Shannon Briggs grew up on the tough streets of Brooklyn. As an adult, he became a professional boxer where he has amassed a professional record of 42-4-1(36). Briggs is known for his devastating power and 25 of his 36 knockouts came in the first round. He is most well known for winning a close decision of George Foreman to claim the Linear Heavyweight Title. He gave world champion Lennox Lewis a t ...
show all Shannon Briggs grew up on the tough streets of Brooklyn. As an adult, he became a professional boxer where he has amassed a professional record of 42-4-1(36). Briggs is known for his devastating power and 25 of his 36 knockouts came in the first round. He is most well known for winning a close decision of George Foreman to claim the Linear Heavyweight Title. He gave world champion Lennox Lewis a tough fight a few fights later before being knocked out in the 5th round. Briggs has continued to fight in both boxing and in mixed martial arts where he had a brief career. Briggs is now looking to get another boxing title shot while working on his acting and modeling careers.
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