Brian Brunette
Brian Brunette is a retired junior middleweight professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Personal life
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.[1]
Professional career
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 split decision win against 22-4 Gary Holmgren to take the Minnesota junior middleweight title before a crowd of 2,629.[2]
On September 6, 1986, Brunette squared off 46-0 against Patrizio Oliva in Campania, Italy for the WBA light welterweight title; the referee stopped this fight in the third round of a bout scheduled for fifteen because of an accidental thumbing.[3] 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 24-0 with 18 wins coming by knockout.[3]
Professional boxing record
| 24 Wins (18 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Stopped due to accidental thumbing of Brunette's eye (0 knockout, 0 decisions) | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | -- | Billy Travers | TKO | 5 | 26/12/1986 |  Key West High School, Key West, Florida, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 0:28 of the fifth round. |
| Bout stopped by Referee due to accidental thumbing of Brunette's eye | 46-0 |  Patrizio Oliva |
Bout stopped | 3 | 06/09/1986 | Napoli, Italy |
WBA World Light Welterweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:38 of the third round due to accidental thumbing of Brunette's eye. |
| Win | 32-12-2 |  Ezequiel "Cocoa" Sanchez |
KO | 7 | 13/05/1986 |  Bloomington, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | -- |  Lalo Gimenez |
KO | 3 | 31/01/1986 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
Lalo knocked out at 1:22 of the third round. |
| Win | 0-2 | Jim "Preacher" Freeman |
TKO | 3 | 26/12/1985 | Turnberry Isle Resort and Club, Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the third round. |
| Win | 9-8 | Steve "Shrink" Mitchell |
UD | 10 | 10/09/1985 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 15-2 | Ken Larson |
TKO | 2 | 29/05/1985 |  Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, United States |
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| Win | 13-2-1 | Rudy Fuentes |
KO | 2 | 22/11/1984 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
Fuentes knocked out at 1:10 of the second round. |
| Win | 13-9-3 | Trevor Evelyn |
PTS | 10 | 08/08/1984 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 0-3 | Greg "Harper" Collins |
KO | 1 | 13/05/1984 | Highland, Indiana, United States |
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| Win | 22-4 | Gary Holmgren |
MD | 10 | 01/02/1984 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
Minnesota Light Middleweight Title. 97-97, 97-96, 96-95. "The Brawl for it All" in St. Paul is regarded as one of the Greatest Fights in the History of MN Boxing. |
| Win | 63-43-4 | Bruce Strauss |
TKO | 6 | 08/12/1983 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 10-12-1 | Larry Mayes |
TKO | 2 | 26/10/1983 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 0-9 | Billy Doyle |
KO | 2 | 26/08/1983 |  Belcourt, North Dakota, United States |
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| Win | 9-4-2 | Mike "The Spike" Pollitt |
TKO | 4 | 23/07/1983 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | -- | Steve Roake | KO | 2 | 07/05/1983 | Fargo, North Dakota, United States |
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| Win | 4-16 | Tony Akbar Taylor |
TKO | 5 | 12/11/1981 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 2-7-2 | Larry "Psycho" Ward |
PTS | 8 | 06/05/1981 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 0-5-1 | Nate Lenoir |
KO | 2 | 26/02/1981 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 8-18-2 | Charlie Peterson |
PTS | 6 | 21/01/1981 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
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| Win | 1-18 | Dale "Flash" Gordon |
PTS | 4 | 09/12/1980 |  Warren, Ohio, United States |
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| Win | 0-1 | Darrell Ned Miller |
TKO | 2 | 11/11/1980 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:06 of the second round. |
| Win | 1-1 | Donnie "American Idol" Williams |
KO | 1 | 23/09/1980 | Atkinson Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
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| Win | -- | Rocky Trampler |
KO | 2 | 24/07/1980 |  St. James Civic Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Win | 0-1 | Wayne Grant |
KO | 2 | 07/07/1980 | Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, United States |
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