Latest on Briggsy (article Feb 22)

Briggs has become very philosophical in the last couple of years. I can see him resisting the temptation to fight again, and not live with regret. I'd be happy if he decided to hang up the gloves.

Though like Briggs, I'll also be a bit contradictory and say that I'd love for him to score a fight with Green also.

 

I don't presume Briggs is financially strapped, but did he make enough out of the Adamek fights to call it a day and relinquish the chance of a pay day?

 

I don't think he got too much out of the Adamek fights to be honest.

He got around 200k for the first one, but spent a lot of it on moving, and taking care of his family in the US, training, etc. He mentions something about it in his book, and in the end, he wasn't left with much.

I don't think he got much at all for the 2nd Adamek fight. I'd say definitely under 100k. Adamek only got around 30k for the first one.

 

Christ, most of that must be gone by now too. I must admit I'd hate to see him bow out, but unless the unlikely Green fight eventuates, I cant see any top 10 guys giving him a shot.

 

I should have added that Don King is one greedy ****.

 

ha ha very true

 

numerous stpries are told that briggs has no money and I believe owes money in the usa hence his return to oz. feel sorry for him if that's the case and to a large extent would blame king.

in this frame of mind easy ko win for green. he states one fight left (ie payday) which is very dangerous and also means it probably won't happen as he will want too much money when, in all due respect, he offers green nothing.

 

when they sparred,briggs went live on air t say on radio that green touched him up,and that he would back up in 2 days and come good.2 days later at fenechs gym,green basically knocked him out.fenech and billy hussein apparently had to hold him up from dropping again.since then,early o3,their careers have gone in different paths.briggs losing to adamek and then having tough time with middleweight asweigan,then more than 1 year off.green belted beyer,belted lucas,dehydrated with sullivan,lost to beyer,came back with cuban and new team,won two,lost handily to mundine,came back and moved up,kod 2 world title challengers then a top 15 opponent,then won the wba world title.i dont think briggs can expect much of a payday,and even less of a showing,he WAS a tough son of a gun with good skill,but is way past it and has a handbrake with lewis in his corner,if he fights again.time will tell,hope he has set himself up a bit,although i dont think he has earnd much from the game .you get what you put in,as in all aspects of life.

 

Briggs has endorsement deals with Shadowboxer and Vitaman and is sponsored by a Nissan Dealer in Qld somewhere who pays him to cover training costs as well as his work with Fox Sports and now runs a Personal Training company "Team Briggs " he also released a book .

When I interviewed him in the past after the first adamek fight and after he appeared on the Poker show on Fox he said he has had some interest from tv networks ...so he may pick up something from there .

Hey Kostya Tzsyu gets Tv gigs and cant even speak english

 

It's a damn shame, but I think it's time for Briggsy to hang 'em up.

He and Green are my 2 favourite fighters, and I would love to see them square off in the ring for a title bout, but after reading his book, and reading this article (among others) I think the fight has finally left Paul - I seriously believe he was driven by his demons for many years, and that marriage and kids has finally allowed him to find peace.

A fight with Green would not be good - Greeny's on his way up at LHW, and although they are (apparently) good mates, I don't want to see Briggs get ****ed up in a fight that would really only represent $$$ for him.

Green is hungry, Briggs is not, he needs to bow out and make sure he's there for his wife and kids - from all accounts, he's in heaven with his family, I just hope he's not so strapped for cash that he has to fight again :-(

WAR Briggsy!!! But Green would cane him now :|

PS - yeah, Don King has a way of ****ing up his fighter's lives.

 

shiner

It was the ropes that saved paul from hitting the deck Billy and Jeff didn't need to get involved

They had a short stoppage and continued with body shots only

was a war

 

distinctly rememba bein told that billy and jeff jumpd in to hold him up,had a breather then finished off the round they were in,which was the 8th, with light body shots,then it was called off.if it was a fight,he wouldnt a made the count withiut ref saying all ova apparently,but to the hard **** briggs credit,he came back stronger that ever a few days later.remember this info like yesterday cause it was open session and i couldnt get there,and would have luvd to ave seen it.

 

I was there and it was the ropes

not being a smart@rse just letting you know what I saw

 

Doesnt surprise me that Danny beat him up. Green has better skill and is a little bit quicker. In my opinion Green wins every time.