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. [ [http://www.hmongtoday.com/displaynews.asp?ID=2483 Display news ] ]

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. [ [http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1004866 Gary Holmgren vs. Brian Brunette - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia ] ]

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. [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=23261&cat=boxer Brian Brunette ] ] 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.

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