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Ibragimov fought more defensively this time than he used to, avoiding exchanges and staying on the outside and behind the jab. Briggs, who came in at a career heaviest 273 Ibs, was only sporadic punching and failed to launch any follow up attacks. Nevertheless, accumulated damage seemed to overwhelm Briggs in the sixth round, but Ibragimov's corner urged their fighter not to go for the finish and keep fighting in a defensive manner and scoring one round after another. After 12 round Ibragimov would win by unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the bout 119–109, 115–113 and 117–111.
308:, who became his head coach. In the build up to the fight, there were rumours that Briggs was going to pull out of the fight again, which Ibragimov would describe as a tactic to disrupt Ibragimov's training process: "I heard some rumours about Briggs pulling out of the fight again, but I was suspicious that the whole thing was rigged by Briggs' people to unsettle me, make me relax and disrupt my training process. These suspicions were basically confirmed when my former coach
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336:, Ibragimov connected on 94 punches out of 245 (38.4%) while Briggs landed only 39 shots out of 228 (17.1%) with Ibragimov outlanding Briggs in every round but first (even). Briggs, never landed more than 6 punches per round, failed to land anything in the 9th round.
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Briggs announced his retirement immediately following the bout, although he would returned just over two years later.
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623:"Ibragimov beats Briggs to win WBO heavyweight title"
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700:"Ibragimov set for Chagaev battle"
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877:Categories
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