Brian Brunette boxer

Brian Brunette boxer
bouts
25
won
24
lost
1
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
super welterweight
Debut
1980-07-07
Height
5′ 10½″/179cm
Reach
69″/175cm
Age
-
Born
1958-03-26
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Brian Brunette is a retired junior middleweight professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota.Brunette is a member of the Brunette family of boxers, three brothers who are co-proprietors of Brunette's Boxing Gym in Saint Paul. Brian Brunette is the business manager for the gym.Brunette made his professional debut on July 7, 1980 with a second round knockout of Wayne Grant on the undercard of the Larry Holmes-Scott LeDoux match at Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. Brunette won his first 23 fights, 17 of them by knockout, including bouts with 63-43-3 Bruce Strauss and a majority decision win against 22-4 Gary Holmgren to take the Minnesota junior middleweight title before a crowd of 2,629.On September 6, 1986, Brunette squared off against undefeated champion (46-0) Patrizio Oliva in Campania, Italy for Oliva's WBA light welterweight title; Brunette lost by a TKO in the third round of a scheduled fifteen round bout, when, "Brunette’s manager--his brother, Tom--stepped into the fray to protect Brunette (23-1) from a hail of lefts and rights by Oliva (47-0)." Three months later Brunette returned to the ring for one last fight, defeating middleweight Billy Travers by fifth-round TKO. It was his final professional fight, as he retired at the age of 28. At the end of his career, Brunette had compiled a record of 24-1 with 18 wins coming by knockout.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1986-12-26 Billy Travers debut Key West High School, Key West WIN
Technical knockout
1986-09-06 Patrizio Oliva WWWWWW Palasport di Napoli di Furoi, Napoli LOST
Technical knockout
1986-05-13 Ezequiel Cocoa Sanchez LLWLWL Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington WIN
Technical knockout
1986-01-31 Lalo Gimenez debut Galt Ocean Mile Hotel, Fort Lauderdale WIN
KO
1985-12-26 Jim Freeman LL Turnberry Country Club, Miami Beach WIN
Technical knockout
1985-09-10 Steve Mitchell LLLWLL Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Saint Paul WIN
Unanimous decision
1985-05-29 Ken Larson WWWWWW Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville WIN
Technical knockout
1984-11-22 Rudy Fuentes WWWLLW Promenade Center Ballroom, Saint Paul WIN
KO
1984-08-08 Trevor Evelyn WLLLLL Saint Paul WIN
Unanimous decision
1984-03-13 Greg Collins LWDLLL Club Dimensions, Highland WIN
KO
1984-02-01 Gary Holmgren WWLWWW Promenade Center Ballroom, Saint Paul WIN
Majority decision
1983-12-08 Bruce Strauss LLLDLL Promenade Center Ballroom, Saint Paul WIN
Technical knockout
1983-10-26 Larry Mayes WWLLLL Saint Paul WIN
Technical knockout
1983-08-26 Billy Doyle LLLLLL Belcourt WIN
KO
1983-07-23 Mike Pollitt WLWLWD Gabe's By The Park, Saint Paul WIN
Technical knockout
1983-05-07 Steve Roake debut Fargo WIN
KO
1981-11-12 Tony Taylor LLLLLL Promenade Center Ballroom, Saint Paul WIN
Technical knockout
1981-05-06 Larry Ward LLLDWL Civic Center, Saint Paul WIN
Unanimous decision
1981-02-26 Nate Lenoir LLLLLL Promenade Center Ballroom, Saint Paul WIN
KO
1981-01-21 Charlie Peterson LLWLLL Promenade Center Ballroom, Saint Paul WIN
Unanimous decision
1980-12-09 Dale Gordon LLLLLL Packard Music Hall, Warren WIN
Points
1980-11-11 Darrell Miller LL Promenade Center Ballroom, Saint Paul WIN
Technical knockout
1980-09-23 Donnie Williams LW Atkinson Hotel, Indianapolis WIN
Technical knockout
1980-07-24 Darrell Miller debut St. James Civic Centre, Winnipeg WIN
KO
1980-07-07 Wayne Grant L Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington WIN
KO