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JERRY BROWN

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 Nickname: "Downtown"        Indiana's "Downtown" Jerry Brown turned professional on June 2, 1987 with a 3rd round tko over 24 fight veteran - George Reedy, and then followed that with a 7-fight win streak before tasting his first defeat at the hands of a much bigger Bill Robinson on the undercard of the Marlon Starling/Fujio Ozaki WBA Welterweight title bout held at the Atlantic City Convention Center. After that promising 8-0, 5 ko start, Brown stepped onto a pretty big stage only to taste an upset defeat. Brown followed his first loss with a draw, and then took his 2nd loss by decision to a young 1-0 midwest circuit upstart named Tim Dendy.  Starting 8-0 and then going 0-2-1, Brown's record now stood at 8-2-1.  Still promising and having shown plenty of good skills, Jerry battled on.       The popular Indiana fighter battled on and ran off a nice 6-0-1 streak fighting on local midwest Jerry Brown was a welcomed additon to every l...