Wrestling Quotes by Shannon Briggs

I was lucky. I had boxing as an out.

— Shannon Briggs

It was like boxing found me.

— Shannon Briggs

I know how to sell a fight.

— Shannon Briggs

The only thing I'm good at is boxing.

— Shannon Briggs

People want to see knockouts.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

I'm the people's champion.

— Shannon Briggs

I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

I never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.

— Shannon Briggs

Let's go, champ' started as a way to motivate myself.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

— Shannon Briggs

I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

— 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…

— Shannon Briggs

People want to see blood. They don't care anymore if you can box for 12 rounds. They don't appreciate the art of…

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

I grew up watching the careers of Tyson and Bowe. I always wanted to follow in their footsteps in becoming a world…

— Shannon Briggs

I feel like winning the title was a curse. It was something that I always wanted to achieve. I got it, but…

— 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…

— Shannon Briggs

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…

— Shannon Briggs

You have to bully a guy like Fury - notice I don't call him 'Tyson.' Truthfully you have to run up on…

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

Boxing's been good to me.

— Shannon Briggs

After I won but then lost my world title I ended up with no money. Then my dad died in prison.

— Shannon Briggs

I lost to Lennox Lewis in a very controversial decision.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

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 respect Haye as a man and for being a former two-weight world champion. But not as a boxer.

— Shannon Briggs

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

— Shannon Briggs

In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.

— Shannon Briggs

Why would I stand there and trade punches and try to knock out George Foreman?

— Shannon Briggs