On October 16, 2010, a 38-year-old Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC title held by 39-year-old Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KOs).
Briggs came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Klitschko was on a 8-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 17 days.
Vitali Klitschko defeated Shannon Briggs via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Klitschko improves his record to 41-2, while Briggs adds a loss to his record at 51-6-1.
On June 2, 2007, the 35-year-old WBO heavyweight world champion, Shannon Briggs (48-4-1, 42 KOs), faced a 32-year-old Russian boxer Sultan Ibragimov (20-0-1, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Briggs came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 29 days. Ibragimov was on a 1-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 23 days.
Sultan Ibragimov defeated Shannon Briggs via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Ibragimov improves his record to 21-0-1, while Briggs adds a loss to his record at 48-5-1.
On April 27, 2002, a 30-year-old Shannon Briggs (36-3-1, 30 KOs) and a 31-year-old Jameel McCline (27-2-3, 16 KOs) met in the ring.
Briggs came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 26 days. McCline was on a 6-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 26 days.
Jameel McCline defeated Shannon Briggs via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. McCline improves his record to 28-2-3, while Briggs adds a loss to his record at 36-4-1.
On April 27, 2000, a 28-year-old Shannon Briggs (32-2-1, 26 KOs) and Sedreck Fields met in the ring.
Briggs came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 3 days.
Shannon Briggs lost to Sedreck Fields via majority decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 32-3-1.
On March 28, 1998, a 26-year-old Shannon Briggs (30-1, 24 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC title held by 32-year-old British boxer Lennox Lewis (32-1, 26 KOs).
Briggs came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 6 days. Lewis was on a 7-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 24 days.
Lennox Lewis stopped Shannon Briggs via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Lewis improves his record to 33-1 (27 KOs), while Briggs adds a loss to his record at 30-2.
On March 15, 1996, a 24-year-old Shannon Briggs (25-0, 20 KOs) and Darroll Wilson met in the ring.
Briggs came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months.
Shannon Briggs lost to Darroll Wilson via TKO in the 3rd round, and adds a loss to his record at 25-1.