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Professional Career

Brown has been a contender in the Cruiserweight division since the late 1990s. He has unsuccessfully challenged for a world title three times; losing by stoppage to Vassiliy Jirov and Jean-Marc Mormeck, and by decision to O'Neill Bell. In his most recent bout on June 30, 2005, Brown lost a 5-round technical decision to Shane Swartz. Vassiliy Valeryvich Jirov (born April 4, 1974), better known in the boxing world plainly as Vassiliy Jirov, is a boxer who was born in Balgash, Kazakhstan, then still part of the Soviet Union. ... Jean-Marc Mormeck (born June 3, 1972 in Pointe-à-Pitre, France) is a French professionnal boxer. ...

Amateur Career

As an amatuer Brown represented Canada as a Light Heavyweight in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. His results were:

• Defeated Damidin Zul (Mongolia) RSC 2 (3:00)
• Lost to Torsten May (Germany) 1-7

A year before his Olympic stint Brown won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. He did the same at the 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. Torsten May (born October 9, 1969 in Glauchau, Saxony) was a German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... This article is about the Cuban city. ... The Mens 1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 7 to 16. ... Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ...

External Links

• Career record

Reference

• Canadian Olympic Committee