Shannon Briggs vs. Andrew Golota

Double Knockout or double mental breakdown. Either way they both win and lose.

 

Briggs ko 1

 

Man, I fancy Briggs in this one.

 

Briggs gets him quick

 

Skill wise, I would take Golota all day, but this just screams to me a fight that Briggs would spark him early or lose it late by doing something stupid.

 

Unless Briggs gets him early which could happen, Golota would pick him apart with his jab and right hand, and get a TKO sometime in 2nd half of the fight. Seeing what Botha did to Briggs with the one/two, i can only imagine what Golota would do.

 

Briggs was so underwhelming with a slow work rate, dude barely threw any punches to hide his stamina issues. I'll admit the one thing Briggs had going for him was power (and the look of a badass heavyweight champion) but his skills don't match up with Golota's I'm afraid.

I think I'm picking Golota here. Despite his slow starts and mental breakdowns, when he was on point he could do some damage.

Guys like Frank Bruno and Razor Ruddock would succeed over Golota, not Shannon Briggs.

 

Yes! You brought up the Botha fight. That one fight sums up Shannon's career: what could've been and what never was. Too many people hang their hat on his performance in the first 2 rounds against Lennox, but Shannon didn't have many wins over top contenders.

Old Foreman? The draw with Botha? The last second win over Liakhovich? I mean...is there anything else?

 

On the other hand, Golota never beat anyone in the top ten. He got a draw with Byrd and lost the rest.

Also, Golota had three first round ko loses and a quit job after two rounds and Briggs probably holds the record for first round ko's.

 

I agree with you i do think Briggs gets a bit overrated, looking at his stats his resume looks impressive. But when you dig deeper into his resume, there isn't that much substance to it TBH as you pointed out.

 

Golota is more talented boxer but was a complete headcase. You can't give him much h2h fights, because a meltdown is always around the corner. Gotta give it to Briggs.

 

Briggs "record" of Ko's is over Bouncers, Tough man and Longshore man...............he never ever Ko'ed anybody worth a lick including the pathetic performance of both in the White Wolf fight, I mean both were so out of shape that Briggs needed a Oxygen tent at the end and the tame Wolf leaning on the ropes refusing to continue completely out of steam too.

The Mental Midget Golata at least to the eye looks much more fluid and had never stamina issues...............Briggs simply does not throw enough leather to make Golata quit.

 

Golota in his physical prime was a headcase. Could outbox you like a child, and quit the next minute when things got rough.

When he hardened a little bit, his left hand was gone after the motorcycle accident. Byrd and Ruiz got gifts against that version.