Lennox Lewis vs. Shannon Briggs Lennox Lewis vs. Shannon Briggs Lennox Lewis vs. Shannon Briggs, billed as "March Badness", was a professional boxing match contested on March 28, 1998 for the WBC and "Lineal" Heavyweight Championships. After Lennox Lewis successfully defended his WBC title in a dominating first round knockout victory over Andrew Golota, the WBC organized an elimination match between "Lineal" champion George Foreman and Shannon Briggs to determine who would become Lewis' next opponent. The match was held on November 22, 1997 and went the full 12 rounds. Though many assumed that Foreman had won the match, (both Harold Lederman and the associated
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