Tiara Brown
{{Short description|American boxer (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox boxer
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1988|6|1|df=y}}
|birth_place=Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
|nickname=The Dark Menace
|weight=Featherweight
|height=5ft 7ins
|style=Orthodox
|boxrec=775470
|wins=19
|KO=11
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport|Women's amateur boxing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|IBA Women's World Boxing Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2012 Qinhuangdao|Featherweight}}
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Tiara Brown (born 1 June 1988) is an American professional boxer. She has held the WBC female featherweight title since 22 March 2025.
Career
A gold medalist at the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/oct/08/us-boxing-tiara-brown-broke |title=US boxing champion is broke, but far from broken |website=theguardian.com}}{{cite web|url=https://athlonsports.com/boxing/the-unbreakable-spirit-of-tiara-brown |title=The Unbreakable Spirit Of Tiara Brown |website=athlonsports.com}} Brown had won her first 18 professional fights, including 11 knockouts, by the time she challenged WBC female featherweight champion Skye Nicolson at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia, on 22 March 2025.{{cite web|url=https://ringmagazine.com/en/news/tiara-brown-on-skye-nicolson-she-fights-very-amateurish-her-style-is-very-amateur |title=Tiara Brown on Skye Nicolson: She Fights Very Amateurish, Her Style is Very Amateur |website=ringmagazine.com}} She won the fight by split decision with the judges' scores reading 97–93, 96–94 and 94–96.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/tiara-brown-scraps-her-way-to-upset-split-decision-over-skye-nicolson |title=Tiara Brown scraps her way to upset split decision over Skye Nicolson |website=boxingscene.com}}{{cite web|url=https://ringmagazine.com/en/news/skye-nicolson-vs-tiara-brown-result-sydney-australia-dazn |title=Tiara Brown Stuns Skye Nicolson, Wins Split Decision To Claim WBC Featherweight Title |website=ringmagazine.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/44357365/former-cop-tiara-brown-wins-women-wbc-featherweight-title |title=Former cop Tiara Brown wins women's WBC featherweight title |website=espn.co.uk}}
Personal life
Brown is a former police officer at the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. and the Fort Myers Police Department.
References
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{{Footer World Womens Amateur Champions Featherweight}}
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Category:American women boxers
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:World Boxing Council champions
Category:Sportspeople from Fort Myers, Florida
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