{"id":14743,"date":"2025-03-22T17:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T17:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tiara-brown-a-36-year-old-former-florida-police-officer-upsets-australian-skye-nicolson-to-win-wbc-featherweight-title\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T17:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T17:15:52","slug":"tiara-brown-a-36-year-old-former-florida-police-officer-upsets-australian-skye-nicolson-to-win-wbc-featherweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tiara-brown-a-36-year-old-former-florida-police-officer-upsets-australian-skye-nicolson-to-win-wbc-featherweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiara Brown, a 36-year-old former Florida police officer, upsets Australian Skye Nicolson to win WBC featherweight title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former police officer Tiara Brown became WBC world featherweight champion by beating Skye Nicolson in a split-decision victory on Saturday in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Brown took Nicolson&#8217;s belt when judges scored the bout 97-93 and 96-94 in her favor, with one judge scoring it 96-94 for Nicolson.<\/p>\n<p>Brown (19-0)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatchroomBoxing\/status\/1903399464423014905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dropped to the canvas in tears<\/a> when she was announced as the winner. 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