Born in America and Raised in Canada into a fighting family, Bobby Gunn personifies what many would refer to as a graduate from the "School of Hard Knocks". His life has been one struggle after another, but through it all he has maintained a solid belief in himself and persevered against all odds. Very early on, Bobby was introduced to boxing as his first and only sport. It soon became a lifestyle. He started boxing at the tender young age of 6 and has been in the ring fighting ever since. Growing up, Bobby lived a truly nomadic lifestyle, traveling and residing all over the US and Canada. Bobby was a very successful amateur and won many tournaments.Bobby Gunn's professional career began in 1989 as a Junior Middleweight and after 4 short years he was a very respectable 11-2 with 8 knockouts, including a win over the well regarded Kirino Garcia who went on to fight for and win many titles. He also was able to avenge an early loss to Sergio Garcia by way of knockout and he appeared to be headed for a successful professional boxing career. Bobby also was fortunate enough to be invited into camps of World Champions including Iran Barkley, Michael Nunn, Julian Jackson, Mike McCallum, Marlon Starling and Virgil Hill. However, personal issues and injuries would lead to an extended absence from the professional ring. His mother, Jacqueline, passed away shortly after his last fight in 1993 and this proved to be a most trying time for the young Bobby Gunn. Bobby's mother was the driving force and motivator behind his boxing and with her gone he found it hard to continue. As he began to heal from the loss of his mother, he suffered a near career ending injury when he fell from a ladder while painting a house. His ankle was shattered and it did not completely heal for more than a year. Through these most challenging times, Bobby continued to train as he had done for the better part of his life.Fast-forward to 2004 and the former Junior Middleweight matured into a solid Cruiserweight. Instead of cutting weight, starving himself and fighting weak, Bobby decided that he would fight at his natural weight in what he refers to as his "second" professional boxing career. It proved to be a smart move. Bobby has improved his professional ledger to 16-2 with 13 knockouts and in the process has won the IBA World Cruiserweight Title, NABC Americas Cruiserweight Title, the WBE Cruiserweight World Title He has worked his way into the Cruiserweight World Rankings of the most prestigious sanctioning bodies in boxing, namely being ranked at #14 by the WBC and #15 by the WBO. The Canadian Boxing Federation also recognizes Bobby Gunn as the #1 Cruiserweight in Canada; Irish Boxing ranks him as the #1 Cruiserweight in Ireland; he is ranked at #5 by the NABA and #10 by Trans American Boxing.On April 7th, 2007 in front of 35,000 people, Bobby fought hard hitting Enzo Maccarinelli for the WBO Cruiserweight Title. The fight was controversially stopped during the first round as the referee halted the contest due to a cut on Bobby's nose. After losing to Maccarinelli, Gunn returned with a bang scoring two conescutive stoppages since his WBO title shot.On March 22nd 2008, Gunn was held to a contraversial draw in a fight that was changed from ten to six rounds at the last minute while his left eye socket was fractured from a headbutt by his opponet. Gunn finished the fight strong and showed a true warrior mentality.In his most recent fight, Bobby earned the IBC International and WBF Americas Cruiserweight Titles by stopping veteran James Morrow in the fifth round. His current record is 19-3-1 (16 KO's).His next fight will be announced shortly
Bobby is currently trained by Joe Rivera and Kyle White. His cut man is Mike Hopper.His Attorney is George Kokkalenios. Those interested in George's outstanding legal services can contact him by emailing
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