Broke the Record for First-Round Knockouts - Shannon 'The Cannon' Briggs
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2023
- Even among the contrasting group of boxing legends, Shannon Briggs is just something else. The last gangster of that glorious era had been altering jawlines since the early nineties, scored a record number of first-round finishes and donned the championship belt in the 2000s. He’s still relevant these days, extravagantly weaving himself into sporting folklore. Today, we recall the high-voltage knockouts and the wild antics of this explosive pugilist that earned him the nickname The Cannon!
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It’s so crazy how this heavyweight great hardly ever is talked about due to so much talent in his era
Nobody liked him at his time bro. His fan base is more from today.
TYSON TOOK ALL THE SHINE
He turned into an irritating jackass. CZcams it. He did it to himself. He's known more for that than anything else
Probably because he wasn't a great. Other then foremen you can't really name anyone he's beat.
@@HitPeace Foreman. Nobody talks about Botha, either. Neither rose to their potential--or maybe they did and that was it.
Dude imagine living in the same neighborhood as Riddick Bowe, Shannon Briggs and Mike Tyson, NY was wild.
A lot of greats came out of Brownsville. Zab Judah, Daniel Jacobs, and now the young Bruce Carrington. Brownsville has been carrying the fighting talent of all five boroughs for decades now.
@@Southpaw128 I wonder why that is. The roughness of living in those neighborhoods maybe?
I grew up in the same neighborhood as Shannon in the 80's. I don't recall ever seeing a cop.
@southpaw128 Carrington is no joke. He'll be a champ one day and he's a nice guy.
Shits wild mitch green as well.
The fact that Forman went 12 rounds at 48 and in that shape is really amazing.
And in fact Forman won that fight.
It just got to show that the boxer back then was way way tougher and discipline. The quality of their training back then are insane.
@@MJTCyclingtheir stack also helped but yea
@@boxlad7583
How cute the little one doesn't realize that sports "medicine" has only improved over time. Do you think the $1m/year LeBron James spends on his body is organic grass fed steaks and iguana piss (aka EPO and TRT)?
@@joebenson528 the drugs improved significantly, but the testing for said drugs improved exponentially. I'm not bashing them, if they were all on a stack then they were at an even playing field at the time. I'm just saying in the modern day they would not have such insane stamina and strength due to the fact that they would have to take less common and lower doses of drugs in order to slip by testing. and of course modern athletes are also on shit. just not the same shit. and just a side note. you can make your point without belittling people, makes them more likely to agree with you.
What a beast George Foreman was! 48 and STILL going the distance
you spelt GRILL wrong..
@geesung4444 🤣 very good 👏🏼
Won that fight as well
And it was all natural, briggs at that age look like Ngannou cuz he was a juice monster😂
@@xledgeandairyxhe had asthma
One of the most underrated heavyweight fighters in history most people don’t know he had asthma and still competed at the highest levels
Oh that explains why he loses steam so abruptly in a fight......
untill he challenge wlad
Yes
@@tgh223it was Vitali
Did he really have asthma?
The only time I read about his asthma diagnosis was when he failed a PED test.
Maybe it was legit. Maybe it wasn't
Tyson, Bowe, Briggs. These men are built differently, not just physically but mentally as well. To grow up where and how they did and emerge to become not only champions and icons but also fulfilled human beings is inspiring.
Oh yeah. Briggs was really built mentally different... 😂🤣
lol don't put Briggs alongside those other two. He was never taken seriously and literally viewed as being soft.
Don't forget Tua
@@OGboxing...Why was he considered soft?
Literally babied on the way up. Collapsed pathetically vs Wilson. Teddy Atlas said he had guys living with him who would pick up his underwear. @@elafzal5866
Man… I have so much more respect for this dude now. I admit, I just thought he was a big-time troll but this dude really rocked in the rain and came through a lot. Let’s go champ!
I swear this is my first time seeing him actually fight professionally!! I had NO idea this man was anything more than just a master troll, makes me think totally different about all those 'lets go champ's videos now.
@@itsrtvbaby dang, good to know I wasn’t the only one!
Because you two don't watch boxing. If you did you would have followed his career and know he was a former world champion. Your age doesn't matter either if you are a boxing fan you will watch all boxers from before your time. No one thought he was a troll except people who don't watch boxing.
@@itsrtvbabyThis is why its not good to follow opinion,and do your research first.
This guy deserves Hall of fame recognition!
Fax
No he doesn't...you watch one CZcams video about him and all of a sudden he in the hall of fame? No I don't think so...but Let's go champ!
