Quote Originally Posted by lance Uppercut
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Shannon Briggs was never a linear champ, not even close.

Holyfield beat Tyson in '96, and didn't lose again until he fought Lewis in '99. Briggs was never anything more than a paper champ, which is clearly evidenced by the a**kicking he took from Lennox.
So it was Tyson that beat Forman after Forman beat Moorer. Interesting; I always thought it looked like Shannon Briggs.
Shannon Briggs didn't beat Foreman until 3 years after Foreman beat Moorer. And during those three years, a lot happened.
Foreman barely beat Axel Shultz, then was stripped of his belt for refusing to give him a rematch. Then he fought some guy named Grimsley and then Lou Savarese. By the time he fought Briggs, Foreman was the WBU champ, that's it.

In the meantime, Tyson had come out of retirement, KO'd Seldon and Bruno for belts, and then Holyfield had beaten him twice to become heavyweight champ.
When Briggs beat Foreman in late '97, Holyfield was regarded as the heavyweight champ, and Briggs only had one minor belt. Briggs wasn't a linear champ.