The term legacy is a word that has become attached to a boxer’s work, and on Saturday night, November 30 at the Tale of Garcia 4 event, Mayweather Promotions junior middleweight Joseph Brown will continue the first phase of his boxing journey when he faces ​come. Carlo Ricci at the ACX1 Studios in Atlantic City, streaming live on DMDb.com.
The extremely talented rookie sensation Joseph Brown will compete inside the squared circle for the third time this year. Saturday night on Swift Promotions Tale of Garcia 4 fight card, Brown’s plan is to showcase his skills, make a definitive statement and collect win number four.
Joseph Brown, nicknamed “The Prodigy”, was born in Vero Beach, Florida, and a short time later his family moved north to Canada. At age 6, Brown’s father began training him in various combat sports. As an amateur boxer, Joseph Brown achieved the second fastest knockout in amateur boxing history.
The world record for the fastest amateur boxing knockout is held by Mike Tyson, as he stopped his opponent in 8 seconds. Joseph Brown stopped his opponent in 10 seconds. During an interview with Empire Boxing Productions podcast, Brown talked about his historic 10-second stoppage victory.
“I just remember I threw like a double jab and stepped back, and he came in, and I threw a check hook, and then he kind of like, it shook him, he wobbled from it, and then I jumped him until the ref came in and stopped it.”
Joseph Brown’s father, Martin Brown, has been his head coach since day one. Martin had some dreams that eventually became their reality. In the Joseph Brown documentary series The Prodigy-Episode 1: Manifested, Martin Brown talked about the few dreams he had.
“I had a dream when Joseph was seven that one day Floyd was going to sign him, and in the dream I saw a period of ten years.” Martin went on to say, “When he was 10, I had another dream that Jeff Mayweather was going to train him.”
When his son was 13, Martin decided to reach out to Jeff Mayweather via social media. They talked, and Martin continued to send Jeff boxing material from his son. A few months later, Joseph Brown traveled to Las Vegas to train with Jeff Mayweather.
Brown started fighting as an amateur for the Mayweather Boxing Club and he won two national titles. Joseph Brown had a legendary amateur career as his overall combat sports record was 67-0. Between boxing and kickboxing, he won a total of six national titles and he won a world championship in Muay Thai.
Joseph Brown initially planned to compete in the Olympics, but when he found out the minimum age to compete had been raised to 19, he decided to turn pro. Brown went on to sign with Mayweather Promotions, and at the age of 17, he made his debut in October 2023.
The 6’2″ junior middleweight Joseph Brown has stepped into the ring three times and he has won all three fights by way of knockout. Brown is a well-rounded fighter who is put together, he has the ring intelligence, good punch placement, knows how to control the distance, and he has good punching power.
Now 18-year-old Joseph Brown is a talented but humble boxer who doesn’t use the art of trash talking. Brown has this quiet type of confidence, and instead of being vocal, he prefers to let his hands do the talking.
When it comes to career accomplishments and leaving a legacy, Brown has set lofty goals for himself. He wants to box for about ten years, and over the course of those ten years he believes he should be able to win several world titles.
Once his planned time as a boxer expires, Brown wants to switch to MMA and win a world title. If successful, Joseph Brown will be the first male to achieve this feat. Female boxer Holly Holm won the WBA welterweight title in 2006, then nine years later she made the move to MMA and won the UFC bantamweight title.
Joseph Brown is a young, ambitious talent who believes his combat sports career will be classified as historic. He will continue to build the foundation for his pursuit of greatness on Saturday night at the Tale of Garcia 4.