@@realtv10160 Wins, 6 Losses and 53 KO’s! Most knockouts in the first round in the history of boxing. Are you serious?
@@LouisianaRetiredArmy Are you slow? You can't put somebody in the hall of fame because of knockouts! All these great champions that achieved 5 times more but you think that's the only reason he should be in😂
@@LouisianaRetiredArmy dude had 1 belt for about a year but somehow he a hall of famer🤦🏽♂️
Let's go, Champ!
Let’s go cramp
That's catchy. He should use that as his catchphrase.
@@michaelb4538 i think hes thinking bout useing it
It was, challenging klitschko with it.
Somewhere an sweating Rampage Jackson reading this comment 😂
Lennox Lewis said Shannon Briggs was the hardest and fastest puncher he ever fought.
That includes Mike Tyson, Vitali Klitschko, Golota, Mercer, Holyfield, Rahman, McCall and many other greats.
And Briggs did it all with asthma.
He deserves more respect.
No wonder he tired out so quick. If dude had a bigger gas tank , he would been so much more dangerous.
By the time he fought tyson he had done been in mental hospitals and psychiatric wards suicidal and on drugs real bad but for sure he was a great fighter I was a fan of him back in the day . I remember the tyson build up before that fight and he was just a mental case
True! Sad part is you can also erase Tysons name and put Oliver McCall in, and that pretty much describes McCall right before the rematch in 97.
Well Tyson was old and done .. he only fought for money these days..
But fair - Briggs was a warhammer!
Mike under Rooney was really a different beast..! He never fought as he used to...
WOW 60 wins 6 losses and 53 Ko's Quite impressive... and amazing Another Champ, Cannon, Colorful character, idol and Legend ! Bravo 🦍😁
I watched this video not knowing who Shannon Briggs was. I'm walking away understanding how great he is.
Let's go Champ! If you didn't know Shannon Briggs, you have to check out Marvin Hagler.
@@Toki52 I'm on it Chief!
He's mehh his antics get old fast , and his defense is basically just taking the punches while he hopes to knock the guy out first.
Yes brother. Same here. I’ve heard of him. Watched him on joe Rogan. Imagine if Mike Tyson would have been released from prison. This would have been one of the most epic boxing matches ever!
@@krisfair9230 oh man that would have been crazy. Need a video game to make it happen now lol.
Briggs was one of the most fluid heavyweights in history. His punches flowed like a much lighter fighter, but stamina was a big problem of his. In this era he'd have been a monster.
I remembered when old man vitali klitchko destroyed this bum, I don’t think Briggs landed a punch. He did gain some brain damage that night because his team wouldn’t throw the towel in. He’s lucky Vitali was old by that point.
@@GwenStefaniGuildBriggs was old to
Roids will kill the gas tank. I mean, in that era they were all juicing, but this guy was laughably obvious
@@GwenStefaniGuild
Briggs was past his prime and old at that point. No way Vitali would beat Briggs at his best
@@phillipimran7377yes for sure
And even old he pursuit him and is brother cause he lost to confront him
Not necessary but funny
Lets go champ
But it was funny at the end the guy not even bothered he know on his prime he more strong than that Russian
An honest guy with a tremendous heart, who was sidelined by the boxing organizations.
Briggs trolling Klitschko was the best thing ever.
I still want that fight to be made lol the press conference would be epic
Man when he knocked him off his board in the ocean, I died.. 😂😂
I laughed throughout 😂😂😂
Klitscko annihilated him ..He used Briggs head as a punching bag while taking everything Briggs threw at him.. Klitscho bros were so underrated here in the States ..Noone outside of the boxing community even knew who they were .. Briggs is a testament to Klitschos skillset in the same way John Mugabi was a testament to Marvin Haglers Skillset .
I completely forgot about that until it flashedback on the screen! So funny.
George foreman was such a badass lmao even in his "well experienced" years he was a great boxer, real old school legend
Dude was a fucking tank with ciinderblocks attached to it. Crazy to think about how he made more money off that grill than his entire boxing career despite becoming World Heavyweight champion twice in 2 different eras.
You took the words right out of my mouth. A proper warrior!
@@lucidcharade12george would lose to tyson fury and anthony joshua
A 46 year old foreman BEAT Briggs let’s not forget
@@randomname5646 He's 74 now. Tyson Fury is 35. Anthony Joshua is 33. I don't think this means as much as you think...
Prime Foreman would've absolutely given them a tough time.
