Former DC Boxing Official Runs for Mayor!

If you live in the Beltway Boxing area, you probably know about this. I made it a more boxing-friendly article.

Michael A Brown, former vice chair of the District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission, has officially announced his intention to run for mayor of the Nation’s Capital.

The 40-year-old Brown served on the commission from 1996 until April of this year, when current DC Mayor Anthony Williams decided not to reappoint him to the position.

In recent years, Brown became the most visible figure on the commission, especially during the city’s attempts to give a boxing license to Mike Tyson in 2003 and to bring the Tyson-Lennox Lewis bout to DC in 2003. Brown’s efforts helped land Tyson in DC on June 11 of this year when Tyson lost to Kevin McBride.

Some reports speculated that it was the increased visibility Brown received that led to Brown’s removal from the commission by Mayor Williams, who has not ruled out the notion of seeking a third term.
Brown, son of the late Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown, is the managing partner of a government and public affairs firm that specializes in legislative and regulatory affairs, communications, government marketing and procurement.

This will be interesting to watch and I wonder how many times will Brown's willingness to bring Tyson to DC come up in debate situations. Brown will be facing folk during the campaign like current Ward 4 councilmember Adrian Fenty, who was totally against bringing Tyson here.

DC has had government outsiders become Mayors before (Sharon Pratt Kelly is the big example). Even though I am no political analyst, I think Michael Brown has a tough road ahead.