Featherweight Tiara Brown. Picture credit score: Getty Photos
After practically two years out of the ring, Tiara Brown got here again in model.
The unbeaten featherweight picked up a fifth-round knockout of beforehand unbeaten Jenifer Martinez (2-1), in Tijuana, Mexico, on October 29.
The scheduled six-round combat marked Brown’s first since splitting with promoter Lou DiBella and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 33-year-old, who additionally serves as a police officer with the Fort Myers Police Division in Florida, it was a breath of recent air.
“It was actually simply superb simply to step foot into the ring once more,” she informed The Ring. “I by no means stopped coaching [despite the hiatus] and I confirmed that within the ring. I’m open to combating in Tijuana once more.”
Brown (11-0, 7 KOs) saved it brief on DiBella however was respectful.
“I simply don’t perceive why I used to be shelved,” she informed The Ring. “I by no means understood that, particularly when a few of his different feminine fighters have been getting fights through the pandemic. However that’s over with.”
Brown made headlines final yr when she resigned from the Metropolitan Police Division of the District of Columbia after the loss of life of George Floyd by the hands of now-incarcerated Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, which triggered nationwide protests.
Whereas her shifts have elevated in hours to some capability, Brown is one way or the other nonetheless in a position to sustain together with her boxing routine.
“Earlier than [when I worked at the Metropolitan Police Department], I used to be juggling 10-11-hour shifts. Now a few of my shifts have lasted so long as 16 hours.”
When Brown last spoke with The Ring, she was actually within the technique of transferring again to the Sunshine State, the place she was trying ahead to working together with her group in a extra constructive method than what she skilled in Washington DC.
“I’m attempting to get on the suitable path and what God has deliberate for me,” she acknowledged in October of final yr. “I identical to to assist individuals.”
We requested Brown, who was born in Fort Myers, if she believed her return to the police pressure was an indication from God.
“Sure, I imagine it’s. To be a light-weight in a world that appears to be overcome with darkness.”
Whereas she is “The Darkish Menace” contained in the ring, Brown lives a lifetime of humility outdoors of the squared circle. We requested her if there have been any fighters she was keen to name out. Nonetheless she is eager on dealing with her enterprise in another way.
“I don’t identify drop as a result of I’d hate to miss a great opponent the identical means individuals overlook me when identify dropping,” she admitted, “however I’m very a lot trying ahead to combating the most effective names in my division.”
