against a heavy-set, soft-in-the-middle Carmack (12-6, 10 KO) only lasted until Briggs decided to land the first meaningful punch of the night (a hook to the liver that sent Carmack down to one knee for the full count). Six wins in six months? That’s entah-taaainment, indeed!! And little else, unfortunately.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:23:44 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015