I swear george Foreman's chin is made of solid steel. That man has taken some of the hardest hits from some of the strongest boxers in history. And that line about snoop doggs blunt was gold 😂
Only Ali cracked it
@@GaryYoung-eq1phexhausted and off balance 💯Ron Lyle cracked it harder
@@active.7universalYeah, huge respects to Ron Lyle, he had incredible power and an iron chin. Lyle's the only one who gave Foreman a tough fight with brawn alone and came close to defeating Foreman. Foreman may have won that fight but Lyle definitely won a lot of hearts in that fight too.
According to Foreman, NOBODY hit him harder than Lyle. Lyle was likely the single toughest opponent Foreman's ever faced.
I think it was more his tree-trunk neck
@@Bastikovski99Still tho? These are heavyweights powerful punches landing on his dome & then the mfer will not go down ever lol. It’s crazy. It’s quite extraordinary 💯💯💯 Almost like he’s not human, it’s not natural at all lmfao
The bigger Shannon got the worse he got. He got rid of all of his athletic, explosive speed and turned himself into a huge tank lumbering around the ring throwing bombs. I really loved the first half of his career.
Prime Briggs will give these heavyweights today hell
Steroids, that's why he never got anywhere, without them he got his ass whooped, scrub😮
@@Only1Kizz bro he'd send fury to the hospital
That wasnt the case.He got older thats all.
I'm a life long boxing fan, yet here I am, only just realising the talent of Briggs. I have always thought he was just a big mouthed dude who talked his way to the top, but I learned today that he was an actual beast.
Me too…his name was brought up a few times but never was given his proper flowers
That time he caught Klitschko out at the lake on a paddle board will never not be funny
same here..
Maybe because you followed opinion and didnt do the research first.
Bro I enjoyed this immensely. It is very, very well done...an amazing tribute to Shannon The Cannon Briggs. He deserves it big time.
Well said, his upbringing deserves the utmost respect.
20 years later and I just learned the Champ was one of the mansion Haitians in Bad Boys 2.
Somehow I missed how good he was.
Word
I always loved watching Briggs fights! He was definitely the gate keeper boxer and had a few championship fights! 👍
The fact that big George went 12 rounds at that age with that build 😮💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Don't let that fool you, he was very conditioned. Non stop cardio on his property and chopping trees, along with Boxing workouts.
Shannon has one of the best body punches I've ever seen. If you look at his last exhibition you will also see it was the ko shot
it's the atlas boxing school, sorry, d'amato boxing school
@@robertlangdon494 Was Shannon taught by Teddy Atlas or Cus D'Amato?
As one of the coolest, strongest, and most entertaining boxers that have ever entered the squared circle...you can't help but love Shannon Briggs.
I can EVERYTHING BUT LOVE BRIGS!! YOU CAN PUT HIM WITH OTHER GREAT BOXERS NO MATTER WHAT HIS RECORD OR HOW MANY 1ST RD KNOCKOUTS HE HAD.. BRIGGS WAS A HACK WHO COULD PUNCH AND NOTHING MORE THAN THAT
From the hood to the high life.
Let's go Champ!
Just an amazing all-around human being!
Explosive power, highly courageous with a huge heart, Amazing personality... He was born to be a STAR ♐
Shannon was and is one of my heroes love that guy also he’s funny as hell he’s gat a great sense of humor the Cannon
Such a character😂
How do you not have 5 million subscribers. Amazing content brother
Hearing " the champ is here" with such vicious shots was VERY FITTING!!!
That man not only showing up in the ring, but on the water also was priceless 😂😂🤣💯 still blowing smoke💨
This is the best heavyweight champion, combination of speed and power with perfect body built.
Shannon was and is, incredible.
This is when boxers really fought!
Ol George deserves every penny
This video was awesome! Shannon the Cannon Briggs! That left to the body was quick and powerful. Watching this also reminded me of how great Big George was in his 40's.
Speed and power. Truly rare in this game and can carry you a long way.
One of Yours best videos ever!! Had a pleasure to watch many of those bouts broadcasted live. God damn - Shannon was a great fighter. Heavyweights these days are not that exciting.
SBRIGGS was 1 of my all time favorites..glad to see he's doing well with his family. GODBLESS you Champ and may you have many more years with your family. LET'S GO CHAMP🤙👍🙏🌿
This channel should get waaaay more attention they put real work and effort in ALL of thé videos
Inactive only fighting 4 times in a year and a half, i wish they would fight that often now 😂
He was, is, and always will be" let's go champ !" I am Godly glad that had made it out amazingly. Prayers for you and family, watching your clips made my day, thank you for the inspiration champ🙏
BRIGGS don't get the respect and recognition he deserves. A true warrior in the sport.
