Bobby Gunn

Bobby Gunn
Statistics
Nickname(s)	"The Celtic Warrior"
Rated at	Cruiserweight
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1973-12-25) December 25, 1973 Ontario, Canada
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	29
Wins	21
Wins by KO	18
Losses	6
Draws	1
No contests	1

Bobby Gunn (born December 25, 1973) is a retired boxer from Ontario, Canada.

Career

Gunn was born on December 25, 1973 in Ontario, Canada. His family emigrated from Ireland and Scotland. 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.

Shelby Gross Fight

On March 31, 2006, Gunn appeared en route to a first round knockout over Shelby Gross after decking him twice, however, a long-count by referee Fred Boges enabled Gross to make it out of the round. Gross knocked down Gunn in the second round and threw many illegal punches (which by rule, is a serious infraction and often gets the offender disqualified) when Gunn hit the canvas, breaking his eardrum in the process. Gross then dropped the disoriented Gunn twice more and was awarded a controversial technical knockout victory. Following the fight, Gross failed a drug test and the bout was ruled a no contest. Video of the Gunn-Gross bout has since been used at boxing conventions as an example of how not to officiate a match.^[1]

In his next bout, Gunn won the International Boxing Association Cruiserweight title with a seventh round stoppage of Shannon Landberg to set up a match with World Boxing Organization champion Enzo Maccarinelli. Gunn showed his devastating punching power throughout the fight as he hurt Landberg during each round, and the damage was too much for the fighter to withstand. On April 7, 2007, Gunn was defeated in the opening round via TKO by Maccarinelli.^[2]

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), 6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 Draw, 1 No Contest
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	52-18-2	Glen Johnson	UD	8	18/12/2013	Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Loss	73-7-3	James Toney	RTD	5	07/04/2012	Lander's Center, Southaven, Mississippi	IBU World Heavyweight Title. Gunn did not come out for the sixth round.
Loss	37-1	Tomasz Adamek	RTD	4	11/07/2009	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey	IBF World Cruiserweight Title. Gunn did not come out for the fifth round.
Win	11-2	Brad Gregory	TKO	4	25/02/2009	Medieval Times, Lyndhurst, New Jersey	WBC USNBC/WBA NABA Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:14 of the fourth round.
Win	16-4	Shelby Gross	TKO	3	20/11/2008	Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona	WBC USNBC/IBC Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 3:02 of the third round.
Win	11-10-2	"Jammin" James Morrow	TKO	5	12/07/2008	Bernie Robbins Stadium, Atlantic City, New Jersey	IBC Intercontinental Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:17 of the fifth round.
Draw	12-3	Cory Phelps	PTS	6	22/03/2008	Fort McDowell Casino, Fountain Hills, Arizona	58-56, 56-58, 57-57.
Win	20-14	Benito Fernandez	KO	2	25/08/2007	Robert E. Lee High School, Springfield, Virginia
Win	0-5	Elija Dickens	RTD	1	09/06/2007	ABC Sports Complex, Springfield, Virginia	Dickens did not come out for the second round.
Loss	25-1	Enzo Maccarinelli	TKO	1	07/04/2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	WBO World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the first round.
Win	58-11-3	Shannon Landberg	TKO	7	16/09/2006	LCO Casino, Hayward, Wisconsin	IBA World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:36 of the seventh round.
No Contest	16-3	Shelby Gross	NC	2	31/03/2006	Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee	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	3-26-1	Jimmy Garrett	KO	1	06/12/2005	Omni New Daisy Theater, Memphis, Tennessee
Win	9-3-1	Jeff Holcomb	TKO	5	02/06/2005	Tennessee State Fairgrounds arena, Nashville, Tennessee	Referee stopped the bout at 0:41 of the fifth round.
Win	0-1	Earl Kirkendall	TKO	1	25/02/2005	Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee	Referee stopped the bout at 1:33 of the first round.
Win	2-8	Leon Hinnant	TKO	1	11/12/2004	Greensboro, North Carolina	Referee stopped the bout at 2:33 of the first round.
Win	--	Rafael Reyes	KO	1	26/03/1993	Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Win	4-5	Martin Lopez	KO	1	19/12/1992	La Paz, Baja California Sur
Loss	3-3-1	James Rivas	PTS	4	12/06/1992	Casa Grande, Arizona
Win	2-0-1	Sergio Garcia	KO	1	24/03/1992	Palenque del Hippodromo, Tijuana, Baja California
Loss	--	Sergio Garcia	TKO	2	16/08/1991	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	--	Gary Chavez	TKO	1	12/03/1991	Phoenix, Arizona
Win	2-4	Jose Cataneo	PTS	6	18/12/1990	Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona
Win	0-4	Alberto Garcia	TKO	3	14/11/1990	Phoenix, Arizona
Win	7-4	Ty Horne	TKO	4	02/11/1990	Phoenix, Arizona
Win	--	Troy Standley	TKO	1	28/09/1990	Tucson, Arizona
Win	--	Quirino Garcia	TKO	3	27/04/1990	Tucson, Arizona
Win	--	Jerry Booth	PTS	4	07/07/1990	Tucson, Arizona
Win	0-1	Richard Palma	PTS	4	28/04/1989	Tucson, Arizona

Return to bare-knuckle boxing

On Friday, August 5, 2011 Gunn fought Richard Stewart in the first sanctioned bareknuckle boxing match since 1889.^[3][4] 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.

Further reading

• Makinde, Adeyinka (2010). Boxing now and then=iUniverse Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4502-0637-2. 

External links

• Boxrec.com statistics

References