Siarhei Liakhovich vs. Shannon Briggs was a professional boxing match contested on 4 November 2006, for the WBO heavyweight championship.

[1] Following his capture of WBO title in a slugfest with Lamon Brewster, Siarhei Liakhovich agreed to make his first defence against former Lineal Heavyweight Champion Shannon Briggs.

[3] Briggs, who was on a 11 fight win streak (all by stoppage) since his 2002 loss to Jameel McCline, had last fought for a world title eight and half years earlier when he was stopped in five rounds by Lennox Lewis.

He beat the count but Briggs followed it up with three more punches and about to throw another when Liakhovich fell through the ropes without being hit, which prompted the referee to wave it off.

At the time of the stoppage Liakhovich led on all three scorecards 106–103, 106-103 and 105–104, meaning if he had made it back into the ring after the final knockdown he would have retained the title with a majority draw.