5'7" Tiara Brown, was born
on June 1, 1988, and is a resident of Washington DC.
As an amateur, Brown was a three-time gold medalist at the USA
Boxing National Championships, a gold medalist at the 2012
Women’s World Championships in China, and a participant in the
2015 Olympic Trials, before turning pro in September 2016.
WBAN covered Tiara's
participation in the first-ever Olympic Trials that took place
in Spokane, Washington where she was vying for being one of 36
female boxers to go to the 2012 Olympics.
She made her pro debut on September 30, 2016, at the Sphinx
Club, in Washington DC, where she fought Khadija Sanders,
134½, also making her pro debut, and KO'd [1:13 seconds] Sanders
in the first round of a scheduled four round bout. She
weighed in lower than Sanders at 128¼.
On March 25, 2017, at the UDC
Physical Activities Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
Brown, 129¼, 2-0-0 (1KO), won her second pro fight by winning a
four-round unanimous decision over Natalie King, 132¼, now
0-7-0, of Wilson, North Carolina.
On August 12, 2017, at the Howard
Theatre, in Washington, DC, Brown, 133¼, fought veteran warriors
Tammy Franks, 133¼, in a four round bout, stopping her by
TKO in the second round.
In a rematch with Natalie King,
on November 18, 2017, at the Merrick Recreation Center,
Washington, District of Columbia Brown, 132.5, won a four-round
unanimous decision over King, 132.4.
On June 30, 2018, at the Sphinx
Club, in Washington DC, Brown, 132, defeated Brittany Cruz, 133,
by TKO [1:49], in the fifth round that was scheduled for six
rounds.
On September 22, 2018, at the
Bowie State University, in Bowie, Maryland,
Brown, 131½, won by a fourth round RTD [2:00] over Jasmine
Clarkson, 132¼. The bout was scheduled for six rounds.
On December 9, 2018, at the A.C. Jordan Arena on the campus of Bowie State
University, in Bowie, Maryland, In an action-packed junior lightweight female bout
featuring Tiara Brown, of Bladensburg, Maryland, facing
road-warrior veteran and former IBF Featherweight world
champion, Dahiana Santana, of the Dominican Republic.
In the first round the two appeared to be filling each other
out, but from the second round until the end of the fourth
round, it was filled with a continued action with Brown
appearing to be the sharper of the two. Santana went for
many body shots throughout the fight, with the fourth round not
faring well for her as she appeared to have not been punching as
sharply, and she held on to Brown, where the ref gave her a
standing eight-count, taking a point away from her. When
the bell rang after the fourth round, Santana did not return for
the fifth round. They announced the fight as a TKO in the fourth
round. The bout was scheduled for eight rounds.
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On May 18, 2019, at the
Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington, District of
Columbia, Brown, 129¾, won by a sixth round TKO over Angel
Gladney, 133¼. The bout was schedule for ten rounds.
On October 24, 2019, at the
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex, Brooklyn, New York, Brown,
129.5, won an eight-round majority decision over Vanessa
Bradford, 128 1/4. In a second bout on the card lightweight
Melissa St. Vil, 133.5, won a six-round unanimous decision over
Dahiana Santana, 136 3/4.
On December 7, 2019, at the
Dulles Sportsplex, Sterling, Virginia, Brown, 129, won an
eight-round unanimous decision over Simone Aparecida Da Silva,
127. Final judges scores were 80-72 on all cards.
On October 24, 2019, at the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex,
Brooklyn, New York, Brown, 129.5, won an eight-round majority
decision over Vanessa Bradford, 128 1/4.
On December 7, 2019, at the
Dulles Sportsplex, Sterling, Virginia, Brown, 129, won an
eight-round unanimous decision over Simone Aparecida Da Silva,
127. Final judges scores were 80-72 on all cards.
On October 29, 2021, at the Big
Punch Arena, in Tijuana, Mexico, Brown, 130, won by a fifth
round TKO over Jenifer Martinez, 127 3/4. The bout was
scheduled for six rounds.
On June 30, 2023, at the Club
Mauricio Baez, Santo Domingo, Brown, 126, won an eight round
majority decision over Liliana Martinez, 126.
On February 17, 2024, at the Club
La Pradera, Carmen de Apicala, Brown, 130, made it a short
night by winning by a first round TKO [1:10] over Angi Romero,
126 3/4, in a scheduled six-round bout.
More on Brown's Background....
Brown is a former police officer
with the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. She
resigned from the force in 2018.
Brown told RingTV in an exclusive interview the following:
“To be honest, I resigned because I don’t believe the department
is ready for the change that needs to be made."
She had the hope when of engendering positive change in her
community. However, after the death of George Floyd at the hands
of now-fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Brown
said, “enough was enough.”
Brown is currently signed with Dibella Entertainment.
DiBella Entertainment has a number of female boxers under
contract, including Heather Hardy, Alicia Napoleon, Shelly
Vincent and Amanda Serrano. Brown will also join two other
Beltway Boxers –Alantez Fox and Demond Nicholson — under the
DiBella banner.
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