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TALENT OF ANY FIGHTER SINCE THE
YOUNG TYSON.
>> LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO
THE MAN WHO IS COMING UP NEXT.
BECAUSE IN THE SECOND BATTLE ON
OUR NIGHT OF THE YOUNG
HEAVYWEIGHTS CARD, SHANNON
BRIGGS OF THE BROWNSVILLE
SECTION OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,
25-0 TAKES ON DARROLL WILSON,
WHO IS ALSO UNDEFEATED, THOUGH
HE CAME TO PROFESSIONAL BOXING
LATER ON IN HIS LIFE THAN DO
MOST, WILSON IS PUSHING 30 AND
LOOKING FOR THE BIGGEST WIN OF
HIS CAREER TONIGHT AGAINST
SHANNON BRIGGS, WHO IS ALREADY
TAUGHTED AS A SUPERSTAR BY NEW
YORK MEDIA.
IT'S A LIVE LOOK AT BRIGGS IN
THE LOCKER ROOM.
YOU SEE THE TRADEMARK YELLOW
DREADLOCKS.
AND FOR MORE ON THAT, HERE IS
LARRY.
IS HE THE REAL THING?
>> ANYBODY THAT WALKS AROUND THE
HOOD WITH YELLOW DREADLOCKS
SEEMS TO BE LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.
THAT'S A PLUS.
IT'S ALSO A PLUS HE HAS TEDDY
ATLAS AS HIS TRAINER BOTH TO
TEACH HIM THE FUNDAMENTALS AND
TO KEEP HIM GROUNDED DURING THIS
HURRICANE OF CELEBRATION BEFORE
HE'S ACTUALLY DONE ANYTHING.
BUT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS
THAT LEGITIMATELY HAVE TO BE
ASKED.
ONE IS WHY HAS HE BEEN SO
OVERPROTECTED?
I THINK THAT MOST OF HIS
OPPONENTS COULD ONLY ASPIRE TO
BEING CALLED TOMATO CANS.
AND, SECONDLY, WHY IS HIS
MANAGER WHO SAYS HE'S GOING TO
MAKE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WITH THIS FIGHT ARE
TRYING TO RAISE $10 MILLION OR
$12 MILLION IN A STOCK OFFERING?
WHY GIVE AWAY SOME OF THAT
MONEY?
SO WHILE YOU HAVE TO LOVE HIS
TALENT AND HIS AMBITION, YOU
ALSO HAVE TO ASK WHAT IS DOES
HIS MANAGEMENT KNOW WE MAY NOT?
>> INDEED NOBODY GETS THIS MUCH
FANFARE WITHOUT AROUSING
SKEPTICISM.
AND THE SKEPTICS LOVE TO POINT
OUT ABOUT BRIGGS IS A RUMOR
RAMPANT IN NEW YORK HE'S BEEN
KNOCKED DOWN AT LEAST TWICE IN
THE GYM BY SPARRING PARTNERS.
SUPPOSE THE ROOMER IS TRUE.
IF A YOUNG PROSPECT LIKE BRIGGS
IS GETTING DUSTED IN THE GYM,
DOES THAT MEAN HIS CHIN ISN'T
WHAT YOU WOULD WANT IT TO BE?
>> IN SCHOOL YOU'LL MAKE YOUR
MISTAKES.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET KNOCKED
DOWN, HAVE IT DONE IN THE GYM
WHERE IT DOESN'T COUNT AT ALL.
THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
IT JUST DOES NOT COUNT.
>> HERE'S WHAT DOES MEAN
SOMETHING, AT LEAST ON PAPERMENT
SHANNON BRIGGS, AMONG ALL OF THE
SIX STARS YOU'RE SEEING HERE
TONIGHT AS FOUGHT AT LEAST ON
PAPER THE WEAKEST OPPOSITION.
DOES IT MEAN ANYTHING IN MAYBE,
MAYBE NOT.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET YOUR OWN
LOOK AT BRIGGS TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THE STAR STORY AND THE
STAR QUALITY ARE MATCHED BY THE
KIND OF SUBSTANCE WHICH WILL BE
NECESSARY TO TURN BRIGGS INTO
THE HEAVYWEIGHT SUPERSTAR SO
MANY OF HIS SPORTERS AND
BELIEVERS SAY ABSOLUTELY HE WILL
BE.
>> YOUNG HEAVYWEIGHT SHANNON
BRIGGS STILL LIVES JUST ACROSS
THE BRIDGE FROM LOWER MANHATTAN
IN THE BROWNSVILLE SECTION OF
BROOKLYN.
IT'S A TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
THE STRUGGLE IS TO MAKE IT, AND
THE GOAL IS TO MAKE IT OUT.
PERHAPS IT'S THE CHALLENGE OF
SUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS
HELPED PRODUCE THREE WORLD
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS.
FLOYD PATERSON, MIKE TYSON, AND
RIDDICK BOWE HAIL FROM
BROWNSVILLE.
>> PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOK AT THE
FACT THAT MIKE TYSON AND RIDDICK
BOWE CAME FROM BROWNSVILLE, AND
THEY SAY, WELL, "BROWNSVILLE
MUST BE A TOUGH PLACE AND IT
BREEDS THESE... THESE GREAT
HEAVYWEIGHTS," OR WHATEVER.
BUT BROWNSVILLE'S NO DIFFERENT
THAN ANY OTHER INNER CITY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S... THERE'S
CRIME, OF COURSE.
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DO GREAT
THINGS; THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DON'T
DO GREAT THINGS.
IT'S A TOUGH SITUATIONS, TOUGH
PEOPLE IN A TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> SHANNON BRIGGS IS IN MANY
WAYS TYPICAL OF HEAVYWEIGHT
HOPEFULS FROM BROWNSVILLE.
AN ONLY CHILD, HE'S TRAVELLED
FAR FROM THE DAILY STRUGGLE OF
HIS EARLY YEARS.
IT WAS IN THESE STREETS THAT
SHANNON WAS RAISED BY HIS
MOTHER, A SINGLE WOMAN ONCE
ADDICTED TO DRUGS.
IT WAS IN THESE STREETS WHERE
SHANNON AND HIS MOTHER STARED
DOWN HOMELESSNESS TOGETHER.
>> WE GOT EVICTED WHEN I WAS
LIKE 15, 16 YEARS OLD.
I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY,
AND THERE WAS LIKE A PADLOCK ON
THE DOOR, AND ALL THE KIDS RAN
UP TO ME AND IT WAS LIKE, "YOU
DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE," AND
THAT WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR ME
AS FAR AS I FELT THE PAIN.
I THINK THAT DAY WHEN I CAME
HOME FROM SCHOOL, AND... IT WAS
LIKE THE BEGINNING OF MY LIFE
ACTUALLY, BECAUSE TO THAT POINT,
I WAS PRETTY MUCH A SPOILED
BRAT.
MY MOTHER TOOK CARE OF ME.
YOU KNOW, SHE SENT ME TO PRIVATE
SCHOOL.
SHE ALWAYS MADE SURE I HAD NEW
SNEAKERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THAT DAY, THE LUMP I FELT IN
MY THROAT WHEN I HAD TO LEAVE
THE BUILDING... YOU KNOW, I HAD
TO GROW UP FROM THAT POINT ON.
>> MAYBE IT WAS THE BITTER FRUIT
OF HIS TEENAGE YEARS THAT HAS
MATURED BRIGGS SEEMINGLY BEYOND
HIS AGE OF 24.
AT A TIME WHEN SOME KIDS ARE
EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS,
JOINING GANGS, OR CARRYING GUNS,
AND IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ANY
OF THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMMON,
SHANNON BRIGGS IS THE EXCEPTION.
>> JE M'APPELLE SHANNON BRIGGS.
>> BRIGGS STUDIES FRENCH, PLAYS
THE PIANO, LIKES TO READ, LOVES
TO SURF THE NET.
(RAPPING)
♪ SHANNON BRIGGS
BE SLAMMIN', KIDS
♪ I'M THE HYPER TYPE OF FIGHTER
THAT DON'T NEED STEEL
TO TAKE AIM LIKE A SNIPER
♪ I BE THE BOMB
JUST FLEX LIKE MY RHYME DOES
♪ KEEPING IT TRUE
KEEPING IT TRUE
LEAVING YOU UNCONSCIOUS
♪ BUST THIS SHAN
WITHOUT GLOCKS OR TORPEDOES
♪ SHAN BE THE MAN
STICKIN' PEOPLE LIKE NEEDLES
♪ MANY SHOULD KIDS BE
VERY SCARED OF MY VOICE
♪ MY VOCALS IS RAW
I SCORE LIKE THE COWBOYS
♪ I STEP TO ALL HOMEBOYS
THAT WANT BEEF
♪ AND INJECT MY VENOM
UP IN 'EM LIKE KEEFE
♪ BREAKING JAWS
MY NUMBER ONE AGENDA
♪ SHANNON BRIGGS
THE HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER. ♪
(LAUGHS)
>> FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE,
BRIGGS LOVES TO RAP, TOO.
BUT SHANNON HAS BEEN BOXING A
LOT LONGER THAN HE'S BEEN
RAPPING.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN...
>> IT WAS HIS BEST FRIEND'S DAD
WHO GAVE HIM HIS FIRST GLOVES AT
15, A GIFT WHICH MAY HAVE
CHANGED SHANNON'S LIFE.
>> NOTHING FORCED ME TO GO TO
THE GYM WHEN I WAS A CHILD
LIVING IN BROWNSVILLE.
I MYSELF SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I CAN'T BE HANGING OUT ON THE
STREET ALL DAY.
IT'S GOING NOWHERE.
IT WAS REPEATEDLY THE SAME
THING: COMING AFTER SCHOOL,
HANGING ON THE CORNER WITH MY
BOYS.
IT WASN'T GOING NOWHERE.
