It is no secret that the place of birth and the environment of a person’s life largely determine his future. This statement is quite applicable to such a boxer as Shannon Briggs. He was never the lover of fate, and therefore from an early age he learned that a place in the sun should be fought. Moreover, as his behavior in recent years shows, in life an American does not pay too much attention to the norms and rules of normal human behavior. But let's talk about everything in order.
Ghetto born
Shannon Briggs Born in Brooklyn on December 4, 1971. Unfortunately, he had no family, and therefore he grew up an orphan. It is also obvious that only boxing saved him from the "usual life route" of most people from this criminal area of New York, whose final point is often a prison. The guy joined the martial arts at the age of 17 years. Time has shown that he turned out to be quite talented and hardworking.
Success in lovers
The first victories in the amateur ring Shannon Briggs began to conquer almost immediately. His victory at the prestigious Golden Gloves tournament turned out to be quite natural. After it was a triumph at the state championship. In 1991, the young boxer reached the final of the Pan American Games, where in the battle for the champion title, he lost to Felix Savon. However, already in 1992, Shannon rehabilitated and won the national championship among amateurs.
Professional way
On July 24, 1992, Shannon Briggs first entered the ring as a professional. Moreover, his debut was quite successful. He took over his opponent named Basil Jackson.
Shannon was undefeated until March 15, 1996, until he met with Darrol Wilson. At the beginning of this battle, Briggs immediately began “right off the bat” and how the tank tried to crush his opponent by giving him a flurry of attacks. However, Wilson coped with this onslaught and in the third round managed to knock out Shannon, having punched a “deuce” in his head, which consisted of a right and left hook.
November 1997 was marked for the “Cannon” (which is exactly the nickname Briggs wears) a controversial victory over boxing legend George Foreman.
In March 1998, the shocking American lost in the fifth round by knockout to the then-current champion Briton Lennox Lewis.
August 1998 marked for Briggs a draw with South African Francois Botha.
But Shannon's most unexpected defeat occurred in April 2000, when he lost to Jornimen Cedric Fields. The series of losses continued in April 2002. Briggs suffers another debacle in a fight with McCline.
After this fight, Shannon Briggs’s fights are a series of eleven consecutive wins, the last of which on this list was over Ray Mercer. It was she who made it possible for the “Cannon” to challenge the world title according to the WBO.
November 4, 2006 Briggs defeats Sergey Lyakhovich and becomes the new world champion in this version. But the age of dominance of the extravagant Yankees was short-lived. And already in June 2007, he loses on points to the Russian Sultan Ibragimov, thereby losing his belt.
October 16, 2010 was the day when Shannon could again become a champion, but nothing came of it. The fault was still still boxing then Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko, who was able to stop the American and defend his belt. After this fight, Briggs takes a long pause in his career.
Return to the ring
In April 2014, Shannon Briggs, whose photo is literally saturated with his crazy energy, triumphantly returns to boxing, having knocked out Arunezo Smith in the first round. This fight gave an impetus to a new stage in the career of a famous fighter, and he continues to fight with doubled fury. At the moment, Briggs spent his last fight on September 6, 2015 in Florida, knocking out Michael Marron in the second three-minute.
Total persecution of the Ukrainian
Fight Shannon Briggs vs Vladimir Klitschko, whose results are known to boxing fans in advance, for the American - his ultimate goal. With all his words and actions, Briggs is trying to show his readiness for this fight, in every possible way provoking a full-fledged tyrant of the heavyweight division from Ukraine. A momentous episode can be the moment when Shannon threw Vladimir off the surfboard, which infuriated Klitschko. It should be said that this episode is far from the first in the conflict of these two boxers. Somewhat earlier, Briggs tried to provoke Klitschko in a restaurant, for which the Ukrainian poured a thug from Brooklyn a glass of water on his head. As a result, Shannon literally barely smashed the institution, and he had to be reassured. There was also a significant episode when Briggs rudely interrupted Klitschko’s conversation with Hollfield during their conversation in the Lucky Street Gym. As a result, this conflict almost escalated into a massive brawl.
In a word, the line of permissible has already been passed. Good PR should also be a measure. But in the situation with this couple, the final is not yet known. What eventually ends the protracted confrontation between Klitschko and Briggs - time will tell.