Paul Briggs Aussies next best trainer??

[Watto]

After watching the contender Paul Briggs seems to be a natural trainer...Obviously his fighting career is done,but i can seriously see him becomming a great trainer..He has got alot on most of our great trainers...I feel he is our next big thing............

[andriy]

tend to disagree.

[boxoncottonon]

Not to sure where he fits in but he carries himself as a professional at whatever he does involving boxing. He is great for the sport.

[ashley]

I dont know but I'm just glad to see Paul involved the sport training and commentary :good

[the beaver]

He seems pretty good at the training caper based on the little bit we see on the contender..... Speaks well also.

[stiflers mum]

well hes alot better than Billy Hussein.all the semi-finalists
are from the yellow Paul Briggs team.oh except Victor Oganov who everyone bar Ajay think received a gift against
junior.Paul at least tried to calm SMA down Hussein did nothing when Oganov and Hamden were bullying Pradeep Singh.probably sides with people of his own race i guess.Paul may even help troubled people turn their lives around through boxing.like Bernard Hopkins trainer did after a 5 year prison stint.
but to be fair Billy helped an ex-con who served a 5 year jail term turn his life around
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fuck Chami:lol:

[Frazier Hook]

the briggs/adamek fight was a classic

[LeonMcS]

Which one?

[WhataRock]

Id like to see him stay in the limelight of ozzie boxing..He looked very composed in his bros corner when he has been there.

Especially like him as a commentators...him and hussy are my fav colour commentators.

[taj-09]

Briggs will be a great coach, he has great people skills, his fighters will respect him and he has the knowledge.
I have always respected briggsy and i have never met him but from what i see on tv and the contender he knows what he is doing.
Briggs will be australia next leading trainer with out a doubt, he has been there and he knows what it takes to get there..

[roscoe]

Both Briggs/Adamek figths were wars. Mandy & Greeny have never beaten an opponent who was in their prime of the calibre of Adamek. I mean the record speaks it all, Briggsy dropped Drews twice on route to a one sided beatdown to win a shot at the crown & unfortunately wasn't good enough on the night. Greeny beats Drews for the vacant title? Go figure?

[sallywinder]

yep...popularity contest is what makes a trainer...

[LeonMcS]

Drews was the beltholder when Green fought him, he'd beaten Branco for the belt.

[taj-09]

yep...popularity contest is what makes a trainer...



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[sallywinder]

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spastic. i know trainers in oz that would school briggs. briggs is high profile because of his lucky break in getting a commentary gig. hes got nothin. if you dont know that...then you got nothin either.

[taj-09]

spastic. i know trainers in oz that would school briggs. briggs is high profile because of his lucky break in getting a commentary gig. hes got nothin. if you dont know that...then you got nothin either.


i disagree, briggs has the people skills to get the most out of his fighters, he knows how to build them up and he has been there, has more then enough experience as a fighter, and has all the tools he needs to be a top trainer. At this stage there is trainers that school briggs but in 5 to 10years briggs will be australias leading trainer...You got nothin sally, bring it bitch :lol:

[roscoe]

I never knew that Leon. Anyway it still goes to show you don't have to fight the best to win the belt. Who'd Drews beat to get him a shot at Branco & who the fuck did he beat to win the belt. Title shots are like roads in Oz, some are easy paths with least resistence whereas others you"ll come unstuck on.

[LeonMcS]

Drews-Branco was for a vacant belt. You weren't far off.

Drews next five opponents after the Briggs fight were pretty forgettable, the best being Kai Kurzawa who was 21-1.

[Rodin]

We don't get a good enough look at Paul in action as a mentor, but one thing that has emerged that every trainer needs is a determined & positive approach to issues.
He says what he means & he means what he says.
Watching him with Kariz was not that impressive because Kariz was not doing what Paul advised. Give him time with a younger less experienced fighter & if the kid has got it, I'm sure Paul will wring the last drop of talent out of him.

I had no issue with the Adamek decisions but if I'm allowed to make an observation, I think Briggs would have stopped Adamek but for his reticence when he hurt an opponent.
It wasn't that he lacked mongrel (He made it a pure bred) but he tended to assess damage rather than risk the Katsidas like approach of going in hard & quick (Unfortunately it became predictable with Rocky). That second of hesitancy gave them time to regain focus IMO.

I agree. He's certainly looks the goods as a top trainer in the making.

[flamengo]

Nicely said Rodin.

Briggs carries himself well as a cornerman.. calm, relaxed and 'less is more' in the words delivered. Perfect attributes to begin with. Having seen the World stage at its peak, the positives will flow in his training methods when 'that kid' comes along.

