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[edit]

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.^[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 (his brother, Tom) stepped in to protect him from a hail of lefts and rights by Oliva.^[2] He received a reported $14,500 for the fight.^[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 with a record of 24-1 with 18 wins coming by knockout.^[4]

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

Professional boxing record[edit]

24 Wins (18 knockouts, 6 decisions), 1 Loss (1 knockout, 0 decisions) ^[4]
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 manager jumped into the ring to protect fighter from punishment.
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	SD	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[edit]

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.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^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.
^ "Patrizio Oliva of Italy, World Boxing Assn". Los Angeles Times. 7 September 1986.
^ "Brunette's dream dashed in three". Star Tribune. September 7, 1986. p. 43. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Boxing record for Brian Brunette from BoxRec (registration required)
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External links[edit]

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.

[2] "Patrizio Oliva of Italy, World Boxing Assn". Los Angeles Times. 7 September 1986.

[3] "Brunette's dream dashed in three". Star Tribune. September 7, 1986. p. 43. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

[rec-4] Boxing record for Brian Brunette from BoxRec (registration required)

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