Former Jamaican Olympian headlines Victoria boxing card
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Giant heavyweight Ricardo (Big 12) Brown, a former Jamaican Olympian now fighting out of Toronto, looks to add to his 7-0-0 pro record Saturday when he takes on Mexican boxer Miguel Angel Flores Gomez in Victoria.
Giant heavyweight Ricardo (Big 12) Brown, a former Jamaican Olympian now fighting out of Toronto, looks to add to his 7-0-0 pro record Saturday when he takes on Mexican boxer Miguel Angel Flores Gomez in Victoria.
The fight headlines the "Round 3” card at the Victoria Conference Centre at the Empress Hotel.
At six foot 7 1/2 and 275 pounds, Brown will stand out in a crowd. The four-time Jamaican national champion, who now makes his home in Brantford, Ont., competed at the Tokyo Olympics and won bronze at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
"He's a giant man," said promoter Jason Heit.
"I think Ricardo Brown is a name that we can expect to see making some big waves in the super-heavyweight division and get up there for some big-money fights," he added. "If we look at some of the Jamaican-Canadian (boxers like), there's obviously a real good track record there."
That list includes Trevor Berbick and Donovan (Razor) Ruddock. Lennox Lewis, a former Canadian Olympian and world champion, was born in England to Jamaican parents.
Brown, whose opponent Saturday is a 38-year-old with a 3-9-2 record, has won all seven fights by knockout.
