The term legacy is a word that has become attached to a boxer’s body of work, and on Saturday night November 30th at the Tale of Garcia 4 event, Mayweather Promotions junior-middleweight Joseph Brown will continue the first stage of his boxing journey when he faces Carlo Ricci at the ACX1 Studios in Atlantic City, streaming live on DMDb.com.
The immensely talented rookie sensation Joseph Brown will be competing inside of the squared circle for the third time this year. On 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.
Nicknamed “The Prodigy,” Joseph Brown was born in Vero Beach, Florida, and a short time later, his family moved up north to Canada. At the age of 6, Brown’s dad started training him in multiple combat sports. As an amateur boxer, Joseph Brown scored 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 spoke 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 kinda like, it rocked him, he wobbled from that, and then that’s when I jumped on him until the ref came in and stopped it.”
Joseph Brown’s father, Martin Brown, has been his main coach since day one. Martin had a pair of dreams that eventually became their reality. In the Joseph Brown documentary series The Prodigy-Episode 1: Manifested, Martin Brown spoke about the pair of dreams he had.
“I had a dream when Joseph was seven that Floyd was going to sign him one day, and in the dream, I saw a span 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 proceeded to send Jeff boxing footage of his son. A few months later, Joseph Brown traveled down to Las Vegas to train with Jeff Mayweather.
Brown started fighting for the Mayweather Boxing Club as an amateur 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.
Initially, Joseph Brown planned on participating in the Olympics, but when he found out the minimum age to compete was 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 back in October 2023.
The 6’2″ junior-middleweight Joseph Brown has stepped inside the ring three times and he won all three fights by way of knockout. Brown is a well-rounded fighter who is composed, he has the ring intelligence, good punch placement, knows how to control the distance, and he has good punching power.
The now 18-year-old Joseph Brown is a talented but humble boxer who doesn’t utilize the art of trash talking. Brown has this quiet type of confidence, and instead of being vocal, he prefers to let his hands do all the talking.
When it comes to career achievements and leaving a legacy, Brown has set lofty goals for himself. He wants to box for approximately ten years, and during the course of those ten years he believes he should be able to win multiple world titles.
Once his planned time as a boxer expires, Brown wants to crossover to MMA and win a world title. If successful, Joseph Brown will be the first male to accomplish this feat. Female boxer Holly Holm won the WBA welterweight title in 2006, and then nine years later, she crossed over 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 chase for greatness on Saturday night at the Tale of Garcia 4.
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