Bobby Gunn
Bobby Gunn | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | The Celtic Warrior |
Weight(s) | Cruiserweight |
Nationality | Canadian |
Born |
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | December 25, 1973
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 32 |
Wins | 23 |
Wins by KO | 20 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No contests | 1 |
Bobby Gunn (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian professional boxer and undefeated bareknuckle boxer.
Career
Gunn was born on December 25, 1973 in Ontario, Canada into an Irish traveller family from the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Gunn would make a name for himself in the Canadian amateur scene. He had a successful amateur career that spanned seven years. Gunn made his professional boxing debut on April 28, 1989 Tucson, Arizona, winning by unanimous decision over Richard Palmer. In his third pro bout, Gunn stopped future titlist Quirino Garcia in the third round. He would go on to win eight of his next ten fights, before an 11-year hiatus from professional boxing, although he did compete in more than 60 bare-knuckle bouts.
He resurfaced in 2004 and knocked out four straight foes before competing in one of the most notorious matches of the last decade. Gunn came back in 2017 in a fight against Roy Jones Jr but was stopped in the eighth round.
Gunn Fires Back
Gunn then put together a solid six-bout unbeaten streak, including a third round stoppage in a rematch against Gross, where he won three different titles. He once again found himself in the limelight on July 11, 2009 when he challenged Ring Magazine and International Boxing Federation champion Tomasz Adamek. Although he was a big underdog against the pound for pound rated Adamek, Gunn hung in tough and had moments of success, but his night was once again cut short. Although the referee admitted after the bout he would have let him continue, ringside physician decided Gunn had taken too many clean punches and stopped the bout following the fourth round.
Professional boxing record
21 Wins (18 knockouts, 3 decisions), 7 Losses (5 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw, 1 No Contest | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 21-7-1-1 | TKO | 8 | 02/17/2017 | WBF World Cruiserweight Title | ||
Loss | 21-6-1-1 | UD | 8 | 18/12/2013 | |||
Loss | 21-5-1-1 | RTD | 5 | 07/04/2012 | IBU World Heavyweight Title. Gunn did not come out for the sixth round. | ||
Loss | 21-4-1-1 | RTD | 4 | 11/07/2009 | IBF World Cruiserweight Title. Gunn did not come out for the fifth round. | ||
Win | 21-3-1-1 | TKO | 4 | 25/02/2009 | WBC USNBC/WBA NABA Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:14 of the fourth round. | ||
Win | 20-3-1-1 | TKO | 3 | 20/11/2008 | WBC USNBC/IBC Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 3:02 of the third round. | ||
Win | 19-3-1-1 | TKO | 5 | 12/07/2008 | IBC Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:17 of the fifth round. | ||
Draw | 18-3-1-1 | PTS | 6 | 22/03/2008 | 58-56, 56-58, 57-57. | ||
Win | 18-3-0-1 | KO | 2 | 25/08/2007 | |||
Win | 17-3-0-1 | RTD | 1 | 09/06/2007 | Dickens did not come out for the second round. | ||
Loss | 16-3-0-1 | TKO | 1 | 07/04/2007 | WBO World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the first round. | ||
Win | 16-2-0-1 | TKO | 7 | 16/09/2006 | IBA World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:36 of the seventh round. | ||
No Contest | 15-2-0-1 | NC | 2 | 31/03/2006 | IBA World Cruiserweight Title. Referee awarded gross a TKO victory after he knocked Gunn down and continued to punch him. Decision was vacated after Gross also failed a drug test after the bout. | ||
Win | 15-2 | KO | 1 | 06/12/2005 | |||
Win | 14-2 | TKO | 5 | 02/06/2005 | Referee stopped the bout at 0:41 of the fifth round. | ||
Win | 13-2 | TKO | 1 | 25/02/2005 | Referee stopped the bout at 1:33 of the first round. | ||
Win | 12-2 | TKO | 1 | 11/12/2004 | Referee stopped the bout at 2:33 of the first round. | ||
Win | 11-2 | Rafael Reyes | KO | 1 | 26/03/1993 | ||
Win | 10-2 | KO | 1 | 19/12/1992 | |||
Loss | 9-2 | PTS | 4 | 12/06/1992 | |||
Win | 9-1 | Sergio Garcia | KO | 1 | 24/03/1992 | ||
Loss | 8-1 | Sergio Garcia | TKO | 2 | 16/08/1991 | ||
Win | 8-0 | Gary Chavez | TKO | 1 | 12/03/1991 | ||
Win | 7-0 | PTS | 6 | 18/12/1990 | |||
Win | 6-0 | TKO | 3 | 14/11/1990 | |||
Win | 5-0 | TKO | 4 | 02/11/1990 | |||
Win | 4-0 | TKO | 1 | 28/09/1990 | |||
Win | 3-0 | TKO | 3 | 27/04/1990 | |||
Win | 2-0 | Jerry Booth | PTS | 4 | 07/07/1990 | ||
Win | 1-0 | Richard Palma | PTS | 4 | 28/04/1989 |
Return to bare-knuckle boxing
On Friday, August 5, 2011 Gunn fought Richard Stewart in the first sanctioned bareknuckle boxing match since 1889.[1][2] Gunn defeated Stewart with a KO in round 3, winning the vacant heavyweight bareknuckle boxing title. Four months later, Gunn defended his bareknuckle crown, stopping Ernest Jackson in less than nine minutes.
References
- ↑ Mastro, Tim (13 August 2011), "Fistful of Danger", The News Journal
- ↑ Bonner, Stayton Bobby Gunn's Battle to Bring Bare-Knuckle Fighting Out of the Underground Rolling Stone. May 21, 2016
Further reading
- Makinde, Adeyinka (2010). Boxing now and then. iUniverse Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4502-0637-2.