NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2005--Cedric Kushner Promotions, Inc. (CKP) (PK: CKPI) announced today that the former Linear Heavyweight Champion of the World, Shannon Briggs, will return to the ring after nearly a one year lay off. Briggs is slated to fight on Thursday, March 3, 2005 in the Theater at Madison Square Garden against an opponent to be determined. With a professional record of 40-4-1 with 34 knockouts, Shannon is still regarded by many to be one of the best heavyweights in the world and a serious contender for the world heavyweight crown.

I think it's a bad idea.

For a boxer to be named Shannon.

comeback from what? a great career? :nonono:

He beat George Foreman. He had a draw with Frans Botha. He lost to Lennox Lewis.

And still he has a girls name, what the hell?

If he comes back in shape he will stir things up big time. :)

He beat George Foreman. He had a draw with Frans Botha. He lost to Lennox Lewis.

And still he has a girls name, what the hell?
Shannon is a guys name in Irish

Shannon is a guys name in Irish


But we arn't in Irishland are we. No. And if you are you should change to be more like America.

shannon will have a good shot

But we arn't in Irishland are we. No. And if you are you should change to be more like America.
Well, I see you're full of boxing knowledge. Briggs is not from Ireland, he's from New York. And he's black.

He beat George Foreman. He had a draw with Frans Botha. He lost to Lennox Lewis.

And still he has a girls name, what the hell?

Technically he did beat Foreman but George really dominated that fight! ;)

Well, I see you're full of boxing knowledge. Briggs is not from Ireland, he's from New York. And he's black.

You have to read the whole page man! I never said that he was Irish, I said he shouldn't be named Shannon. I was telling Eye8ou or whatever that he had no reason to be named Shannon, even if he is Irish, we he's not so you prove me point even more.

lmao irishland boy that was great

Shannon Briggs is one of the biggest frauds in the history of boxing.
He got a lot of hype because he was a New Yorker....& because he had the dreads.

He never won a fight of significance....& I'll never forget his first loss...
He headlined HBO's "Night Of Young Heavyweights" (Tua KO'd Ruiz, Golota KO'd D. Nicholson) & took on the undersized Darroll Wilson.
After storming Wilson & having him hurt, Briggs ran into a hurdle......Wilson stayed up & shoved a jab in Shannon's face. You could just see all the fire put out in Briggs, right then & there.
After that, he was schooled by Wilson, before getting knocked silly.

He then blamed it all on ASTHMA.
Teddy Atlas was his trainer, & was so embarrassed by Briggs & his excuses that he went & quit.


What's this fraud coming back to , anyway ?

.... former Linear Heavyweight Champion of the World, Shannon Briggs, will return to the ring after nearly a one year lay off.
Briggs was nothing, particularly Linear Champ. I must have missed that fight. Maybe it was his IBU Championship?

Even an old/fat George out-pointed Briggs, when Briggs was prime. On that day, the judges made it plain that a changing-of-the-guard was required and gave Briggs the decision. Other than that, Briggs' successes have been limited. He gave Lennox a few rounds of trouble, but ran out of gas.

Shannons Briggs is coming-back to make a couple bucks, but will never be a threat, even in the sad Heavy Scene.

You have to read the whole page man! I never said that he was Irish, I said he shouldn't be named Shannon. I was telling Eye8ou or whatever that he had no reason to be named Shannon, even if he is Irish.
Joe ... your problems began when you read the post by Eye8you. Your life, like so many others in these Forums, will be immensely more interesting and imaginative if you put Eye8 on your "ignore" list. Otherwise, someday again, you'll take his bait and waste your time, until you figure-out he's really got nothing to say.

Joe ... your problems began when you read the post by Eye8you. Your life, like so many others in these Forums, will be immensely more interesting and imaginative if you put Eye8 on your "ignore" list. Otherwise, someday again, you'll take his bait and waste your time, until you figure-out he's really got nothing to say.

It was the IBU. But the piece you quoted from me was just part of a story I took straight from the main page.