IF I GO BACK NOW, NOT TO DIS ANY
OF THEM, BUT THEY ALL... SOME OF
THEM ARE STILL HANGING ON THE
CORNER, SO I HAD TO MAKE A
CHANGE.
>> SHANNON STARTED WORKING OUT
AND EVENTUALLY CAUGHT THE EYE OF
VETERAN TRAINER TEDDY ATLAS.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, BRIGGS
HAS BUILT AN UNBEATEN RECORD,
BUT WITH ONE FOOT OUT OF THE
GHETTO, BRIGGS HAS YET TO
IMPRESS THOSE IN THE BOXING
INDUSTRY WHO CRITICIZE HIM FOR
AVOIDING QUALITY OPPONENTS.
>> WELL, TO THOSE WHO DON'T
BELIEVE IN SHANNON BRIGGS AS FAR
AS WHO... WHO I'VE FOUGHT AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, ROME
WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.
I'M LOOKING TO MAKE THE BEST OF
EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, AND I'M
BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BE IN BOXING AND TO BECOME A
SUCCESSFUL PERSON.
NOT EVERYONE IS GIVEN THAT
CHANCE.
I HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
I HAVE TO... TO GRAB HOLD RIGHT
NOW AND RIDE THE HORSE WHILE I
HAVE IT.
>> SO TONIGHT, THE YOUNG
HEAVYWEIGHT WITH THE GOLDEN
DREADLOCKS CROSSES ANOTHER
BRIDGE IN SEARCH OF EXPERIENCE,
AND RICHLY CONFIDENT.
BRIGGS EXPECTS THE SUN TO SHINE
ON HIS HOPES JUST AS IT DID FOR
PATERSON, TYSON, AND BOWE.
>> BACK LIVE AT RINGSIDE IN
ATLANTIC CITY, TAIL OF THE TAPE
AGAINST BRIGGS AND WILSON.
YOU CAN SEE BRIGGS HAVE THE
PHYSICAL ADVANTAGES IN HEIGHT,
WEIGHT AND REACH.
ON STAT NUMBERS, LARRY?
>> HERE YOU SEE THAT THEY THROW
ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF
PUNCHES.
BRIGGS LANDS ROUGHLY TWICE AS
MANY.
HERE'S THE OPPONENTS CONNECT
RATE.
WILSON GETS HIT A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
BRIGGS IS SO BUSUS MEMBER OF
THE AUDIENCE WHO WAS ONCE A
DEVELOP YOUNG HEAVYWEIGHT.
>> JERRY COONY.
YOU KNOW, JIM LONG BEFORE YOU
JOINED US, WE HAD THE ORIGINAL
KNIGHT OF YOUNG HEAVYWEIGHTS,
JERRY COONY WAS ON THE CARD,
PAIGE WAS ON THE CARD AND
PINKLAND THOMAS WAS ON THE CARD.
THOMAS AND PAIGE BECAME
CHAMPIONS BRIEFLY AND HE BECAME
A TOP CONTENDER.
>> AND HERE COMES A MAN WHO
WOULD LOVE TO BECOME A TOP
CONTENDER, AGAINST THE ODDS.
ALL HE HAS TO DO TO DO IT IS
BEAT SHANNON BRIGGS TONIGHT.
DARROLL WILSON, HIS LAST FIVE
FIGHTS HAVE GONE THE DISTANCE.
HIS TRAINERS SAY, "THAT'S GOOD,
HE'S LEARNING TO BOX."
BORN AND RAISED IN DANVILLE,
VIRGINIA, BUT WILSON LIVES HERE
IN SOUTH JERSEY, CAME HERE TO
CONSTRUCT HIS PROFESSIONAL
BOXING CAREER.
SO IF ANY FIGHTER HAS A
HOME-RING ADVANTAGE HERE
TONIGHT, HE'S THE GUY.
AND THE RECORD FOR DARROLL
WILSON, HE SAYS, HEY, I'M JUST
AS UNBEATEN AS BRIGGS, 15 WINS,
NO LOSSES, TWO DRAWS, TEN KO'S
AND THE LAST FIVE FIGHTS FOR
DARROLL WILSON HAVE GONE THE
DISTANCE.
A FORMER GROCERY STORE SECURITY
GUARD WHO IS DREAMING BIG DREAMS
AND CAN TAKE A STEP TOWARDS THEM
TONIGHT.
>> AND HE SAYS THAT BRIGGS CAN'T
BEAT HIM ON A BAD DAY, WILSON'S
BAD DAY.
HE IS UNDEFEATED.
ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED ACROSS
THE YEARS, UNDEFEATED FIGHTERS
CAN BE VERY HARD TO DEFEAT
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T
BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
THEM.
>> WILSON'S TRAINER, CASH WHITE,
WAS A MIDDLE WEIGHT BOXER IN
PHILADELPHIA YEARS AGO, ONE LOST
TO JOEY GIADELLA.
NOW HERE COMES SHANNON BRIGGS.
