Career
"Bad" Bennie fought from 1962 to 1982, and retired with a career record of 66 wins (53 by KO) 24 losses and 5 draws. Briscoe was a top-rated Middleweight contender during the 1970s, unsuccessfully challenging for the World Title on three different occasions. His record reads like a "who"s who" list of prominent fighters from his era.
Briscoe had a standout career as an amateur, compiling a record of 70–3 (Source: The Ring, September 1963).
Bennie fought Middleweight champions Marvin Hagler, Vito Antuofermo, Rodrigo Valdez, Emile Griffith and Carlos Monzón. He also fought and defeated future light-heavyweight champions Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Vicente Rondon, plus middleweight contenders Joe Shaw, Tom Bethea, Carlos Marks, Rafael Gutierrez, Charley Scott, Billy "Dynamite" Douglas, George Benton, Jose Gonzales (twice), Art Hernandez, Tony Mundine, Stanley "Kitten" Hayward, Juarez DeLima, Eugene "Cyclone" Hart and Tony Chiaverini.
Bennie was known for his toughness, strong punch and body punching. Briscoe was outpointed by former welterweight and middleweight king Emile Griffith in their first match, but fought Griffith to a draw in a rematch.
He was outpointed by future middleweight champions Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofermo.
Bennie also fought Rodrigo Valdez three times. Briscoe was one of the most feared middleweights of his era. In 2003, he was named to the The Ring"s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
His final record was 66-24-5 with 53 knockouts and one Number Contest.
Briscoe fought with the Star of David on his boxing trunks in tribute to his managers, first Jimmy Iselin, whose father Philosophy owned the New York Jets, and Arnold M. Weiss. Bennie Briscoe died on December 28, 2010.