By Carlos Boogs

British heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is not ruling out the possibility of an upset when former heavyweight champions Shannon Briggs and David Haye collide in the fall.

Haye (28-2, 26KOs) and Briggs (60-6-1, 53KOs) were both in action on May 21 at the O2 Arena in London, when they picked up easy knockout wins against overmatched opponents. The show as used a tool to hype up a Haye-Briggs showdown for the fall.

Briggs is being viewed as a very big underdog because of his age, 44-years-old. But Haye has been inactive for several years and only had three rounds rounds of non-competitive fighting since knocking out Dereck Chisora in 2012.

  

Whyte cautions that nobody should overlook Briggs in the contest, especially Haye. Briggs is a very big puncher with a record for first round knockouts at the heavyweight limit. He also has a very good chin and can take a very big punch.

"The thing about Shannon, he's older now but he's real dangerous. Shannon is real hungry, he's desperate and has nothing to lose. Shannon is going to come out swinging. He's a big, strong heavyweight.  He's got the most first round knockouts in heavyweight history. And he knows that he's got nothing to lose - win, lose or draw," Whyte told BoxingScene.com's Declan Taylor.

"He knows that if he wins it propels him to a very, very high platform. Everyone says that he's 44-years-old, but he's going to come out swinging. You have to respect Shannon. He's gotten himself in superb condition. Even as a young man it's difficult to do and at his age it's more so. He went from 300 pounds down to 250 or 240. He's motivated. He's got a lot of energy. He's always screaming and trying to better his life and better his soul. You have to respect him."