>> THE NOISE ACCOMPANYING BRIGGS
INTO THE RING, PARTIALLY A
REFLECTION THAT MARC ROBERTS,
HIS MANAGER IS SAID TO HAVE
PURCHASED 700 SEATS IN THE HOUSE
FOR BRIGGS SUPPORTERS.
AND THE RECORD FOR SHANNON
BRIGGS, 25 WINS, NO LOSSES, 20
K.O.'S IN EACH OF HIS PAST THREE
FIGHTS HE HAS COME CHARGING OUT
OF THE CORNER AT THE OPENING
BELL AND STORMED THROUGH HIS
OPPONENT IN THE FIRST ROUND.
AND BEFORE WE GO TO MICHAEL
BUFFER, QUICKLY, A WORD FROM
YOU, LARRY ON THE PASSING OF YET
ANOTHER LONG-TIME DIGNIFIED
FIGURE IN THE WORLD OF BOXING.
>> WE WANTED TO PAY HOMAGE TO
MURRAY GOODMAN, WHO WAS A PUBLIC
CITY MAN FOR MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN WHEN IT WAS MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN IN BOXING.
WE SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS
SON, BOBBY GOODMAN HORGS IS A
PROMOTER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE FAMILY.
>> LET'S GO TO MICHAEL BUFFER
FOR THE PREFIGHT INTRODUCTIONS.
>> BEFORE WE GET STARTED, AT
THIS TIME WE MUST PLAY
"TRIBUNE-HERALD" UTILITY TO A
MEMBER OF THE BOXING FRATERNITY
WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, THE
REIGNING DEAN IN BOXING
PUBLICISTS.
HE WAS A SPORTS JOURNALISTS AN
EDITOR AND WELL-REMEMBERED AND
BEST REMEMBERED AS A BOXING
PUBLICIST FROM THE DAYS OF JOE
LOUIS THROUGH ROXY MARCIANO TO
ALI AND GEORGE FOREMAN.
WE WOULD LIKE EVERY TO PLEASE
REMAIN SILENT WHILE WE TOLL A
BOXING COUNT OF TEN WHILE WE PAY
HOMAGE TO MURRAY GOODMAN, WHO
PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 83.
>> WE'LL MISS YOU AT RINGSIDE.
REST IN PEACE.
AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE KNIGHT OF-- NIGHT OF YOUNG
HEAVYWEIGHTS CONTINUES HERE AT
ATLANTIC CITY, BROUGHT TO YOU IN
ASSOCIATION WITH YOUR UNDISPUTED
KING OF BEERS, BUDWEISER.
THIS BUD'S FOR YOU.
THIS PRODUCTION IS SANCTIONED BY
THE NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONTROL
BOARD, BOX ARE COMMISSIONER
LARRY HAZARD SCENE.
THE THREE JUDGES SCORING THE
BOUT WILL BE JOHN POTURAJ, LOUIS
RIVERA AND JOHN STUART.
AND THE REFEREE, TONY ORLANDO.
AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
TEN ROUNDS OF BOXING IN THE
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION!
INTRODUCING FIRST FIGHTING OUT
OF THE RED CORNER, WEARING THE
BLACK TRUNGS TRIMMED WITH RED
AND WEIGHING IN AT 215 POUND,
FROM RIGHT HERE IN ATLANTIC
CITY, NEW JERSEY, HE BRINGS AN
UNDEFEATED RECORD OF 15-0 WITH
TWO DRAWS, TEN OF HIS 15
VICTORIES BY KO, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, INTRODUCING DARROLL
"DOING DAMAGE" WILSON!
(AUDIENCE BOOS)
>> AND HIS OWE OPPONENT ACROSS
THE RING WEARING BLACK TRIMMED
WITH GOLD WEIGHING 227 POUNDS,
FROM BROOKLYN NEW YORK, HE
TRAINS AND FIGHTS OUT OF THE
MARC ROBERTS HOUSE OF PAINS JIM
IN NEW JERSEY, HIS RECORD ALSO
UNDEFEATED, 25-0, 20 KO'S,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HE IS THE
UNDEFEATED SHANNON BRIGGS!
(APPLAUSE)
>> OKAY, GENTLEMEN, I EXPECT A
CLEAN, PROFESSIONAL FIGHT.
IS THAT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD?
SHAKE HANDS AND GO TO YOUR
CORNER.
LET'S GO.
>> WHAT ONE HOPES FOR HERE IS
THAT WILSON WILL GIVE SOME WORK
TO BRIGGS, GIVE A CHALLENGE TO
BRIGGS AND OF COURSE WILSON
HOPES TO GIVE HIM A LOT MORE.
>> FIRST RETIREMENT, WEATHER THE
FIRST-ROND STORM.
BRIGGS CHARGES ACROSS THE RING
AND BEGINS LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITY RIGHT AWAY.
HARD LEFT HOOK BY BRIGGS.
DARROLL WILSON HAS NEVER BEEN
KNOCKED DOWN BUT BRIGGS HAS
TWICE CONNECTED NOW WITH THAT
LEFT HOOK.
