Jim Briggs

Name: Jim Briggs
Hometown: Panama
Birthplace: Barbados
Died: 1932-11-11
Height: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Jim Briggs was a black middleweight/light-heavyweight from Barbados. He weighed 150-170 lbs. He began boxing about 1912. Before coming to Panama he is said to have had these fights, so far unverified:

Kid Young, W Pts 10; 
Ragtime Bill, W Pts 10; 
Cyril Barclay, W ko  2; 
Kid Young, W tko 3; 
Clifford Marshall, W ko  4; 
Battling Prince, W Pts 10; 
Kid Johnson, W ko 3; 
Ragtime Bill, W ko  5; 
Festus Martinez, W ko  5; 
Battling Prince, W Pts 10; 
Black Gunboat Smith, L Pts 20; 
Clifford Marshall, W ko  5; 
Gerald Best (sometimes called Young Roughhouse Ware), L ko  3; 

He is supposed to have fought in Jamaica in 1926 and possibly met Sam Langford in Mexico as many as three times in 1924, losing in six, losing by knockout in 8, and again by knockout in 4.

Scheduled to meet Eliseo Quintana in Jamaica on Nov 22, 1926, postponed to Dec -- Quintana and Briggs never fought. Quintana pulled out with an illness and was later sued by the promoter of the fight for monies given for training expenses.

• Managers listed as Juan Copeland, Nathaniel Henriques.