George Foreman has arguably the strongest chin and mental fortitude then any other boxer in history, dude can take some heavy punches, holyfield could too
Foreman, Evander. Yes sir. Joe Frazier too. Foreman knocked him down 6 times, got back up each time in 2 seconds, still wanted to fight.
There will never be another decade like the 90's heavyweight division, too many top dogs. Not to mention in overall sports, music, movies/citcoms and not to mention the fashion🤩...
Quality madness
I'm lucky to have grown up in the 90s.
These videos are the best! Perfect amount of action to commentary, look forward to them every time
Respect for you always my brother
He kO poverty and achieved a family with two kids, priceless, a true champion
This was a very instructive video for me. I only previously knew of Briggs as the guy Lennox beat..
After looking at this video I'm concluding that Briggs was an awesome heavyweight fighter who moved with he speed of a middleweight. A lot can also be said about his climb out of the ghetto and rise to fame. I'm glad I watched the video.
One of the best left hooks I’ve seen on a heavy weight.
shannon briggs is an all time great, LETS GO CHAMP!!!!🙌👊🔥🥊👑
C'mon bro can't be an all-time great if you don't beat the best of your era
@@schuylerkrizay6192 he fought the best guys in his era tho, lennox lewis, george foreman, ray mercer, frans botha, klitschko, luciano zolyone, and he got 53 knockouts outta 60 wins, 37 of them knockouts came in the very first round💀 come on man he gotta be an all time great, he only got 6 losses as well, he been knocked out only once by darroll wilson, even lennox lewis couldn't knock shannon out, he won by TKO, shannon briggs is in fact an all time great, greatness in not guarding yourself from people, greatness is being accepted by the people!!! LETS GO CHAMP!!!✊🥊
Let's go champ!!
What attracts me to this channel is the commentator's voice
thank you for bringing back all the memories i had. what a worrier. what heart. all i can say is thank you to mr shannon the cannon briggs . you never failed to entertain.
‘“Beware the cannon” indeed. Another great video!
Love the one liners of the commentator. Brilliant 👏
Hearing him and Tyson talk on his podcast about the past almost brought a tear to my eye. It's hard to imagine what they grew up around and how tough it made them.
Shannon Briggs did some great stuff. Seriously enjoyable to watch.
A superbly enthralling presentation! Almost as hard-hitting as the Briggs cannons is the highly entertaining narrative with its often hilarious one line metaphors! One of the best boxing profile vids I've seen...and I've seen many! 🙂
Honestly I love your videos you should do these 3
Deantay Wilder
Thomas Hitman Hearns
Sugar Ray Leanard
hate him or love him....the man left his mark
Counter left at 0:23 was Glorious.
Shannon Briggs cool af his interviews are the best he’s madd entertaining
Love the comment about Snoop Dog's blunt 😂😂😂
Shannon was a face book friend and I told him he had most 1st round KO's of any boxer in history and he seemed unaware he held this designation. (Subsequently I learned Peter Maher was historic first place had 50 1st round KO's, so Briggs is second most.)
Briggs has more 1st Round KO's than George Foreman and Mike Tyson COMBINED!
Finally someone makes a video about this guy.
I never knew who Shannon Briggs was but I do now.... respect OG...
You should do a review on Corrie Sanders(the South African). RIP. Arguably the hardest hitting heavy weight and one of only 3 to KO Vladimir
His death was shamefully tragic.
@@diogeneslantern18 What happened exactly? I remember it had something to do with a robbery at a birthday party
Back when fighting 4 times in 1 year and some change was considered inactive. Nowadays, inactive is no fights in 2 years
Back when the heavyweight division was pretty good
Didn't know you and TY were childhood buddies.. . that's something very Special Man
I'm 46 I can't imagine getting In the ring with the cannon. George Forman was the man
this dude was a straight up beast,imagine if Cus dumato coached him. Bro woulda been unstoppable.
Shannon Briggs was great to watch!
13:40 "And the battle for the best hairstyle in the division became intriguing." 😂😂
Real warrior! 💪
His trolling of Vitali was legendary.
Wladimir* not vitali
Let's Go Champ! *Shannon Briggs voice* 😂😂😂
Let's go Champ! Shannon the Cannon! The best!!!!
If he ends up boxing Rampage Jackson he gonna put that man in a body bag😂
How George Foreman doesn't have severe cte is beyond me
He did take a 10 year break from boxing and most of his fights were early round knockouts
His fight against Holyfield would give pugilistic dementia to anyone
Wish I'd spent more time following Briggs in the 90's...I didn't really know about him until recent years (Let's go Champ!) which is a shame cos I really like him...Great personality...From the UK
Shannon the cannon is in the top 5 favorites for life. I love the champ !!!!! Let's go
He was really good and had explosive power. Unfortunately he became known for his antics more than his fighting prowess. There’s a reason why he never held a major world title against major opposition. When he finally won the WBO title it was against lesser competition. His record was unfortunately padded full of opposition he was remarkably better than, so it was hard to gauge where he lined up.
