By Reynaldo "Papi Chulo" Sanchez
Former heavyweight champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs (59-6-2, 52KOs) will return to the ring on December 11th in Panama as part of a big card being put together.
Briggs has not seen a lot of ring time in 2015, when compared to his activity rate in 2014. He entered the ring six times last year and went the full twelve round distance in one of those bouts.
In 2015, Briggs did not get started until late March when he scored a first round knockout of Zoltan Petranyi and then came back in early September to knock out Michael Marrone in one.
Briggs says he is now scheduled to have one more fight before the year is over, on December 11 in Panama.
After that fight, he plans to go after WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2016. Klitschko defends his titles in two weeks against mandatory challenger Tyson Fury is Dusseldorf, Germany.
"I'm doing great. I'm training. I'm in great shape. I'm 43-years-old, but I feel like I'm 23-years-old. Looking at the landscape of the heavyweight division, everyone is saying 'let's go champ.' I'll be back on December 11th in Panama, let's go champ. I'm not sure yet [who I'm fighting], but it's going to be a great fight whoever it is. And then I got Klitschko next. I'm going after Wladimir Klitschko, next year, in 2016, the champ. Let's go champ," Briggs told BoxingScene.com.