Joe ... your problems began when you read the post by Eye8you. Your life, like so many others in these Forums, will be immensely more interesting and imaginative if you put Eye8 on your "ignore" list. Otherwise, someday again, you'll take his bait and waste your time, until you figure-out he's really got nothing to say.
wow my feelings are hurt. :rolleyes:

Don't care what you say shannon is a very common guys name. Besides you could change his name to Bruiser and shannon would still suck :D

wow my feelings are hurt. :rolleyes:

Don't care what you say shannon is a very common guys name. Besides you could change his name to Bruiser and shannon would still suck :D


Good point. Bruiser is a way better name than Shannon.

****ing Bruiser lol, you guys shouldn't make fun of the guys girly name, maybe his parents wanted to make a man out of him early, like naming your son Sue lol

****ing Bruiser lol, you guys shouldn't make fun of the guys girly name, maybe his parents wanted to make a man out of him early, like naming your son Sue lol

Maybe you think it's okay to have a boxer named Shannon but what if he had got a lucky punch and knocked out Lennox Lewis? What then? The heavyweight champion of the world would be named Shannon. That's what.

The heavyweight champion of the world would be named Shannon.
I prefer not to imagine that situation.

Shannon came pretty close to KOing Lewis as it were. Great fight and a commendable effort on the part of Briggs. I wish him luck, he is one of the more talented heavyweights out there.

I went to Shannon's last fight at the turning stone casino against jeff pegues. It was so funny pagues just kept talking **** and when the bell rang briggs floored him. Pagues got up just to be put on the canvas again and this time he didnt get up. Briggs definatley has the power to make a comeback but i doubt his commitment

Shannon Briggs. Professional Boxer

Shannon Briggs professional golfer

See the problem people.

Shannon ..... he is one of the more talented heavyweights out there.
Out where? Really?

A prime Briggs barely went 12 rounds with big/old George Foreman.

After Foreman he was brutally KD'd 3 times by Lewis, and then eventually brutually KO'd. Then Briggs fought guys with a combined win percentage of 68% before losing a decision to McCline. Briggs was completely out of gas against McCline. Since McCline he's got 4 TKO's aginst guys with little ring experience.

Now that's "talent".

It will never happen. Briggs was supposed to fight in MMA, then K-1. Neither ever happend. He won't return to boxing. Trust me.

Y'all see the Lewis fight? Briggs actually had a chance in the first 2 rounds before Lewis took over. He is a wasted talent. He could have taken out McCline if he took the fight to him more. McCline is a flinching mess when pressed. Overrall, Brigg's career is a huge letdown!

See the problem people.
Yes. You're an idiot.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2005--Cedric Kushner Promotions, Inc. (CKP) (PK: CKPI) announced today that the former Linear Heavyweight Champion of the World, Shannon Briggs, will return to the ring after nearly a one year lay off. Briggs is slated to fight on Thursday, March 3, 2005 in the Theater at Madison Square Garden against an opponent to be determined. With a professional record of 40-4-1 with 34 knockouts, Shannon is still regarded by many to be one of the best heavyweights in the world and a serious contender for the world heavyweight crown.

It's a boy named Sue!! Not Shannon you queer..........He's a tomato can at best so I 'Shannon' should toss my salad!

How can anyone doubt Shannon's talent? Overall he has been a dissapointment as a fighter but only because he *is* so talented and has not yet lived up to his potential. In his loss to Lewis he gave a good account of himself against one of the very best heavyweights in the last 25 years. Have you seen that fight? If so I don't know how you can still question his heart. He may have confidence problems (okay he DOES have confidence problems)and motivational issues but his talent, heart and athleticism are enough to make him a dangerous contender for Vitali's title if he gets his act together and stays completely focused on boxing.

Isn't he the guy who knocked himself out in the Lewis fight?

I guess with the heavyweight division being the way that it is, everyone is a potential saviour..

How can anyone doubt Shannon's talent? Overall he has been a dissapointment as a fighter but only because he *is* so talented and has not yet lived up to his potential. In his loss to Lewis he gave a good account of himself against one of the very best heavyweights in the last 25 years. Have you seen that fight? If so I don't know how you can still question his heart. He may have confidence problems (okay he DOES have confidence problems)and motivational issues but his talent, heart and athleticism are enough to make him a dangerous contender for Vitali's title if he gets his act together and stays completely focused on boxing.


