Shannon Briggs is tapping into Jersey Joe Walcott's style

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The caption is amazing.

 

Gotta love this guy.

I think it's actually brilliant for someone like Briggs in his mid 40's to find inspiration in Walcott. I think Shannon realized through Walcott that there is a lot of slick and tricky agile movements you can still use past your athletic prime.

He also posted this right after:

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I think people are scared to fight him. He can still punch. I hope he fights Haye for the WBA. I think Briggs would win.

 

Two more clips of him shadow boxing like Walcott.
He really has it down to a tee.

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Haye has taken enough abuse from Briggs in the spotlight of mainstream boxing. He'd have fought him by now if he wasn't scared.

Briggs is still a dangerous dude. I think Haye has better physical abilities being younger, but Briggs has the psychological game on lock.

 

No, but Klitschko is way higher on the totem pole.
Haye took some heavy abuse from Briggs on his home turf.
He even promised Briggs a fight if Briggs won on Haye's undercard.
Haye vs. Briggs is way more reasonable than a Klitschko match.

 

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I don't think he gets more money for fighting lesser guys. I think he just weighs the risk/reward differently.
Briggs had all of London saying Lets Go Champ. You don't think he's a better draw than Haye's latest opponents?

Plus, there's the pride aspect. Briggs has dragged Haye through the mud on social media.

Also, Briggs is now highly ranked, and may have the WBA belt depending on how the Browne situation is resolved. There is career incentives for this too.

There seems to be a lot of incentive for Haye to wanna knock out Briggs.
What have his excuses been? He seems to run out of them.