You hear about people balancing careers with boxing. Yet, it is the norm for 30-year-old ‘Mighty’ Brook Sibrian.
The undefeated professional boxer with only three and a half years of boxing experience recorded her second win this past weekend. It was a third-round knockout over Nikkia Williams on Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions, with the card taking place in Commerce, California. This improved her record to 2-0 (1 KO).
Many might assume the balance would be boxing with a union job. For Sibrian, she balances being a part of the Wall Street Journal with her dream of being a world champion.
“So I actually create and manage custom ads on our site,” said Sibrian when explaining what she does for the Wall Street Journal. “So those ads that pop up on the Wall Street Journal, I am a part of a team that creates them for clients. We work with Amazon, BMW, and all types of clients, but I am in the advertising space.”
“I am full-time [at the Wall Street Journal] and have an amazing, amazing team that supports my dream…so the great thing about it is we are a global company. Our clients are on the East Coast, all of Europe, everywhere, so I actually work throughout the day. I wake up at four am, and I handle my e-mails and assignments from four to six. I have to do it that way so the East Coast gets it right as they are logging on. I do my runs, come back, get in there, and then by two, I do my training, and afterward, I come back and do what I have to do. It’s manageable. It is all about time management and prioritizing things.”
She moved to California as she enjoyed boxing. She had taken classes at Rumble Boxing in New York and New Jersey. Little did she know that entering the 818 boxing gym would lead to something much more in her life.
“I went to this gym called 818 Boxing in San Fernando, and that is where there were active fighters, pro and amateur. So once I started there, I met my now fiancé, ‘Mega’ [Jose Soto].”
Jose Soto is a well-respected pro who serves every function for Sibrian: Trainer, fiancé, cook, and manager. Soto does it all. He even put his professional career to the side for Sibrian. Yet, it was a major opportunity he got in his career that would change both of their lives.
“Mega and I moved from Coachella to L.A. The reason was that Marcos Caballero, (Roman Gonzalez) Chocolatito’s trainer, had reached out to Mega and said, ‘Hey, he is in camp. Do you want to spar?’ He was like, ‘Of course, that’s my idol.’ We ended up going to Coachella every weekend for two months.”
“From then on, he did two or three more training camps. We were already living here and were taking part in all of it. We spent every day in the trenches of training and got really close. I didn’t even know who he was when I met him. Remember, I had no knowledge of boxing up until this point, and now, not only do I learn about him, but I am literally rubbing shoulders and training next to him. I was learning from him. So for me, I fell in love with his style, but he was obtainable for me. He was next to me. I think that also helped me [progress so fast].
One of her recent posts from a media workout saw the legendary and iconic champion, Roman Gonzalez, comment the following on her Instagram post. “Future Champion in the name of God,” said Gonzalez via translation.
“Once I started to train, I figured I might as well train to compete, and that is where the idea for the amateurs came. Once it got started, there is no going back; let’s see how far we can take this.”
Her amateur career was very short. In fact, it lasted two years, and she was a two-time USA Boxing national champion in 2022 and 2023. Her amateur record was 22-3. She was ranked as the number-one 114-pound fighter in her division. She also qualified to represent El Salvador in the Olympics. That is a lot, especially for someone new to boxing.
She credits her upbringing to the person who is currently succeeding in the sport. “It started young as my mom was a teenage mom. Honestly, Mega and I joke about this often that I am not even supposed to be here…she was a fighter in her own right and her own world, and I never took it for granted.”
Despite limited experience, ‘Mighty’ Brook checks all the boxes to be a breakout star, from knockouts to an eye-catching appeal to a compelling story that follows her. Her limit is herself and only that. Brook Sibrian is one to watch.
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