>> ANOTHER LEFT HOOK LANDS,
WILSON WOULD BEABLY, BRIGGS
TRYING TO FINISH HIM RIGHT AWAY
AS HE'S DONE IN EACH OF THE LAST
THREE BOUTS.
WILSON NEEDS TO GRAB AND HOLD
HERE, GEORGE.
>> YOU SAW THE ROUND HOUSE MISS
BY BRIGGS THAT BROUGHT HIM BACK
TO THE CENTER OF THE RING.
WILSON MAY WELL HAVE WEATHERED
THAT EARLY STORM AND NOW BRIGGS
SETTLES IN TO A MORE TACTICAL
POSITION.
>> BRIGGS HAS GOT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALL,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BIG, YOU'RE
GOING DO HAVE TO USE THAT BIG
LEFT JAB.
COMING UP YOUNG, A LOT OF
FIGHTERS GET A FEW FIRST,
SECOND-ROUND KNOCKOUTS, THEY
FORGET ABOUT THE JAB.
>> I THINK HE JUST REMEMBERED
IT, GEORGE.
>> WILSON STARTING TO GET
HIMSELF GOING IN THE FIGHT.
LANDS A STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND AND
COMES BACK WITH A LEFT.
NOW SHANNON BRIGGS SMILING AT
HIM AS IF TO SAY, "OH, YOU THINK
YOU CAN FIGHT WITH ME?"
BRIGGS BLOCKING THAT RIGHT-HAND
DRIVE BY WILSON.
>> YOUNG FIGHTERS GOT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE A GUY
WEATHERS YOUR STORM, YOU CAN'T
BACK AWAY AND LOOK AT HIM, YOU
GOT TO BLUFF HIM AS THOUGH YOU
WANT HIM AGAIN.
LITTLE TRICKS LIKE THAT COME
WITH TIME.
IF YOU STAND BACK THEY THINK OH,
HE'S TIRED AND THEN HE'LL ATTACK
YOU.
>> SO BRIGGS HAS ALREADY SHOWN
YOU TWO THINGS HE STILL HAS TO
LEARN, HUH?
>> YES.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT THROWING PUNCHES
AFTER YOU'VE BEEN ON THE ATTACK,
BLUFF LIKE YOU'VE GOT MORE IF
YOU DON'T.
>> LEFT HOOK LANDS IN CLOSE FOR
BRIGGS.
GOES BACK TO THE JAB.
WILSON SAYS I CAN JAB WITH YOU.
THERE WILL BE NO FIRST-ROUND
KNOCKOUT TONIGHT FOR SHANNON
BRIGGS.
(BELL RINGS)
>> BOTH FIGHTERS SHOWED US
SOMETHING IN THAT ROUND.
>> RELAX.
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO PANIC.
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO DOUBT
YOURSELF.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN A
GUY TRIES TO MAKE A RUN IN THE
GYM.
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
>> GOT YOU.
>> NOW TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
>> CALM DOWN, JUST LIKE IN THE
GYM, BABY.
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
YOU CAN BEAT THIS GUY.
PUTTING THAT JAB TO HIS EYES.
>> THERE'S BRIGGS BORING IN
EARLY IN THE FIGHT.
BUT WILSON IS STAYING RIGHT WITH
HIM, COVERING UP, HANGING IN
THERE.
AS I SAID EARLIER, AN UNDEFEATED
FIGHTER CAN BE HARD TO BEAT
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T THINK HE CAN
BE BEAT.
BOTH TRAINERS HAVE TRIED TO
SETTLE DOWN THEIR YOUNG FIGHTERS
BY REMINDING THEM THIS IS JUST A
FIGHT, JUST LIKE IN THE GYM,
ONLY A LOT MORE SO, GEORGE.
>> THIS IS WHEN THE GYM REALLY
PAYS OFF.
>> CONVERTED SOUTHPAW DANELL
NICHOLSON INTO THE SECOND ROUND
WITH SHANNON BRIGGS.
AND BRIGGS HAVING TAKEN A COUPLE
OF HARD PUNCHES IN THE FIRST
ROUND IS CONSIDERABLY MORE
CAUTIOUS AS ROUND TWO BEGINS.
>> AND SHANNON BRIGGS GOT TO
ESTABLISH HE'S A BIG AND TALL,
USE THAT EXTRA JAB.
IT'S NOT A SHAME TO LET THE GUY
OFF THE HOOK.
IT'S A SHAME IF YOU DON'T GO
BACK TO THE SKILLS YOU HAVE.
SOMETIMES YOUNG FIGHTERS GET
PANIC.
>> ONE THING I MAY HAVE NOTICED,
GEORGE, IS THAT AFTER HE LANDS A
PUNCH, BRIGGS DOESN'T MOVE HIS
HEAD ARE DOESN'T GO FROM SIDE TO
SIDE EXPECTING SOMETHING BACK IN
RETURN.
