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Q&A with two-time world heavyweight champion boxer Shannon Briggs

Mon, Aug 30 2010 16:37 CET

byMark Rachkevych - Kyiv Post

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Q&A with two-time world heavyweight champion boxer Shannon Briggs

Boxer Shannon Briggs of the US speaks during a news conference in Kiev 

Despite his age, 38-year old American Shannon Briggs is a formidable opponent for Ukraine’s Vitali Klitchko. He is more experienced than Klitschko yet is an underdog in their upcoming October 16 championship fight in Hamburg, Germany. He is the last American to hold a world heavyweight boxing title and is currently making a comeback after a three-year break from boxing. He said he returned to boxing after running into current WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in a restaurant in Los Angeles, California. Klitschko jokingly jabbed his finger at Briggs bloated stomach who at that time weighed more than 330 pounds. "You chose the wrong guy to joke with," Briggs told Klitschko at their pre-fight conference in Kyiv on August 30. Briggs has since lost 88 pounds. He has knocked out 45 of his 57 opponents, of whom he has beaten 51. The following is a Kyiv Post interview with Briggs on the sidelines of his August 30 Kyiv press conference with Klitschko to promote their bout.

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