Bobby Gunn

Bobby Gunn
Statistics
Nickname(s)	"The Celtic Warrior"
Rated at	Cruiserweight
Nationality	Canadian
Born	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

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

1. THE MUTT VS. THE PEDIGREE | Boxing News - Boxing, UFC and MMA News, Fight Results, Schedule, Rankings, Videos and More
2. Enzo Maccarinelli vs Bobby Gunn - YouTube
3. Mastro, Tim (13 August 2011), "Fistful of Danger", The News Journal
4. Bonner, Stayton Bobby Gunn's Battle to Bring Bare-Knuckle Fighting Out of the Underground Rolling Stone. May 21, 2016