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Jimmy Ellis vs Shannon Briggs — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jimmy Ellis

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Shannon Briggs

Jimmy Ellis (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Shannon Briggs (60-6-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ellis

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Briggs

60

Wins53 KO · 88%

6

Losses

1

Draw68 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Briggs leads 1–0

Jimmy Ellis and Shannon Briggs have met 1 time; Briggs leads 1–0.

Jimmy Ellis and Shannon Briggs have met 1 time; Briggs leads 1–0.
Met1994Mar 12Series
Jimmy EllisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Shannon BriggsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 2 · Briggs 4 of 6 measurable rows
EllisBriggs
Record†
1-160-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
90.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 53
1
53 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—88.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
88%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
2
68

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Jimmy Ellis: No height on file
Shannon Briggs: 6′4″
Reachnot held
Jimmy Ellis: No reach on file
Shannon Briggs: 80″
Agenot held
Jimmy Ellis: No date of birth
Shannon Briggs: 54
Stance
Jimmy Ellis: Not recorded
Shannon Briggs: Orthodox

Jimmy Ellis left, Shannon Briggs right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jimmy Ellis1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Jimmy Ellis: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Shannon Briggs60 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Shannon Briggs: 60 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (88%) and 7 on the cards (12%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 88%7 on the cards 12%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Ellis 2, Shannon Briggs 68 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Jimmy Ellis last boxed on Mar 12, 1994 — 11,918 days ago. Ellis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Shannon Briggs.WL

Tubbs Aug 1993Briggs Mar 1994

Shannon Briggs last boxed on May 21, 2016 — 3,812 days ago. Briggs had won nine straight, the most recent against Emilio Zarate.WWWWW

Phelps Aug 2014Carmack Nov 2014Petranyi Mar 2015Marrone Sep 2015Zarate May 20162.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Ellis and Shannon Briggs ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Ellis and Shannon Briggs met once on March 12, 1994, and Shannon Briggs won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LMar 12, 1994 · Briggs · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Briggs?
Jimmy Ellis is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Shannon Briggs is 60-6-1. Shannon Briggs has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ellis1–150%

Briggs60–6–190.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ellis or Briggs?
Jimmy Ellis has 1 knockout win and Shannon Briggs has 53. Shannon Briggs has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ellis1

Briggs5388.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Briggs have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Ellis and Shannon Briggs have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Briggs?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis and 68 bouts tracked for Shannon Briggs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis2bouts

Briggs68bouts

How They Win ↓

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