Brian Brunette
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Brian Brunette is a retired junior middleweight professional boxer
from Saint Paul
, Minnesota
.
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.
On September 6, 1986, Brunette squared off 46-0 against Patrizio Oliva
in Campania
, Italy
for the WBA
light welterweight title, losing by knockout in the third round of a bout scheduled for fifteen. 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.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Saint Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
.
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.Professional career
Brunette made his professional debut on July 7, 1980 with a second round knockoutKnockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
of Wayne Grant on the undercard of the Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes is a former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin....
-Scott LeDoux
Scott LeDoux
Alan Scott LeDoux, "The Fighting Frenchman," was a politician, professional heavyweight boxer, professional wrestler and referee.-Boxing:...
match at Met Center
Metropolitan Sports Center
The Met Center was an indoor arena that stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The arena, which was completed in 1967 just to the north of Metropolitan Stadium, seated 15,000. It was best known as the home of the Minnesota North Stars of the NHL from 1967-1993...
in Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota in Hennepin County. Located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, Bloomington lies at the heart of the southern...
. Brunette won his first 23 fights, 17 of them by knockout, including bouts with 63-43-3 Bruce Strauss
Bruce Strauss
Bruce Strauss is a former boxer who is more known for his losses than for his wins. Sometimes he would use the alias of Ruben Bardot to obtain fights. His nickname was The Mouse....
and a split decision win against 22-4 Gary Holmgren
Gary Holmgren
Gary Holmgren, alias The Hammer, is a retired light middleweight professional boxer from Hastings, Minnesota.-Professional career:Holmgren made his professional debut on May 15, 1974 with a first-round knockout win against Milton Buckley in St Paul, Minnesota...
to take the Minnesota junior middleweight title before a crowd of 2,629.
On September 6, 1986, Brunette squared off 46-0 against Patrizio Oliva
Patrizio Oliva
Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional....
in Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
for the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
light welterweight title, losing by knockout in the third round of a bout scheduled for fifteen. Three months later Brunette returned to the ring for one last fight, defeating middleweight Billy Travers by fifth-round TKO
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
. 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.