BRIGGS CHASING BLOOD MONEY
There have been movie roles and endorsement deals, but nothing pays quite like boxing.
And for a guy who has aspirations of making “hundreds of millions of dollars,” Shannon Briggs only knows one way to do it.
“People want to see knockouts,” Briggs said yesterday at a midtown news conference.
“People want to see blood. They don’t care anymore if you can box for 12 rounds.
They don’t appreciate the art of the good boxer. They just want to see blood. They want to see a man decapitated. So I started training that way.” Briggs, the main event against an opponent to be determined at Gotham Boxing’s “Heavyweight Extravaganza” at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center on July 26, remains on the comeback trail in an attempt to recapture the world title.
Undefeated in his last 11 fights, Briggs is ranked second by the WBO and has glory in his sights. Dollar signs, too.
“I’m doing this for money,” he said. “This is a job. And for me to get the money that I want to get, I got to satisfy the people, the customers. I have to give them what they want, which is blood and knockouts.” Briggs (47-4-1) plans to fight once a month until he gets a shot at the title.
The Brooklyn native will headline the Gotham Boxing event next month in a doubleheader of heavyweight bouts with David Tua also fighting an opponent yet to be signed. Cindy Serrano, the undefeated 24-year old out of Brooklyn will appear on the undercard.