He has beaten no one.

He was MOPPED up by Wilson, remember ?
What about his fight with Botha ?

The guy has done nothing, nothing at all.

He's an absolute fraud.

No he hasn't beaten anyone else YET, but he looked damn good against Lewis and his career isn't over. The division is weaker than ever before (and I really mean that) and if Lamon Brewster can win a title, Shannon Briggs certainly has it in him.

It's a boy named Sue!! Not Shannon you queer..........He's a tomato can at best so I 'Shannon' should toss my salad!



You quoted a news article I posted and then called me a queer. Does that make sense to you? cause i'm not getting it.

Yes. You're an idiot.


I like what you did there. You took my quote out of context and made fun of it. That was very smart of you. And funny.

You are smart and funny. That's why I posted your picture and your email adress at readyforlovin.com, It's a pay site where horny and desperate singles can hook up. It costs 6.99 a month but don't worry the first months free.

You can thank me later.

No he hasn't beaten anyone else YET, but he looked damn good against Lewis and his career isn't over. The division is weaker than ever before (and I really mean that) and if Lamon Brewster can win a title, Shannon Briggs certainly has it in him.


Aside from a few nice moments...Briggs was getting bashed all over the place by Lewis.

Right, but in those few nice moments he had Lewis on the verge of a knockout loss. No one is arguing that Briggs is anywhere near as good as Lewis, but he did a lot better than Golota, Botha, Grant, and other Lewis opponents who were never even in the fight. He also showed a lot of heart in losing and stood up to Lewis in the fight,frequently throwing hard shots of his own after he had gotten tagged.

The people who don't think Briggs has a chance of winning a title in this lame ass division obviously have a bias against the guy. He is more talented than Ruiz and Brewster, and both of those guys have titles. He is a hell of a lot better than Danny Williams, who recently got a title shot for beating a shot Tyson.

Only time will tell for sure but I see Briggs with a belt around his waist sometime in the next few years.

You're acting like Briggs hasn't gotten his chance !

He got a GIFT over Foreman....in a title fight he didn't even deserve to be in !


I DO have a bias against him.....I tend not to support hype-jobs who flop every time they're supposed to step up.

Like I said, we'll see. He's lost to some pretty mediocre opposition (Sedrick Fields and Wilson especially) and even drew with Botha but he's got quick hands for a large heavyweight, has proved his heart when he was in against the best, and hits very hard. Those things are enough to make him a viable contender when you consider the jokers who are carrying a title these days.

You want to talk about dissapointments, let's discuss Golota. I've never seen a fighter blow so many fights that he was winning. I don't understand how anyone can still bet on the nut when even if he's ahead on the scorecards by a mile there's no guarantee that he'll get through the entire fight without quitting or going south. I'm sorry but compared to a guy like that, Briggs seems pretty stable and consistent.

He may have confidence problems (okay he DOES have confidence problems)and motivational issues but his talent, heart and athleticism are enough to make him a dangerous contender for Vitali's title if he gets his act together and stays completely focused on boxing.
How can the guy have heart, but lack confidence and motivation?

Without confidence and motivation, your'e a tomato can at Heavy.

By the way, Briggs does not have any speed or power going into the middle rounds. If hasn't got a guy figured-out by then, it's all over. Briggs also drops his hands alot and doen't coverup after being tagged. he's very very hittable when he gets smacked good by a guy who can follow-up.

Shannon Briggs is one of the biggest frauds in the history of boxing.
He got a lot of hype because he was a New Yorker....& because he had the dreads.

He never won a fight of significance....& I'll never forget his first loss...
He headlined HBO's "Night Of Young Heavyweights" (Tua KO'd Ruiz, Golota KO'd D. Nicholson) & took on the undersized Darroll Wilson.
After storming Wilson & having him hurt, Briggs ran into a hurdle......Wilson stayed up & shoved a jab in Shannon's face. You could just see all the fire put out in Briggs, right then & there.
After that, he was schooled by Wilson, before getting knocked silly.

