{"id":155166,"date":"2025-09-19T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155166\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:10:08","slug":"brown-and-gongora-make-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155166\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown and Gongora Make Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brown and Gongora Make Weight<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The Bayou Music Center will host Tiara Brown\u2019s first defence of her WBC featherweight world title.<\/p>\n<p>Tiara Brown weighed 145 pounds.<br \/>\n\u00a0Ema Gongora weighed 145 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Tiara \u201cDark Menace\u201d Brown<br \/> Tiara Brown became WBC featherweight world champion on March 22, 2025, after defeating Australian Skye Nicolson by split decision. With this victory, Brown reached the pinnacle of women\u2019s boxing in her division, showcasing exceptional technique and resilience. Before becoming a world champion, she achieved significant victories on the international circuit, solidifying her reputation as one of the top fighters from the United States. During her reign, she ranked among the best in the WBC featherweight standings, leaving a lasting mark on the history of women\u2019s boxing and demonstrating her ability to defend her title against top-level challengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Emma \u201cValkyria\u201d Gongora<\/p>\n<p>Emma Gongora won the WBC Francophone title in April 2022, defeating Marija Zivkovic by unanimous decision in Marseille. This victory allowed her to stand out in European boxing and gain international recognition. Throughout her career, Gongora successfully defended her regional title, demonstrating consistency and discipline inside and outside the ring, which positioned her as one of the top fighters in her division. In September 2025, she challenged Tiara Brown for the WBC featherweight world title, aiming to break into the global elite and consolidate her career as a champion across different levels of competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_164213\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"164213\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brown and Gongora Make Weight \u00a0 \u00a0The Bayou Music Center will host Tiara Brown\u2019s first defence of her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-155166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}