>> WHEN YOU GET A LOT OF
KNOCKOUTS, THAT'S THE BAD HABITS
THAT FOLLOW YOU.
YOU WAIT TO ASSESS YOUR DAMAGE.
>> BRIGGS DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE
MUCH HEAD MOVEMENT AT ALL,
GEORGE.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> THAT'S WHY HE'S GETTING HIT
WITH STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> NOW WILSON IS DEVELOPING SOME
COURAGE.
THAT MIGHT WORK TO SHANNON
BRIGGS'S ADVANTAGE.
HE CAN CATCH HIM WHEN HE'S
TRYING TO HIT HIM.
>> THAT'S FINE AS LONG AS BRIGGS
DOESN'T MIND TASTING LAETER.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO TASTE LEATHER
IN THIS BUSINESS.
SOMETIMES AN UNDEFEATED FIGHTER
WHO HAS HAD HIS PATH PRETTY MUCH
SWEEPED FOR HIM, IT'S HARD TO
REALIZE THIS IS A TOUGH
BUSINESS.
PEOPLE HIT YOU.
>> DARROLL WILSON, OBVIOUSLY AN
EFFECTIVE AT LEASE, HIGH SCHOOL,
BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL STAR, TOOK
UP BOXING RELATIVELY LATE.
>>.
>> BRIGGS, UNLESS YOU TELL A
FIGHTER LIKE THAT, KEEP YOUR JAB
GOING SO HE HAS TO REACH OUT AND
HIT YOU WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.
>> BRIGGS AGAIN GETTING HIT.
NOW HE KNOX WILSON BACK WITH A
LEFT JAB.
AND COMES BACK WITH A LEFT HOOK
TO THE BODY.
>> BRIGGS HAS TO UNDERAND THAT
THE DAMAGE HE KEEP DOING IS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE RING.
SO WHEN THE GUY GETS ON THE
ROPE, HE SEEMS TO REACT AND
SURVIVE.
KEEP DOING YOUR DAMAGE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE RING.
DON'T TRY TO FINISH HIM OFF.
IT WILL HAPPEN ON ITS OWN.
>> WILSON CONNECTS WITH A
RELATIVELY HIGH PERCENTAGE.
(BELL RINGS)
(APPLAUSE)
>> DON'T THINK NEGATIVE OR DOUBT
YOURSELF.
ALL RIGHT?
PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER AND LET'S
BE A PRO.
I KNOW WHAT TALENT YOU HAVE, I
KNOW WHAT SIZE YOU HAVE, I KNOW
WHAT STRENGTH YOU HAVE.
ACT LIKE A GOD DAMN PRO.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN BY
THAT?
>> YES.
>> NOW, LISTEN, THIS IS WHAT I
WANT.
HIS GREATEST DEFENSE IS TO GET
YOU TO THINK THAT YOU GOT TO
THROW ONE AND TO GET YOU TO
THINK HE'S DOING MORE THAN HE'S
DOING.
LISTEN, USE YOUR JAB, DON'T LOOK
FOR ONE PUNCH.
WHEN YOU MISS THE RIGHT HAND,
COME BACK WITH THE JAB TO THE
BODY.
>> TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
>> BEHIND THE JAB, ALLIGHT?
AND NO POSING.
NO POSING.
>> YOU HEARD AT THE END THERE,
TEDDY ATLAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, JIM AND
GEORGE, DON'T POSE AFTER YOU HIT
THE MAN A PUNCH.
MOVE.
>> ROUND THREE, SHANNON BRIGGS
IN THE BLACK AND GOLD TRUNGS
AGAINST DARROLL WILSON IN THE
BLACK AND RED.
THE INITIAL EXCITEMENT OF
BRIGGS' EARLY STORM HAS WORN OFF
AND THIS IS DEVELOPING FOR THE
MOMENT INTO A TACTICAL BOUT.
>> ONE THING ABOUT WILSON, IF
THIS FIGHT CONTINUES LIKE THIS,
HE'S THE SMALLER, THOSE HARD
PUNCHES BRIGGS IS LANDING ON HIM
IS GOING TO HAVE SOME EFFECT
MORE ON THE LIGHTER WEIGHT GUY.
IF YOU YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO, DO IT AND BE
DONE WITH T.DON'T STAND AND GET
HIT.
>> BRIGGS LANDED A RIGHT HAND
AND AGAIN STOOD AND WATCH
AFTERWARDS.
WILSON DIDN'T HAVE THE COUNT ARE
COMEBACK.
>> THIS IS TO WILSON'S ADVANTAGE
OF WHEN HE HITS YOU, YOU CAN HIT
HIM BACK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REACH OUT.
>> BRIGGS HAS TO UNDERSTAND,
KEEP YOURSELF AWAY FROM THE
OTHER GUY.
>> THE ABSENCE OF HEAD MOVEMENT
FOR BRIGGS MAKING IT POSSIBLE
FOR WILSON TO COME BACK
CONSISTENTLY INSIDE.
