Brian Brunette

Brian Brunette is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1986, challenging for the WBA light welterweight title in 1986.

Professional career

Brunette made his professional debut on July 7, 1980, with a 2nd-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.^[1]

On September 6, 1986, Brunette squared off against undefeated champion Patrizio Oliva in Campania, Italy for Oliva's WBA light welterweight title. Brunette lost via third-round technical knockout (TKO) in a scheduled fifteen round bout, when his manager threw in a towel to stop the bout.

Brian was managed and trained by his brothers and father.

Three months later Brunette returned to the ring for one last fight, defeating middleweight Billy Travers by 5th-round TKO. It was his final professional fight, as he retired at the age of 28 after sustaining an eye injury while preparing for a match in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1987. His record at the time of retirement was 24-1, with 18 wins coming by knockout.^[2]

He was managed by his brother Tommy and trained by his brother, Bob.^[1]

Professional boxing record

24 Wins (18 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Loss (1 knockout, 0 decisions) ^[2]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	--	Billy Travers	TKO	5	26/12/1986	Key West High School, Key West, Florida, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 0:28 of the fifth round.
Loss	46-0	Patrizio Oliva	TKO	3	06/09/1986	Napoli, Italy	WBA Light Welterweight Title. Bout stopped at 2:38 of the third round after Brunette's trainer threw in the towel.
Win	32-12-2	Ezequiel Sanchez	KO	7	13/05/1986	Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	--	Lalo Gimenez	KO	3	31/01/1986	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.	Lalo knocked out at 1:22 of the third round.
Win	0-2	Jim Freeman	TKO	3	26/12/1985	Turnberry Isle Resort and Club, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the third round.
Win	9-8	Steve Mitchell	UD	10	10/09/1985	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	15-2	Ken Larson	TKO	2	29/05/1985	Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, U.S.
Win	13-2-1	Rudy Fuentes	KO	2	22/11/1984	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.	Fuentes knocked out at 1:10 of the second round.
Win	13-9-3	Trevor Evelyn	PTS	10	08/08/1984	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	0-3	Greg Collins	KO	1	13/05/1984	Highland, Indiana, U.S.
Win	22-4	Gary Holmgren	MD	10	01/02/1984	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.	Minnesota Light Middleweight Title
Win	63-43-4	Bruce Strauss	TKO	6	08/12/1983	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	10-12-1	Larry Mayes	TKO	2	26/10/1983	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	0-9	Billy Doyle	KO	2	26/08/1983	Belcourt, North Dakota, U.S.
Win	9-4-2	Mike Pollitt	TKO	4	23/07/1983	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	--	Steve Roake	KO	2	07/05/1983	Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Win	4-16	Tony Akbar Taylor	TKO	5	12/11/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	2-7-2	Larry Ward	PTS	8	06/05/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	0-5-1	Nate Lenoir	KO	2	26/02/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	8-18-2	Charlie Peterson	PTS	6	21/01/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Win	1-18	Dale Gordon	PTS	4	09/12/1980	Warren, Ohio, U.S.
Win	0-1	Darrell Ned Miller	TKO	2	11/11/1980	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:06 of the second round.
Win	1-1	Donnie Williams	KO	1	23/09/1980	Atkinson Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Win	--	Rocky Trampler	KO	2	24/07/1980	St. James Civic Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Win	0-1	Wayne Grant	KO	2	07/07/1980	Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.

Personal life

Brian Brunette is married with two daughters and lives in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Since retiring from boxing, Brunetta has worked as a manager for his family's boxing gym. He has also received his pilot's license.

References

^ ^a ^b Moton, Tony (May 14, 1986). "Brunette knocks out Sanchez in Round 7". Star Tribune. p. 41. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Boxing record for Brian Brunette from BoxRec (registration required)

External links

Boxing record for Brian Brunette from BoxRec (registration required)

[star-1] Moton, Tony (May 14, 1986). "Brunette knocks out Sanchez in Round 7". Star Tribune. p. 41. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[rec-2] Boxing record for Brian Brunette from BoxRec (registration required)

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