Shannon Briggs, Women’s Champ ‘Honey Girl’ Del Valle, Welterweight Collazo, KO Artist Aquino On ATTP ‘March Badness’ Pro Boxing Card Thursday, March 27, In Fort Lauderdale

07.03 - FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--Heavyweight Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs renews his quest for a world championship when he headlines in the main event on the “March Badness” professional boxing card promoted by American Top Team Productions (ATTP) on Thursday, March 27, in the Fort Lauderdale (FL) War Memorial Auditorium. Briggs, who beat former heavyweight world champion George Foreman in 1997 to capture the linear title, is in one of six exciting fights on the ATTP card.

Joining Briggs on March Badness” is undefeated Women’s International Boxing Association super bantamweight champion Melissa “Honey Girl” Del Valle of Miami, FL.

Other “March Badness” bouts feature highly regarded welterweight Luis Collazo, welterweight knockout artist Julio Aquino, unbeaten lightweight Andy Weston of England and now Miami, and South Florida super lightweight Marcial Reartes.

The action-packed ATTP card starts at 7 p.m. (ET) with gates opening at 6.

Tickets are priced at $15, $30 and $75 and are on sale through ticketmaster.com at

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Briggs, originally from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, NY, but now a resident of South Florida, embarks on his world championship trek with a record of 36-4-1 and 30 knockouts. That record includes first-round knockouts in his four most recent wins and a meeting with Lennox Lewis for the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship in 1998.

Del Valle has a record of 27-0-1 with 11 knockouts and is fighting for the second time since winning her WIBA 126-pound championship June 21 with a 10-round decision over Ada Velez. Del Valle’s most recent outing was Jan. 31 in West Palm Beach, FL, when she decisioned Brenda Bell Drexel.

Despite being only 21, Collazo is 19-1 with eight knockouts, a record that has garnered him kudos as one of the most promising youngsters in the sport.

Aquino is a superb slugger, as his record of 9-2 with all nine wins coming by knockout will attest.

Weston has a record of 2-0 with two knockouts. And Reartes has a record of 0-1.

While Briggs has been a pro for almost 11 years and has had 41 fights, he’s still young, having turned only 31 in December. Tall at 6-foot-4-inch and strong, as evidenced by those 30 knockouts, “The Cannon” is in top shape in preparation for a concerted effort to roar louder than ever and capture that elusive world championship.

But Briggs isn’t confining his activities to the ring. He and Herman Caicedo are the guiding forces behind the boxing division of ATTP.

Boxing is just one part of ATTP. It also promotes mixed martial arts and extreme motor sports. In order to enable its world-class athletes to reach their goals and achieve optimum success, ATTP is building a 20,000-square foot, state-of-the-art training center in Fort Lauderdale.

Collazo, a southpaw from Queens, NY, is coming off a win over Marcos Primera Jan. 16 in Glen Burnie, MD.

Only one of Aquino’s bouts have gone past the third round. The most recent outing for the hard-hitting left-hander from the Dominican Republic ended with Fray Luis Sierra falling in the first round in December in Davie, FL.

Weston’s most recent appearance also was on the Jan. 31 card in West Palm Beach when he stopped Cornelius Drane in the fourth round.

Opponents for these six fighters in action on ATTP’s “March Badness” March 27 at Fort Lauderdale will be announced.