Shannon Briggs

Depression is not a choice.

A doctor prescribed testosterone for depression and it truly helped me.

I truly, truly suffered depression, to the deep core.

I love London, it's a great place to be.

I love boxing, but there's a business side. I don't like a lot of people in the sport.

I hurt hard and I love hard.

I'd love to be in the Olympics and face Felix Savon again. But if I can't, I'll make the best of it. Life ain't over.

In a way, I'm fighting because of my mom. She wanted me to find something in my life.

It wasn't until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance in life to do what I'm doing, which is inspire people to not give up.

I myself had a rough life and it's been a struggle but I believe my gift is the ability to connect with everyone.

I had to fight in K-1 in Japan to make a living between fighting and doing commercial work over there, and it's been a roller coaster in a sense, but it's been a smooth one.

I feel like winning the title was a curse. It was something that I always wanted to achieve. I got it, but it didn't turn out the way I thought. The business side of it has not been very good.