Top 97 Quotes & Sayings by Shannon Briggs

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Last updated on December 23, 2024.

Shannon Briggs is an American former professional boxer. He has held a world heavyweight championship twice, including the lineal title from 1997 to 1998, and the WBO title from 2006 to 2007. Briggs is known for his formidable punching power and aggression, possessing an 88.3% knockout-to-win percentage with 37 knockout wins in the first round. Undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis stated in 2015 that Briggs had the fastest hands and best punching power of any opponent he ever faced. He holds notable wins over heavyweight champions George Foreman, Ray Mercer and Siarhei Liakhovich.

American - Athlete | Born: December 4, 1971

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I'm a butcher champ, I don't care what I eat, I don't care what I cut, I just want to get cutting.

Shannon Briggs

I can come forward. I can do whatever I have to do to win.

Shannon Briggs

I was an only child, a hard-case kid, in a rough neighborhood. But I always fought my battles.

Shannon Briggs

When I'm angry, when I've got something to fight for, I'm charged up.

Shannon Briggs

This is a big game, and there are a lot of haters in the game. But don't hate me, hate the game.

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I've learned patience.

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I think the people of Great Britain have embraced me in a great way and I feel honoured and looking forward to winning the title in England for them.

Shannon Briggs

I am made in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and I am definitely in the heavyweight-title house.

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I learned a lesson I couldn't get from Harvard. I'm not no media darling. I'm not the golden boy; not that I ever was.

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I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.

Shannon Briggs

I want the best. I've always fought the best.

Shannon Briggs

It's a hard sport. You don't come from a rich family wanting to be a boxer. Rich kids get hit in the face, they go home. Poor kids come back. They see boxing as a way out.

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It was like boxing found me.

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Girls in Brownsville don't play.

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I want the world to know me. I want to go down in history.

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I'm confident that I can go in and fight for 12 rounds and win a decision.

Shannon Briggs

All different religions have laws based on fear, the fear of going to hell.

Shannon Briggs

Thanks to my mother, I graduated. But then we lost everything, we were homeless.

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I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

Shannon Briggs

I missed a lot of school. I was always sick. I was in the hospital a lot. Asthma kicked my butt.

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I love London, it's a great place to be.

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I'm the people's champion.

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I myself had a rough life and it's been a struggle but I believe my gift is the ability to connect with everyone.

Shannon Briggs

I have always tried to market myself.

Shannon Briggs

There were times when I was tempted to do wrong, and could have went that way. But I knew it wasn't for me. I was told enough times that it catches up with you, and I believe it.

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My mom was a nurse at Rikers Island and she cried to me about not going the wrong route.

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Phenomenal boxing fans, I've never seen anything like it, everywhere I go people screaming 'let's go champ' it's just amazing; kids, elderly people, when it comes to boxing you can't beat Great Britain.

Shannon Briggs

I didn't take the fight with Michael Grant because the timing wasn't right. They offered me a lot of money, but it wasn't in my best interest to take that fight. They were trying to use me to build up Michael Grant.

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I basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.

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I know how to sell a fight.

Shannon Briggs

You can't stop me, so step aside.

Shannon Briggs

I've been all the way at the bottom. Now I can only go up.

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I was lucky. I had boxing as an out.

Shannon Briggs

When Haye runs into my right hand, he'll know.

Shannon Briggs

I love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.

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Depression is not a choice.

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Anybody in Britain, the big fights. I'm here for the big fights. I don't care about the little fights any more.

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You have to bully a guy like Fury - notice I don't call him 'Tyson.' Truthfully you have to run up on a big guy like Fury and pummel him. He's the type of guy who's strong and determined but he's slow. His awkwardness is his positive.

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