How has Shannon Briggs got a world title shot?

Question

Just when you thought boxing couldn’t get anymore absurd out of the shadows emerges Shannon Briggs ready to take his place in the ring with Vitali Klitschko in a world heavyweight WBC clash.

“The Cannon” has clawed his way back from obscurity and has somehow secured his first fight against an elite-level fighter since 1998 when he lost a WBC contest against Lennox Lewis.

Read more here: http://blogs.bettor.com/Vitali-Klitschko-v-Shannon-Briggs,-seriously-a22410