Cedric Kushner will formally announce the launching of his new boxing promotional company, Gotham Boxing, on Tuesday, April 25 in New York. The first fight card has been appropriately titled “The Premiere” and will feature former world title challenger Shannon Briggs on May 24 at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center. Briggs, a native of Brooklyn, has won ten straight contests, all by stoppage, and is world rated in the heavweight division at #7 WBC, #11 WBA, #6 WBO and #10 IBF
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