A current Beltway Boxer and a local boxing legend recently received wonderful honors.
Undefeated Washington, DC featherweight "The Dark Menace" Tiara Brown, a member of the DC Metropolitan Police Department, was chosen as the 2019 Police Officer Of The Year. Originally from Fort Myers, FL, Brown moved to the DC area six years ago and worked as a youth boxing counselor. She joined the DC police force in 2015.
As a boxer, Brown was a talented amateur, winning three gold medals at the USA National Championships and a gold at the Women's World Championships in China in 2012. Brown also participated in the most recent Olympic Trials. Brown is undefeated as a pro with a record of 7-0, five KO's and has stopped her last three opponents, including a fourth-round stoppage of former world champion Dahiana Santana on December 8th in Bowie, MD.
Former Undisputed World Heavyweight champion Hasim "The Rock" Rahman, Sr. is one of the newest members of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Baltimore, MD, Rahman, Sr. has had a home in Las Vegas for many years. Rahman, Sr. (50-9-2, 41 KO's) made his pro debut in Vegas in October of 1994, knocking out Gregory Harrington in the first round and fought five times in the state. Rahman, Sr. will always be remembered for engineering one of the greatest upsets in boxing history when he knocked out Lennox Lewis in the fifth round to win the Undisputed World Heavyweight championship on April 22, 1991 in Carnival City, Brakpan, South Africa.
Rahman, Sr. will join the likes of Bernard Hopkins, Ronald "Winky" Wright (who was born in DC, but fought out of Florida), Joel Casamayor, Juan Manuel Marquez, Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez, Terry Norris, Vinny Paz and Wayne McCullough when he gets inducted during a two-day event on August 9th and 10th in Las Vegas.
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