He then blamed it all on ASTHMA.
Teddy Atlas was his trainer, & was so embarrassed by Briggs & his excuses that he went & quit.


What's this fraud coming back to , anyway ?


....Yeah, I remember that. I was actually pretty disapointed in him. I thought he was gonna be a bad ass and someone to really watch and you could just see he didn't have the confidence when he got tested. It sucked!!! He did give a good accounting against Lewis though and re-earned a little respect from me anyway.

Heart and motivation are two very seperate things my friend.

Riddick Bowe is a great example of another fighter who had a lot of heart but little motivation or dedication to the sport. He came into those fights against Golota drained (from losing all the weight he put on) and unprepared and fought like **** but he never gave up. Briggs is like that as well. He is a courageous guy once he's in the ring, but he has a hard time in the gym preparing himself to fight at his best.

You can make an arguement for Rahman being the same kind of fighter as well. Inconsistent, no motivation to stay in shape, but when he's in there he isn't gonna quit.

Shannon claims when he was a kid people called him Ali, he said it was because they didn't even know his real name. Maybe they wished he wasn't named Shannon either.

Yeah, like we needed another one of those dime-a-dozen comebacks by mediocre, past-their-prime boxers. :sleeping:

I think the reason why he's boxing again is that he needs dough very badly because was sued for $2million (and lost) for breaking the eye socket of a football player in a club brawl.

I want to meet his hairdresser though.

C'mon man relax, I wasn't trying to offend anyone.

I think it's a bad idea.

For a boxer to be named Shannon.

the truth to that is

thats probably the reason he started boxing. picture it:

when he was a young kid, people picked on him hardcore about the name, and in turn, it instilled something in him,a burning desire to prove to people that he's hard, and not a *****, like the kids that used to clown him thought he was.

the truth to that is

thats probably the reason he started boxing. picture it:

when he was a young kid, people picked on him hardcore about the name, and in turn, it instilled something in him,a burning desire to prove to people that he's hard, and not a *****, like the kids that used to clown him thought he was.


That's exactly what I meant

Shannon Briggs professional golfer

shes kinda hot..

Without confidence and motivation, your'e a tomato can at Heavy.

without those two attributes, you can't compete in any kind of world class boxing..not just heavyweight

btw ruiz lacks motivation and look at him..look at tyson,he lacks motivation and isnt a tomato can(nm tyson is a tomato can) ;-)

or that jagoff audley harrison

ive always thought briggs smoked weed

He has beaten no one.

He's an absolute fraud.

I understand you saying that he's not any good, but how is he a fraud? Remember, Lewis lost twice to fighters he should have beaten easily, does that make him a fraud? If a guy calls himself a fighter, and you see him on T.V. wearing trunks and boxing gloves, and he's getting hit or hitting someone else, doesn't that make him a fighter?

I can`t take any fighter seriously who indulges in a stop - start career! I think Briggs is bored or needs a few bucks. He isn`t interested in winning anything major. He`ll knock over a few bums then get outpointed by someone like Lance Whitiker or Wladimir Klitscko and promtly retire again!

Besides you could change his name to Bruiser and shannon would still suck :D

ROFL
:)

was the point of this thread to excite everyone?
or to point out a NON-potential dark horse in the HW division.

ROFL
:)

was the point of this thread to excite everyone?
or to point out a NON-potential dark horse in the HW division.

A little of both Bob. A little of both.

I just read the second part of the interview. And I changed my mind about Shannon, he seems like a pretty cool guy. I am rooting for him.

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=844

He beat George Foreman. He had a draw with Frans Botha. He lost to Lennox Lewis.

And still he has a girls name, what the hell?

Man he did not beat George Foreman. You clearly didn't watch that fight. Foreman DEFINITELY won but the judges ****ed Foreman out of it to send him a message to retire. Foreman even said so in that post fight interview. Briggs made it the distance with old ass George, but did NOT, I repeat, did NOT beat George Foreman. He wouldn't beat the current George either.

