Sydney – Tira Brown, former police officer, won the WBC weight champion by beating Sky Nicholson in a divided victory on Saturday.
The 36-year-old won the Nichosson belt when judges were in his favor by 97-93 and 96-94, one of whom scored 96-9
Brown (19-0) fell to the canvas when he was announced as the winner. It was the first professional defeat to Nickolson (12-1), which was Australian.
Brown was an officer in the Great Police Department in Washington, DC, and recently for the Fort Maures Police Department in his hometown Florida.
Fort Mayres PD had been lucky to have Brown lucky, before the 10-minute game, on Instagram that “has always been a warrior – both inside and outside the ring.
Brown is a boxing coach in the Fort Merce Police Sports Course.
From Rengside to the broadcaster Dazen, Brown shouts to God and his hometown of Fort Maures, saying it has been “to more than 20 years like this moment.
The new champion said he was still not focusing on the next game.
“I like the choice, my choices are good, (but) I just want to go home now and eat some cups and some cookies and look at some cartoons,” Brown said.