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 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.^[2]

On September 6, 1986, Brunette squared off against undefeated champion (46-0)^[3] 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)."^[4][5]

Three months later Brunette returned to the ring for one last fight, defeating middleweight 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.^[6]

Professional boxing record[]

24 Wins (18 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Loss (1 knockout, 0 decisions) [7]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	--		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.
Loss	46-0	Patrizio Oliva	TKO	3	06/09/1986	Napoli, Italy	WBA World Light Welterweight Title. Bout stopped at 2:38 of the third round after Brunette's manager jumped into the ring to protect fighter from punishment.
Win	32-12-2		KO	7	13/05/1986	Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
Win	--		KO	3	31/01/1986	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States	Lalo knocked out at 1:22 of the third round.
Win	0-2		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		UD	10	10/09/1985	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	15-2		TKO	2	29/05/1985	Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, United States
Win	13-2-1		KO	2	22/11/1984	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States	Fuentes knocked out at 1:10 of the second round.
Win	13-9-3		PTS	10	08/08/1984	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	0-3		KO	1	13/05/1984	Highland, Indiana, United States
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
Win	10-12-1		TKO	2	26/10/1983	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	0-9		KO	2	26/08/1983	Belcourt, North Dakota, United States
Win	9-4-2		TKO	4	23/07/1983	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	--		KO	2	07/05/1983	Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Win	4-16		TKO	5	12/11/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	2-7-2		PTS	8	06/05/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	0-5-1		KO	2	26/02/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	8-18-2	Charlie Peterson	PTS	6	21/01/1981	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Win	1-18		PTS	4	09/12/1980	Warren, Ohio, United States
Win	0-1		TKO	2	11/11/1980	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:06 of the second round.
Win	1-1		KO	1	23/09/1980	Atkinson Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Win	--		KO	2	24/07/1980	St. James Civic Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Win	0-1		KO	2	07/07/1980	Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

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