Pity any young lad whose siting on his stool in between rounds and looking at the opponent being catered for by Briggsy... may well be the same as looking across and seeing Palmer, McQuillan, Lawrence, Canavan or Snowy Hill in future years, once Briggs is well established.

[goodnight]

from my observations - technically wise he isn't that great a trainer... yet, but motivationally wise he is very good - gives his charges mental confidence, which is half the battle if not more.

[sallywinder]

from my observations - technically wise he isn't that great a trainer... yet, but motivationally wise he is very good - gives his charges mental confidence, which is half the battle if not more.


just like johnny lewis....:patsch

"do it for your dad shannon..." "my dad was a cunt johnny......" . :yep

[perfect jet]

from my observations - technically wise he isn't that great a trainer... yet, but motivationally wise he is very good - gives his charges mental confidence, which is half the battle if not more.

That's exactly what I'm seeing so far.

[Rodin]

You have to remember that a trainer is not a trainer on fight night. He's a strategist.
There's not much point in trying to teach a kid new things when he's in the midst of it. He's just trying to survive aggressively.

When a trainer/corner man delivers an instruction, it should be a reminder on what the fighter already knows, not something new that they haven't worked on (Unless it's desperation time).

From round one, Clean clear unrushed explicit 3 or 4 punch instructions.
They should lay the groundwork for fight domination.
I think that's what Paul endeavored to do with Kariz.

JMO

[Watto]

i disagree, briggs has the people skills to get the most out of his fighters, he knows how to build them up and he has been there, has more then enough experience as a fighter, and has all the tools he needs to be a top trainer. At this stage there is trainers that school briggs but in 5 to 10years briggs will be australias leading trainer...You got nothin sally, bring it bitch :lol:

Tend to agree....

[flamengo]

You have to remember that a trainer is not a trainer on fight night. He's a strategist.
There's not much point in trying to teach a kid new things when he's in the midst of it. He's just trying to survive aggressively.

When a trainer/corner man delivers an instruction, it should be a reminder on what the fighter already knows, not something new that they haven't worked on (Unless it's desperation time).

From round one, Clean clear unrushed explicit 3 or 4 punch instructions.
They should lay the groundwork for fight domination.
I think that's what Paul endeavored to do with Kariz.

JMO


JMO?????

Not a bad one either..

[app80]

Does anyone think he will make it as a trainer? , he has abused judges (after Juniors fight) then actually got in the ring , got in the refs face and went off on him (victor v garth) , imagine he was actually training someone he cared about , and not just for a tv show...

I think he should make a comeback , fight Sonny Michael Angelo , challenge Green for a big payday, and finish off with Mundine (at 168 , he was always a small light heavy)

[cabana]

mate good fighter in his day but thats where it stops.

got no idea in a corner, not his fault look who was in his corner.

wanted to fight sonny micheal after an incident between sonny and junior whats that crap let the boys sort it out
good bloke could have been a champ? great commentator but still say rod waterhouse was the best thing for him when he was fighting probably still have a shot if danny green is at the top rate briggs over green

[rusty nails]

the thing briggs has got above most other aussie trainer is his presence and aura..
hes the only trainer out there that could bash most of his fighters.
it would be great knowing he would never ask you to do something he hasnt gone through himself.. in that respect hed bring out the very best in his fighters given time.

[DeVoy]

from my observations - technically wise he isn't that great a trainer... yet, but motivationally wise he is very good - gives his charges mental confidence, which is half the battle if not more.

Agree. He's calm in the corner, a good motivator. But frankly, his advice leaves me scratching my head at times. He was telling Oganov to just throw the right - anyone could see that Woods was ducking every right hand then grabbing Oganov. Finally he got it and told Oganov to double the right, "first one soft". I think he meant "feint the right then load up".

[Klause]

Brigg will make good trainer.

[ozziebattler]

Brigg will make good trainer.


Thanks for your input..

[flamengo]

Brigg will make good trainer.
Nice avatar... is that the band "PECK"???? A tiny "KISS"

[ajay11]

I was impressed with how he worked with his brother but I believe that his ego may be an obsticle with any young fighters that get thrown his way.

I'm not a fan of trainers that talk loudly between rounds (he enjoys the limelight that's for sure) and he always starts with "listen"....which can make a fighter feel like they're in a teacher/pupil relationship instead of it being a team effort.

That said it takes time to become a great trainer in any sport with the vital ingredient being EXPERIENCE. There's hope for him yet.