Send in your 176-199 pound old time heavyweight to beat Shannon Briggs

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Which old time heavyweight that size would you send in to beat prime Shannon Briggs?
     
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  2. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Galento before the gabagool got to him
     
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  3. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd pick Conn to beat him.
     
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  4. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Man, I could think of a lot of old-time heavies to beat Briggs.
     
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  5. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Louis
    Dempsey
    Marciano
     
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  6. BCS8

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    Exactly, you want a boxer type that is fast and light and who doesn't want to exchange. All the classic bruiser types are massively outweighed and playing into Briggs' forte by aiming for a slugfest.
     
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  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Jersey Joe Walcott beats that sucker!
     
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  8. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    Gets me thinking about the Hail Mary he tried on Lennox Lewis, lots of guys would’ve been steam rolled there.
     
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  9. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah Lyahovich who was awful was beating him before getting knocked out of the ring and getting trapped.
     
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  10. Unique Way

    Unique Way Active Member Full Member

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    Not old timers, but I'm sure Qawi from Holyfield fight and Toney from Jirov fight would absolutely batter Briggs in one-sided fashion
     
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  11. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Qawi would probably get obliterated because of the cross arm defense failing.
     
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  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Tony Galento might KO Briggs
     
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  13. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Billy Miske is a good one.

    Langford did need added mass to take out the big fellas.
     
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  14. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If this guys at 6’ and 215 lbs could knock out Briggs and don’t see why a guy like Jack Dempsey would not be able to do it.
     
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  15. PolishAssasin

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    Joe Louis is the first thing that comes to my mind, then Marciano and a bunch of others.
     
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