Shannon Briggs Briggs began his career in 1992 and was undefeated in his first 25 fights, and was trained by Teddy Atlas. He suffered his first loss when he was knocked out in three rounds by undefeated Darroll Wilson in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1996. The fight was broadcast on HBO and was a showcase of young heavyweight fighters. Briggs fought against lineal champion George Foreman on November 22, 1997 at the Trump Taj Majal Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Coming into the fight, Briggs sported a 29–1 record with 24 of his wins coming by way of
Shannon Ritch Champion in bare knuckle boxing and ranked as high as the #2 heavyweight bare knuckle fighter in the UK. He plans to round out his professional boxing career in 2018 against boxing superstar Bobby Gunn. Shannon had a bare knuckle fight in 2018 for the BKB promotion in the UK against Jack Draper at BKB 6 hosted at the O2 Arena, losing in the second round after a controversial TKO and coming in with a 25-3 record. Ritch is set to fight again in bare knuckle boxing in 2019 for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships at BKFC 4 against Omar