Have Melton Bowen and Shannon Briggs ever fought each other?

Yes. Melton Bowen and Shannon Briggs met once on April 15, 1997, and Shannon Briggs won by TKO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Bowen or Briggs?

Melton Bowen is 1-6 across the 7 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.

Who has more knockouts, Bowen or Briggs?

Melton Bowen has 1 knockout win and Shannon Briggs has 53. Shannon Briggs has more.

Do Bowen and Briggs have any common opponents?

Melton Bowen and Shannon Briggs share 1 common opponent: Craig Payne. Shannon Briggs fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bowen and Briggs?

This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Melton Bowen and 68 bouts tracked for Shannon Briggs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Melton Bowen vs Shannon Briggs — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Melton Bowen

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Shannon Briggs

Melton Bowen (1-6 across 7 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 1 common opponent.

Bowen

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Briggs

Wins53 KO · 88%

Losses

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

Melton Bowen and Shannon Briggs have met 1 time; Briggs leads 1–0.
Met	1997Apr 15	Series
Melton BowenFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Shannon BriggsFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR1Briggs vs Bowen	1Meeting

Briggs vs Bowen · Apr 15, 1997

The Numbers

Bowen 1 · Briggs 6 of 7 measurable rows

BowenEdge = longer wingBriggs

Record^†: 1-660-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 14.3%
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 5: 5
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 2.9: 1
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68: 7
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: Melton Bowen: No height on file; Shannon Briggs: 6′4″
Reachnot held: Melton Bowen: No reach on file; Shannon Briggs: 80″
Agenot held: Melton Bowen: No date of birth; Shannon Briggs: 54
Stance: Melton Bowen: Not recorded; Shannon Briggs: Orthodox

Melton Bowen 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

Melton Bowen1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Shannon Briggs60 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

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 — Melton Bowen 7, Shannon Briggs 68 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Briggs better on 11 shared · Shannon Briggs better on 1

BowenMelton Bowen

Opponent

BriggsShannon Briggs

Melton Bowen
Loss, TKO
1993Aug 1993
PayneCraig PayneUnited States 11–20–2 · HeavyweightBriggs betterShannon Briggs better — 1–0 to 0–1
Shannon Briggs
Win, UD
1995Jan 1995

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Melton Bowen last boxed on Apr 15, 1997 — 10,782 days ago. Bowen had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Jaco Jan 1993Tubbs Apr 1993Thunder Jul 1993Payne Aug 1993Briggs Apr 19971 tracked bouts per year

Shannon Briggs last boxed on May 21, 2016 — 3,806 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 Melton Bowen and Shannon Briggs ever fought each other?: Yes. Melton Bowen and Shannon Briggs met once on April 15, 1997, and Shannon Briggs won by TKO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Bowen or Briggs?: Melton Bowen is 1-6 across the 7 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.
Who has more knockouts, Bowen or Briggs?: Melton Bowen has 1 knockout win and Shannon Briggs has 53. Shannon Briggs has more.
Do Bowen and Briggs have any common opponents?: Melton Bowen and Shannon Briggs share 1 common opponent: Craig Payne. Shannon Briggs fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bowen and Briggs?: This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Melton Bowen and 68 bouts tracked for Shannon Briggs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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