Career
Because of her age, many consider her to be "the George Foreman of women"s boxing". Brown"s nickname, "Downtown", is both a homage to actress Downtown Julie Brown, and it also serves as name play, such as in the case of "Hannah The Vegas Fox". A native of Buffalo, New York, she now lives in Wappingers Falls, also a New York state city.
Brown was an award winning amateur boxer, winning the New York state golden gloves award before turning professional, on September 27.
1997, beating Judy Mayrand by a four round unanimous decision in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Her next bout was a six round unanimous decision loss at the hands of the noted Margaret Sidoroff.
Brown lost a ten round split decision, and her IFBA world title, to Aboro in Germany. Other boxers that defeated her during this period included Alicia Ashley, Kathy Williams and Lisa Brown (twice).
After defeating Renee Richardt, she was given another chance at the WIBF world Super Bantamweight title, flying over to Austria, where she lost to Esther Schouten by a ten round decision, on June 9, 2002.
That loss marked the beginning of another losing streak for Brown, as she lost her next three bouts as well. These included a defeat at the hands of Ada Vélez. She broke that streak with a fourth round knockout of Terri Cruz on April 23, 2004, in Denver, Colorado.
Leona Brown holds a professional boxing record of 13 wins and 14 losses, with 5 knockout wins.
