Welcome Back? “Retired” Fighters Who Just Might Return In 2019

01/02/2019 James Slater

Fans love a comeback, a successful one anyway. Over the years, some great fighters have shown that age is indeed just a number as they have returned to the ring and regained at least some of their former glory.

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Shannon Briggs: I Snuck In, Y’All; I’ll Be Fighting In The UK In December

09/23/201809/23/2018 James Slater

Former two-time heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs was unable to get into the official weigh-in for the Anthony Joshua-Alexander Povetkin fight on Friday, but “The Cannon” managed to “sneak in” to the fight itself last night.

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Shannon Briggs: I Came All The Way From America And They Won’t Let Me In!

09/23/201809/21/2018 James Slater

A number of big names were in attendance at today’s Anthony Joshua-Alexander Povetkin weigh-in in London. Rival heavies Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte were there, the two attempting to make a deal, as in the purse split, for their possible (though not yet finalised) December rematch.

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Shannon Briggs Not Done Causing Mayhem Quite Yet; Says He’s On For November Ring Return

08/21/2018 James Slater

Always a fun guy to listen to, former two-time heavyweight boss (WBO and lineal) Shannon Briggs recently gave an interview from his home to IfLTV and the 46 year old gave his sage advice to Tyson Fury, telling the man he says he has a great deal of affection for how he is not yet ready to get in there with Deontay Wilder (“he cracks bones,” Briggs said of Wilder).

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Fans Can Expect Fun, Frenzy And Foul Language On Saturday Night In Belfast As Shannon Briggs Will Be In Town

08/14/201808/14/2018 James Slater

“It’s gone get messy,” Shannon Briggs.

There will be no less than three heavyweight champions, past, present and maybe future on hand in Belfast, Northern Ireland this Saturday night.

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Twenty Years On: The Lewis-Briggs rumble

03/27/2018 James Slater

Twenty long years ago ago (March 28 1998), WBC heavyweight king Lennox Lewis met lineal ruler Shannon Briggs in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and a memorable and exciting slugfest broke out – to the extent that, for a few rounds, it looked as though heavy favourite Lewis might suffer an upset loss.

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Tyson Fury vs Shannon Briggs? Fury Vs. Antonio Tarver? Interesting fights or not?

02/02/2018 James Slater

Tyson Fury has placed a dangling carrot in the direction of two big names who once ruled the world and commanded the attention the 29 year old, unbeaten former heavyweight champ enjoys (this despite the fact that Fury has not boxed in well over two long years).

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Tyson Fury Tipped To Face Shannon Briggs In First Bout Back

01/20/201801/19/2018 ESB

Former World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury has had the ban on his boxing license lifted, with Shannon Briggs the instant frontrunner to face the ‘Gypsy King’ in his return to the ring.

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Shannon Briggs says he could be facing Tyson Fury in April

12/27/2017 Rob Smith

Heavyweight Shannon Briggs is saying he’ll be Tyson Fury’s next opponent in April when the overweight former heavyweight champion makes his return to the ring following a 2-year layoff.

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Shannon Briggs making a comeback in 2018

12/22/2017 Andy Brooks

Shannon Briggs has revealed that he plans on making a comeback in 2018 following a drug suspension. The 46-year-old Briggs has been out of the ring for a year and a half since stopping Emilio Ezquiel Zarate on May 21, 2016.

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