Shannon Briggs
(the "Cannon")

BORN   December 4 1971; Brooklyn, New York
HEIGHT 6-4
WEIGHT 205-273 lbs
MANAGER Mark Roberts, Mike Marley, Scott Hirsch
TRAINERS Teddy Atlas, Carlos Albuernes, Jeff Mayweather

Briggs is a big, powerful man who comes to fight; Blessed with a good jab and a powerful punch, he ranks among the best heavyweight hitters; Shannon has scored 34 first round knockouts

He is willing and can take a good punch but like many large men, his greatest weakness is his lack of stamina and endurance; However, like many big hitters, he often flattens his man before completely tiring; During his career, Briggs won several versions of the Heavyweight Championship of the World


Briggs-Wilson 1996 Fight Video Clip

Briggs-Lewis 1998 Fight Video Clip

Briggs-Erikson 2004 Fight Video Clip

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*** AMATEUR BOUTS (35-3, 18 KO) ***

1991
       Felix Savon                                                 LK  1
          -Pan American Games Heavyweight Championship

1992
          -Briggs won the United States Amateur Heavyweight Championship

       James Johnson                                           L Forf   
          -Olympic Games Heavyweight Trials


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***

1992
Jul 24 John Basil Jackson         Catskill, NY                     KO  1
Aug  6 Cedric Sims                Virginia Beach, Va               KO  1
Aug 28 Ed Carlson                 Lexington, Ky                    KO  1
Sep 19 Greg Santos                Troy, NY                         KO  1
Oct  9 Juan Quintana              Tiverton, RI                     TK  3
Oct 29 Donnie Penelton            St. Paul, Mn                     KO  1
Nov 13 Tony Simpson               Revere, Ma                       TK  1
Nov 21 Rick Honeycutt             Miami, Fl                        TK  1
Dec  4 Kenneth Bentley            Bushkill, Pa                      W  4
Dec  9 Robert Pagan Perez         Newark, NJ                       KO  1

1993
Mar 25 Ron Gullette               Atlantic City, NJ                KO  1
May 22 Bruce Johnson              Washington, DC                   TK  1
Jul 10 Danny Blake                Bushkill, Pa                      W  6
Nov 10 Tim Noble                  Atlantic City, NJ                TK  3
Dec  9 Danny Wofford              New York, NY                      W  6

1994
Feb 20 Mike Faulkner              Biloxi, Ms                       KO  6
Mar 12 Jimmy Ellis                Las Vegas, Nv                    TK  1
Aug  4 Exum Speight               Mashantucket, Ct                 TK  1
Aug 26 Mark Young                 Atlantic City, NJ                TK  8
Oct 21 Mike Faulkner              Palm Springs, Ca                 KO  2

1995
Jan 13 Craig Payne                Atlantic City, NJ                 W  8
Mar 24 Marion Wilson              West Orange, NJ                   W  8
Aug 25 Will Hinton                Atlantic City, NJ                TK  1
Sep 22 Sherman Griffin            Lewiston, Me                     TK  1
Dec 15 Calvin Jones               New York, NY                     TK  1

1996
Mar 15 Darrol Wilson              Atlantic City, NJ                LT  3
Sep 25 Tim Ray                    Newark, NJ                       KO  1

1997
Feb 21 Eric French                Miami, Fl                        TK  2
Apr 15 Melton Bowen               West Orange, NJ                  TK  1
Jun 24 Jorge Valdez               Baton Rouge, La                  TK 10
Nov 22 George Foreman             Atlantic City, NJ                 W 12
          -WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World

1998
Mar 28 Lennox Lewis               Atlantic City, NJ                LT  5
          -WBU Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec  8 Marcus Rhode               New York, NY                     TK  1

1999
Aug  7 Frans Botha                Atlantic City, NJ                 D 10

2000
Feb 24 Warren Williams            New York, NY                     TK  3
Apr 27 Sedreck "Big Buck" Fields  New York, NY                      L  8
Jun 29 Sedreck "Big Buck" Fields  New York, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov  2 Eric Curry                 Worley, Id                       KO  1

2001
Apr  7 Russell Chasteen           Worley, Id                       KO  1
Oct 19 Jason Waller               Las Vegas, Nv                    TK  1
Dec  1 Reynaldo Minus             New York, NY                     KO  1

2002
Apr 27 Jameel McCline             New York, NY                      L 10

2003
Mar 27 Marvin Hill                Fort Lauderdale, Fl              TK  1
Jul 19 John Sargent               Fort Lauderdale, Fl              TK  1
          -IBU Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug 28 Wade Lewis                 North Charleston, SC             TK  3
Sep 10	-Briggs was stripped of the IBU Heavyweight Championship of the World

2004
Mar  6 Jeff Pegues                Verona, NY                       TK  1
Mar 27 Tom Erikson                Saitama, Japan                   EX  1
          -Briggs knocked Erikson out

2005
Mar  3 Demetrice King             New York, NY                     TK  2
Jun 10 Abraham Okine              Verona, NY                       TK  3
Aug 26 Ray Mercer                 Hollywood, Fl                    KO  7
Nov 26 Brian Scott                Fort Smith, Ar                   KO  1
Dec 10 Luciano Zolyone            San Juan, PR                     KO  1
          -WBC Fecarbox Heavyweight Championship

2006
Mar 18 Dicky Ryan                 Fort Smith, Ar                   KO  4
          -WBO NABO Heavyweight Championship;
          NABA Heavyweight Championship
May 24 Chris Koval                New York, NY                     TK  3
          -WBO NABO Heavyweight Championship;
          NABA Heavyweight Championship
          USBA Heavyweight Championship
Nov  4 Serguei Lyakhovich         Phoenix, Az                      TK 12
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2007
Jun  2 Sultan Ibragimov           Atlantic City, NJ                 L 12
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2009
Dec  3 Marcus McGee               New York, NY                     NC  1
          -The original verdict was "KO 1" but Briggs
           tested positive for an illegal substance

2010
Apr 13 Rafael Pedro               Hollywood, Fl                    KO  1
          -WBC Latino Heavyweight Championship
May 21 Dominique Alexander        New York, NY                     TK  1
May 28 Rob Calloway               Norfolk, Va                      TK  1
Oct 16 Vitali Klitschko           Hamburg, Germany                  L 12
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World

2014
Apr 11 Maurenzo Smith             Tampa, Fl                        KO  1
Apr 19 Francisco Mireles          Carlton, Mn                      KO  1 
May 17 Matthew Greer              Chester, WV                      TK  1 
Jun 28 Raphael Zumbano Love       Oklahoma City, Ok                 W 12 
          -NABA Heavyweight Championship
Aug 23 Cory Phelps                Winston-Salem, NC                TK  1 
          -NABA Heavyweight Championship
           WBC Latino Heavyweight Championship
Nov  1 Richard Carmack            Lula, Ms                         KO  1

2015
Mar 27 Zoltan Petranyi            Panama City, Panama              KO  1
Sep  5 Michael Marrone            Hollywood, Fl                   SCH   
          -This bout is scheduled

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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