Shannon Briggs to Appear on Last Call with Carson Daly

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11.09 - New York, NY-- Heavyweight boxer Shannon Briggs, the leading candidate to take on Mike Tyson, will be appearing on NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly Thursday night. In 1997 he defeated the legendary George Foreman to capture the linear heavyweight title. Briggs has a sparkling record comprising of 38 wins, 4 loses, and one draw with 32 KO’s, 24 for of those came in the first round. Brigg’s is now back, and he is back in full force. Briggs talked to Daly about his new relationship with TrimSpa. He told Daly he is “ in better shape than I have ever been, thanks to TrimSpa, and without a doubt I am the fastest heavyweight in the world today, and I will knockout anybody that steps into the ring with me.”

Briggs also talked about his desire to take on Mike Tyson. Briggs has on numerous occasions challenged Mike Tyson to step into the ring with him in the “Battle for Brownsville.” Briggs shares his hometown of Brooklyn, NY with Tyson. Briggs promoter's Greg Cohen and Cedric Kushner of CKP have put a 10 Million Dollar purse on the table to fight Tyson. Add to that another 10 Million in Pay-Per-View sales and Tyson is looking at a payday of over 20 million dollars. Tyson who recently signed with “K1” can’t run or hide from Briggs, who recently signed with the Boxing/Kickboxing/Ultimate Fighting Promotion Company as well. “He’s not going to get away from me, I want Tyson, I’ll get Tyson.” Briggs is eager to mix it up with Tyson, or any one else who is up for the challenge.

Briggs’ last fight was this past July 19th. Briggs KO’ed John Sargent seventeen seconds into the first round, and took hold of the vacant IBU and WBE World Heavyweight Titles. Briggs is training harder then ever, and can’t wait to step into the ring again.

Briggs got the chance to continue his comeback this past Thursday in Charleston, SC., Briggs fought Wade “Rock” Lewis, in a 10 round Main Event in front of a sellout crowd. Briggs knocked Lewis down in the second, then won the fight by T.K.O. in the third.

On September 25th Briggs will take on former Army Sergeant Dennis McKinney in Charleston, S.C. for a 15 round bout. Then it’s off to the offices of Muscle and Fitness Magazine for a shoot for their Nov/Dec cover.

Over the course of his career Briggs has appeared across the pages of some of the most popular magazines in the world including Vibe, Rolling Stone, Details, and GQ. Shannon has made numerous T.V. and radio appearances, and recently made his big screen debut with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the 2003 Summer Blockbuster “BAD BOYS II”.

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