Shannon Briggs, at the age of 53, has announced his return to the ring. Briggs has announced that he will be fighting on July 1, this at the Troubadour Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Former heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs is still talking about a comeback. The 53-year-old, last seen in a boxing ring back in May of 2016, says he plans to fight again, and Briggs has encouraged Wladimir Klitschko – who he plagued relentlessly some years back, trying to lure the then heavyweight champ into fighting him – to go ahead with his talk of a return to action.
This news will not please the purists, but fans of ‘fun fights’ might be forced to raise a smile. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has announced on X how he will be making his pro boxing debut in Qatar on June 1st………against former lineal and WBO heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs.
Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Shannon Briggs. Three heavyweight champions of great prominence, Tyson especially, and they all came from the same small area of New York.
March 28, 1998 – Atlantic City Convention Center.
Lennox Lewis, 32-1 and the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, met Shannon Briggs, 30-1 and the reigning lineal heavyweight champion.
The End Of A Legend As George Foreman Is Controversially Beaten By Shannon Briggs
Even at age 48, “Big” George Foreman was a formidable, no-joke heavyweight.
Randall Bailey and Shannon Briggs, world champions both, will go into The Florida Boxing Hall of Fame this weekend, the two big-punching warriors to be celebrated in St.
It’s probably fair to say that Shannon Briggs has done more talking than fighting over the years. Sure, the New Yorker at one time held the lineal heavyweight title, and later the WBO heavyweight strap, and “The Cannon” picked up wins over George Foreman, Ray Mercer, and Siarhei Liakhovich, but Briggs has not done anything of note recently.
“If He Cleans Out The Division With Six Fights Over Two Years, We Gonna Have To Say He’s The Greatest Of All-Time”
Former lineal heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs is most impressed by Tyson Fury and his achievements.
Talk about an oddity of a heavyweight title fight; a fight that was almost devoid of action for 11 rounds but then gave us a genuinely stunning, ‘Real life Rocky’ ending.