I remember that Botha fight. OMG that **** was on PPV. And Kushner wonders why he is the laughing stock of boxing promoters. That and Thunderbox are some of the reasons why.

I understand you saying that he's not any good, but how is he a fraud? Remember, Lewis lost twice to fighters he should have beaten easily, does that make him a fraud? If a guy calls himself a fighter, and you see him on T.V. wearing trunks and boxing gloves, and he's getting hit or hitting someone else, doesn't that make him a fighter?

That is dumb logic because umm...Lennox Lewis, while yes he lost to two guys he should've easily beat (and avenged), he actually beat big names. I'm not even going to begin naming Lennox Lewis' list of good opponents he beat.

But, please by all means, name just ONE legit top 15 guy Briggs has ever beat.

Even if you try counting Foreman, Foreman wasn't legit because Arum had to pay off the IBF to get Foreman ranked. That is documented fact. And Frans Botha was one of King's men ranked b/c King paid off someone, which Briggs didn't beat anyhow, just had a draw with. I have proof of that too. Former IBF Prez Bobby Lee's right hand man admitted that Botha was kept in the rankings as a fall guy for King fighters, namely Tyson.

That doesn`t make sense. Botha couldn`t have been King`s fall guy back then because he wasn`t with Don King when Botha fought Tyson. Yes, Botha was the IBF number 2 contender when he fought Tyson in 1999 but neither fighter was with Don King so what prupose had King paying off the IBF to rank a fighter he had no interest in?

I think it's a bad idea coming back cause he will just get knocked out all the ******* timeand he should change his name to Barry Briggs How ***. :p

yeah I don't know then but Botha was definitely kept in the rankings for King. I just assumed Tyson although the article didn't say that. But hey this wouldn't be the first time King wanted a white guy he didn't promote to be kept in the rankings. Wepner, Cooney, McNeeley...eh. Those were definitely King guys. King could've just had plans to have Botha for someone.

There are a couple white heavyweights whose records were padded but you probably haven't heard of because they either got caught or lost. I can't even think of the one guy I'm thinking of right now. You or someone else has probably read it too though, with all the FBI investigation stuff. Not Brian Nielsen even though he was one of the white heavyweights with a padded record. Some other guy, someone from the States.

And I have a theory that this guy was supposed to be Joe Mesi before Joe Mesi came along because I think the guy was from New York as well. I'll dig through some articles later, but it is late as ****, actually early as **** and I have to open a video store at 11 am.

I see the point. Regardless of the white fighters King had ranked over long periods of time i think the most notable trick King pulled was having Tyson ranked the number one challenger by the WBC, WBA and IBF when he came out of prison. The fact that Tyson hadn`t had a fight in 4 years and walks out of prison the mandatory challenger for all the belts!
Nobody complained as it was Mike Tyson and the monsy he brought to the sanctioning bodies was unreal....so king had his way!

That is a notable trick indeed. It didn't really matter since Tyson would've easily gotten back to #1 easily enough, but it is the principle of it all. However, nobody should hold that against Tyson himself.

As much as I dislike some boxers, I don't hold even my most hated boxers responsible for how they get ranked. That is always someone else controlling the rankings. What is a fighter to do? Say "No don't rank me that high" ?

Man he did not beat George Foreman. You clearly didn't watch that fight. Foreman DEFINITELY won but the judges ****ed Foreman out of it to send him a message to retire. Foreman even said so in that post fight interview. Briggs made it the distance with old ass George, but did NOT, I repeat, did NOT beat George Foreman. He wouldn't beat the current George either.

I remember that Botha fight. OMG that **** was on PPV. And Kushner wonders why he is the laughing stock of boxing promoters. That and Thunderbox are some of the reasons why.

You clearly didn't get the point of the thread. It was a joke about a rediculous comeback.

I never said that he was better than George Foreman. But the judges giving a message idea is stupid. Judges don't sit their and adjust their cards based on something else. It was just a bad decision.

The only reason I opened this thread back up was to apologize to a boxer that was never that great and got picked on a lot. If you read the interview you would probably feel bad for him too and he seems like a good guy.