>> ANOTHER THING BRIGGS MAY HAVE
TO LEARN, AS GEORGE WAS
SUGGESTING BEFORE, IS TO BE ABLE
TO FAKE HIS OPPONENT.
HE JUST SHOOK HIS HEAD AS IF TO
CLEAR IT, SIGNALING WILSON THAT
HE MAY BE A LITTLE DAZED.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
AND THAT PRETTY AMATEURISH.
THESE ARE THE THINGS TRAINERS
CAN'T TEACH A GUY.
HAVE YOU TO ASK OTHER FIGHTERS
WHO ARE OLD IN THE GYM TELL YOU
ABOUT THESE THINGS.
>> THE RIGHT EYE OF SHANNON
BRIGGS IS CUT.
HE'S GOT A CUT BESIDE AND MAYBE
ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.
AND THAT'S A BIG TARGET FOR
WILSON AND HE FLOORS SHANNON
BRIGGS.
>> FIVE, SIX...
>> THIS IS OVER!
TREMENDOUS UPSET VICTORY FOR
DARROLL W■LSON.
>> WELL, JIM AND GEORGE, IF YOU
RECALL, EARLIER I SAID WHAT IS
IT THAT THE MANAGEMENT KNOWS WE
DON'T?
WE MAY JUST HAVE FOUND OUT.
>> AND WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE
RUMORS HE'D BEEN FLOORED IN THE
GYM.
HE APPEARED TO BE MILDLY DAZED
BEFORE THAT ONE PUNCH BUT IN
EFFECT, HE WAS KNOCKED OUT BY
ONE LEFT HOOK.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S NO LONGER
A RUMOR.
HE WAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN IN A
PROFESSIONAL FIGHT PT.
>> WHAT MAHERED IN THE GYM
DOESN'T MATTER NOW.
HE TASTED CANVAS HERE BEFORE THE
BIGGEST AUDIENCE OF HIS CAREER.
>> WILSON IS AT HOME.
YOU GET A KOUD LIKE THAT BEHIND
A GUY, IT MAKES HIM DO SOMETHING
HE'S NEVER DONE BEFORE.
>> UNDEFEATED GUY IS HARD TO
DEFEAT.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY
HAVE.
>> YOU CAN SEE WILSON'S
CONFIDENCE RISE MOMENT BY MOMENT
THROUGHOUT THE BOUT.
>> AS HE WEATHERED THE EARLY
STORM AND MADE A REAL FIGHT OUT
OF IT, YOU COULD SEE BRIGGS
DOUBTS RISE IN HIS EYES.
>> SO FIRST THE CUT AND THEN 20
OR 30 SECONDS LATER, THE
KNOCKOUT.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
>> THERE IT WAS.
SHORT LEFT HOOK INSIDE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, GEORGE?
>> I THINK THE INITIAL CUT
DISTURBED SHANNON BRIGGS SO
MUCH, HE WISHED TO CUT HIS EYE.
I CANNOT BE CUT.
IF THAT POINT ON, HE DIDN'T NEED
A PUNCH.
HE WAS ALREADY DEFEATED.
BUT THE PUNCH WAS JUST
INCIDENTAL.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
HE JUST CAVED IN.
YOU COULD SEE HIM SLOW UP AS
SOON AS THE BLOOD BEGAN TO FLOW
FROM THE CUT NEAR THE RIGHT EYE.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS
KNOCKOUT PUNCH.
I'M NOT SURE... WELL, IT LANDED
ON THE POINT OF THE CHIN.
>> IT WAS THE INITIAL CUT, A GUY
GETTING HIMSELF IN A TERRITORY
THAT HE'S UNFAMILIAR WITH, IT
WILL MAKE YOU PANIC.
THIS IS A SPORT AND MOST OF THE
TIME YOU'RE GOING TO BLEED.
>> THIS IS WHY THEY CALL THEM
HEAVYWEIGHTS AND DARROLL WILSON
HAS PROVEN TONIGHT THAT HE'S A
CONSIDERABLY MORE LEGITIMATE
HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER THAN MOST
PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS THE CASE.
HE WIPES OUT THE CELEBRATED
SHANNON BRIGGS.
LET'S GO TO MICHAEL BUFFER FOR
THE OFFICIAL PARTICULARS.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE END
COMES AT TWO MINUTES, 17 SECONDS
OF ROUND NUMBER THREE AS A NEW
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING STAR IS BORN
HERE IN ATLANTIC CITY TONIGHT,
HIS HOMETOWN, HE'S STILL
UNDEFEATED, DARROLL "DOING
DAMAGE" WILSON!
>> DOING DAMAGE IS RIGHT.
DARROLL WILSON RUNS HIS RECORD
TO 16-0-2, REMAINS UNBEATEN AND
PUTS THE FIRST BLEMISH ON THE
CAREER MARK OF SHANNON BRIGGS.
HERE'S LARRY MERCHANT.
>> DARROLL WILSON, I GUESS WE
MIGHT BE SAYING THAT NAME AGAIN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
MORE OFTEN NOW, SIR.
