Name: Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs
WBO Heavyweight Champion, 4 November 2006– 2 Jun 2007
- Briggs defeated George Foreman for the lineal world heavyweight championship.
- Briggs has earned 27 first round knockouts--the most of any other heavyweight champion.
- Defeated Serguei Lyakhovich (TKO 12).
- Defeated Ray Mercer (KO 7).
- United States Amateur Heavyweight Champion, 1992.
- New York City Golden Goves champion.
- New York State Champion.
- National P.A.L. Champion.
- Finished second place as a Heavyweight at the Panamerican Games in 1991,
losing the final to Felix Savon.
- won 48 (KO 42) + lost 5 (KO 2) + drawn 1 = 54
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pTyGJEtuds
Favorite Book: "All God's Children" by Fox Butterfield
"My favorite book is "All God's Children" by Fox Butterfield. Great book!!! I've given it to five different people. They all loved it. I read it a lot and many different books, but that book blew me away." |