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Briggs vs Ibragimov at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City

Date 02 June 2007, Sat

Location USA, Atlantic City, Boardwalk Hall

Weight category Heavyweight (unlimited)

Title WBO Title

Shannon Briggs and Sultan Ibragimov will finally settle their score when they square off for Briggs’ WBO Heavyweight Championship at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, on Saturday, June 2nd.

The summer of heavyweight boxing kicks off June 2nd when WBO Champion Shannon Briggs takes on challenger Sultan Ibragimov at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The Boardwalk Hall should be known as the House “Arturo Gatti built” because he has been filling it with fans and drama for nearly the last half decade.

Fans, and TV viewers alike have a very good chance of seeing that same drama and excitement when these two heavy hitters enter the ring, at least for a few rounds anyway.

The newly crowned WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs 48-4-1 (42) is one entertaining individual with an amusing sense of humor who has overcome the odds to earn the title of heavyweight champion, the World Boxing Organization’s heavyweight champion to be exact, a belt he won November 4th by defeating then champ Sergei Liakhovich via knockout.

Shannon "Brooklyn" Briggs formerly held the heavyweight title by beating George Foreman in a controversial decision back in 1998.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York but could be a little aged at 36. He regained the WBO Heavyweight title by beating Sergei Liakhovich by TKO in the 12th and final round back in November and will be making his first title defense against Sultan Ibragimov on June 2, 2007. Briggs started out his career going 25-0 before losing in 1996 to Darroll Wilson by TKO. He now stands at 48-4 with 42 knockouts, which is why he has earned the nickname the "Cannon." After beating Foreman in 1998 he challenged Lennox Lewis for the WBC Title, but lost via TKO after having Lewis in trouble early in the bout. He was pretty much left out to dry and never really a serious contender before winning back in November as a big underdog. If he hadn't knocked Liakhovich out, he would have lost on all three judge's scorecards, so this may be a favorite to be careful with.

Sultan Ibragimov is a Russian fighter who is 32 years of age. He is currently ranked #3 in the WBO heavyweight rankings, #5 in the IBF, and #9 in the WBA and is trained by Jeff Mayweather. Ibragimov is part of the trend that shows former Sovient Union states dominating the heavyweight boxing scene in a throwback to Rocky IV. Sultan stands at 20-0-1, with his draw coming on July 28th to Ray Austin in an IBF Heavyweight title eliminator. When Briggs became ill and had to back out of the initial contest between these two scheduled for March 10, 2007, Ibragimov instead faced Javier Mora and knocked him out in 46 seconds.

A lot of people are losing interest in the heavyweight division and this contest isn't going to get a lot of fan fare from the media and general public, however it's a major American fighter against one of the Soviet invaders. It will be interesting to see if Briggs can hold up to a very formidable challenger.

Briggs vs Ibragimov Fight Results

Ibragimov's victory over the aging asthematic Briggs in the rescheduled bout put all four of the alphabet heavyweight titles back in the hands of fighters from the former Soviet Union. He joins Wladimir Klitschko, Oleg Maskaev and Ruslan Chagaev with a claim on the title.

It was a one sided beat down that almost made you feel sorry for Briggs who seemed to be just standing there like a punching bag.  There was no big rally, no telling blow, just Briggs standing in the center of the ring and barely throwing any punches while the pesky Ibragimov  was landing left hands almost at will.

Judge Lynne Carter had it 119-109, Don Trella scored it 117-111 and Luis Rivera had it a surprisingly close 115-113. ESPN.com also had it for Ibragimov, 118-111.

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