Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I want to be famous.

Shannon Briggs
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.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

In a way, I'm fighting because of my mom. She wanted me to find something in my life.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world champion. But I've always been my own man.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

Some days, I didn't know how I was going to make it to the next morning.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. But in the process, I won two heavyweight titles. Not many men can say that.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I was 18-years-old hanging out with Mickey Rourke and Johnny Depp at Mickey's club Risk.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

The heavyweight boxing needs Shannon Briggs and boxing needs Shannon Briggs.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

If I don't knock out Lennox Lewis, I am going to beat the hell out of him.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

Sometimes, I think to myself, 'Damn, I don't speak as well as I used to.'

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

We all know what this business can do to you... you end up walking on your heels.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I am from the ghetto.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

If the money is right, I will fight a bear.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I'm superstitious about my hair. I don't like to cut it before big fights.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

My mother taught me right and wrong, and the right is the only way to go.

Shannon Briggs
Shannon Briggs

I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.