MORE OFTEN.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
WHEN YOU WEATHERED THE EARLY
STORM, DID YOU THINK THIS WOULD
HAPPEN?
>> HE SAW IT FOR THE FIRST THREE
ROUND.
AFTER THAT I TOOK MY TIME.
HE ROCKED ME A LITTLE BIT BUT I
JUST TOOK MY TIME TO WORE HIM
DOWN.
>> THOUGHT HE WOULD BURN HIMSELF
OUT FROM THAT PACE?
>> YES, SIR.
HE HAD TO.
HE WAS THROWING HARD PUNCHES AND
I WAS DUCKING ALL THEM PUNCHES
AND MAKING HIM PAY FOR THAT.
>> WE HAD COMMENTED AT RINGSIDE
THAT HE DOESN'T MOVE HIS HEAD
VERY MUCH.
HAD YOU NOTICED THAT?
OBSERVING HIS TAPES?
>> I TOLD YOU HE HAD SLOW FEET
OR KNOCK-KNEEED.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME.
AND THIS MAN WAS SAYING I DIDN'T
HAVE NO POWER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
WHERE DID THE POWER COME FROM?
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING FROM YOUR
OBSERVATION HIS FEET AREN'T?
GOOD POSITION AND THEREFORE HE'S
VUNERABLE.
>> I KNOW HE WAS GOING TO BE
THERE TO HIT.
ANYBODY CAN COME ON STRONG FOR
THE FIRST THREE ROUNDS.
>> YOU HURT U.
>> HE ROCKED ME BUT I DIDN'T GO
DOWN.
>> LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE END OF THE FIGHT.
>> I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> YOU DESCRIBE IT.
>> I WENT INSIDE AND WORKED ON
HIM A LITTLE BIT.
IF I STAYED OUTSIDE, HE'D HAVE
BEAT ME UP.
I HAD TO GET INSIDE AND WORK ON
HIS BODY LIKE I WAS DOING AND I
CAUGHT HIM.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
>> WHAT MADE HIS EYE BELIEVE
BLEED?
I CAUGHT HIM WITH A HOOK.
RIGHT THERE YOU JUST SAW IT.
THE HOOK.
MY BABY HOOK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> HE WAS OUT AND HE AIN'T NEVER
BEEN TESTED BEFORE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
HAVE YOU EVERY REASON TO BE AS
EXCITED AS YOU ARE.
>> IT'S... THEY'RE SAYING I HAVE
NO POWER AND MY MANAGER WAS
UNKNOWN.
I'M KNOWN.
>> FINAL PUNCH STAT NUMBERS IN
DARROLL WILSON'S SHOCKING
DESTRUCTION OF SHANNON BRIGGS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WILSON LANDED
MORE PUNCHES, THREW MORE
PUNCHES, LANDED AT A HIGHER
RATE, TAKE AWAY THE OPENING ONE
MINUTE FUSELAD FROM BRIGGS AND
FROM THAT POINT ON, WILSON
DOMINATEED IN THE RING.
>> SHANNON BRIGGS DIDN'T USE HIS
JAB TO SET THINGS UP, HE GOT
HIMSELF REAL TIRED FROM TRYING
TO FINISH THE GUY TOO QUICK AND
IT DIDN'T PAY OFF THIS TIME.
>> INDEED IT DIDN'T AS IT
BECOMES A STUNNING KNOCKOUT
VICTORY FOR WILSON THAT
DRAMATICALLY MULTIPLYS HIS
PROSPECTS IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT
DIVISION.
GOOD LOOKING FIGHTER.
>> I AT THE THINK SO.
WHEN HE GOT CLOSE HEzq,é&v&■ñ7L7
GUY, SHANNON BRIGGS WAS GOT
SMART ENOUGH.
YOU GOT TO HANG AROUND WITH OLD
BOXER TO LEARN A LOT OF TRICKS.
THE BEST TRAINERS IN THE WORLD
CANNOT TEACH YOU LITTLE TRICKS
OF FEARS YOU HAVE TO LEARN FROM
OTHER FIGHTERS.
I THINK THAT'S BRIGGS'S PROBLEM.
HE NEEDS TO HANG ARND WITH OLD
PROS.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE HOOPLA
SURROUNDING BRIGGS, THE MEDIA
CELEBRATION OF HIM, THE DEGREE
TO WHICH HIS MANAGER WAS
POSTURING HIM?
YOU THINK THAT GOT TO HIM, TOO?
>> JOE LOUIS WENT DOWN ONE MAX
MELLON KNOCKED HIM OUT.
FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T JUMP ON THE
BANDWAGON, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
CHAN FOR 11 YEARS LATER.
SOMETIMES THESE GUYS WILL STOP
EARLIER, THAT COULD BE A TIME
FOR YOUNG INVESTORS TO JUMP IN.
>> YOU'RE SAYING THIS COULD HAVE
BEEN A BLESSING IN DISGUISE?
>> A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT MISTAKES RATHER
THAN HE DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART.