Mansour: Shannon Briggs is a Clown, Earn Your Shot!
Posted by: Edward Chaykovsky on 11/4/2014
By Edward Chaykovsky
Heavyweight contender Amir Mansour (20-1, 15KOs) is one of the many contenders who is not amused with the tactics being used former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs, who is stalking heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko.
Briggs has confronted Klitschko on the beach, in the gym, in a restaurant, at press conferences.
Mansour stays active this Saturday night at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He faces Fred Kassi (18-2, 10KOs).
"Shannon Briggs to me is a clown, he is a clown. He is trying to mimic his way into a title fight. He’s trying to play clown games in order to deserve a title shot," Mansour tells On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"Get in the ring and beat somebody and say you deserve a title shot, don’t say or claim you deserve a title shot because you can find this man on a surfboard out in the water and make some waves and knock him off. That’s not what gets you a heavyweight title shot. Your work in the ring and winning fights gets you a heavyweight title fight."
"The comeback should occur in the ring, not clown tactics, stalking this man basically. That’s where you make a comeback at, in the ring, you don’t make a comeback by taunting a guy and saying, “Hey I’m back, I lost a couple of pounds, I deserve a title shot,” and when he got his title shot he got his ass whooped. That doesn’t work for me, you want to put that work in if you wanted to work for me."
http://www.boxingscene.com/mansour-shannon-briggs-clown-earn-your-shot--83868
Posted by: Edward Chaykovsky on 11/4/2014
By Edward Chaykovsky
Heavyweight contender Amir Mansour (20-1, 15KOs) is one of the many contenders who is not amused with the tactics being used former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs, who is stalking heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko.
Briggs has confronted Klitschko on the beach, in the gym, in a restaurant, at press conferences.
Mansour stays active this Saturday night at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He faces Fred Kassi (18-2, 10KOs).
"Shannon Briggs to me is a clown, he is a clown. He is trying to mimic his way into a title fight. He’s trying to play clown games in order to deserve a title shot," Mansour tells On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"Get in the ring and beat somebody and say you deserve a title shot, don’t say or claim you deserve a title shot because you can find this man on a surfboard out in the water and make some waves and knock him off. That’s not what gets you a heavyweight title shot. Your work in the ring and winning fights gets you a heavyweight title fight."
"The comeback should occur in the ring, not clown tactics, stalking this man basically. That’s where you make a comeback at, in the ring, you don’t make a comeback by taunting a guy and saying, “Hey I’m back, I lost a couple of pounds, I deserve a title shot,” and when he got his title shot he got his ass whooped. That doesn’t work for me, you want to put that work in if you wanted to work for me."
http://www.boxingscene.com/mansour-shannon-briggs-clown-earn-your-shot--83868
