Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs

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."

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