Shannon Briggs Lineal Belt

MaccaveliMacc · Apr 10, 2026

Dubblechin said: ↑

Right. That's hilarious. I noticed that, too.

Either that photo is fabricated, or Marc Roberts, the bald guy in the photo and Briggs' manager at the time, just had one made up for the night.

That's not any organization's belt or a Ring belt (they didn't name champions in the 90s.)

Nobody had Lineal heavyweight champ on their belt in the 90s, and orgs don't bring belts with the challengers' names already on them in case he wins.

Fake photo or a prop, like the "king's crown" made of jewels Don King put on Mike Tyson's head when he won the HBO Tournament.

Seems fitting for a thread started on April Fools Day.
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The picture is from the March 1998 edition of The Ring Magazine and has a caption "Briggs cradles a belt emblematic of the linear heavyweight title he won by outpointing Foreman. Note that Briggs’ name is already engraved on the belt." So it's definitely not fake.

THE BLADE 2 · Apr 10, 2026

I do remember Briggs being the lineal champ. On the other hand, he clearly lost to Foreman.

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