Every time he faced Class A competition he could never convert a win.
Considering his background, his antics are God sent.
This was the beginning of when everyone was getting their stats padded af. It's significantly worse today but this is where it was starting. Shannon was among a lot of boxers who were fighting bums for a while until a champ got too old or slow so he could take it.
Foreman got robbed
Let's go champ! Used to love Shannon
I don’t know anyone who thought Foreman lost against briggs.
Let's be real, Shannon struggled any time he came up against anybody with an inch of quality.
Wen yu have nothing to lose and everything to gain you have the recipe for greatness. Tough times breed tough people.
Well, said, I have Godly respect for him, orphan but beat the odds.
Let's go champ!!
Let's go champ !!
Lol can't help but to hear that line in my head everytime I see Briggs 😂
Thank you for this video. I never seen him before and it's crazy. Much love for telling his history
Shannon briggs can turn me brain into kegs
I give great kudos to The Cannon and others like Tyson who escaped the mean streets and gave themselves and their precious families........ as good taste of the good life ! Without their hard work and determination there wouldn't be a good life for themselves and families ...... they may have even been forgotten like many whom die in tragedy & have their ashes buried kin paupers hill. Congrats Cannon and Tyson and other warriors ........ Nick , NavyBlueSmoke , LST-1195,
He would better stay homeless
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Donc
Briggs was a great fighter and a funny dude
It's great seeing this all again and put together so well. The only advantage really of having TV and just a few stations or cable just blooming was that everybody did kind of watch stuff together. It's weird that I'm complaining about so much choice. I'm 60 years old and I'm scratching my head about all this great internet that I love and the bubble that I've been living in.
Isn't he going to fight Rampage Jackson?
That was hype
They were supposed to fight after they coached opposite each other in Triad Combat, but that was awhile ago, so I think that ship has sailed. I would have watched it, for sure.
You need to watch the press conference of triad combat of them it is so Damm funny hilarious
Out of Shannon Briggs's 68 PRO fight career = 60-6-1-1, KO's 53 career - Only 8 fights are against legit top opposition on paper worth talking about!
Briggs made a career of fighting journeymen and tomato cans level of opponents.
Only 1 fully legit victory, where Briggs was behind on the score cards and near exhausted managed to stop Siarhei Liakhovich in final 30 seconds in the 12th round for the
WBO world heavyweight title.
1. A mega GIFT decision over 49 year old "Big" George Foreman where Foreman won 10 of 12 rounds easily + broke Brigg's nose and yet they robbed the legend.
Briggs ran away from Foreman all night and won 2-3 rounds with a weak margin. That was a disgusting robbery as Briggs made nothing to deserve a victory.
2. Briggs was knocked-out by Lennox Lewis in 5 rounds.
3. Francois Botha did the better fight and clearly was snubbed out of a victory with Briggs given a gift draw.
4. Lost a UD to untested Jameel McCline, a fight Briggs should have won over, but gave up in.
5. Was out-boxed completely by Sultan Ibragimov as he lost evrey round with larger margins.
6. Ray Mercer was an old, pale shadow of his warrior self of the 90's to earliest 00's.
7. Was out-boxed completely by Sultan Ibragimov as he lost evrey round with larger margins and Briggs had near desperate tried to avoid Ibragimov before with false claims
of injury, illness and delaying. Briggs did not want to fight his mandatory WBO challanger.
8. Was completely and brutally destroyed by Vitali Klitschko and had his entire face demolished, something that made him spent a long time in hospital and requiring several
surgeries to fix.
BTW; Briggs have 3-times in his career been caught using illegal substances (!)
Exactly how i felt watching this and he was having serious trouble with the elderly !!
wierdo 😕
9. Bad haircut
@@davidthomas9123 Well put!
@@canugizabit2810 Indeed
LET'S GO CHAMP!!! 🏆🏆
One of the best of the best!!!
If anyone wants to see how good Shannon is at promotion, i suggest you watch all of the zoom calls with rampage Jackson during COVID lockdowns. It was one of the most entertaining back and forths in years. They wanted to do the boxing match then MMA match, but it fell apart, this was at the beginning of the CZcams boxing thing when other MMA fighters was trying to negotiate an mma match after a boxing one, but of course it hasn't ever happened yet with anyone.
How could you not like this wonderful man