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.”

“My mom was a nurse at Rikers Island and she cried to me about not going the wrong route.”

“When Haye runs into my right hand, he'll know.”

“The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.”

“It was rough growing up but it was best for me, it's what made Shannon Briggs, it's who I am.”

“I truly, truly suffered depression, to the deep core.”

“I was an only child, a hard-case kid, in a rough neighborhood. But I always fought my battles.”

“I got into boxing because I wanted to fight Tyson.”

“I feel great about the boxing in South Florida.”

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

“Thanks to my mother, I graduated. But then we lost everything, we were homeless.”

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

“It was like boxing found me.”

“I can come forward. I can do whatever I have to do to win.”

“Two guys who don't like each other is a great fight.”

“I was able to battle back through depression.”

“It wasn't until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance in life to do what I'm doing, which is inspire people to not give up.”

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

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

“I was lucky. I had boxing as an out.”