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12 Facts About Bobby Gunn

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Bobby Gunn was born on Robert Williamson, December 25,1973 and is a Canadian former professional boxer and bareknuckle boxer who competed from 1989 to 2017 and twice challenged for a world title.

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Bobby Gunn would make a name for himself in the Canadian amateur scene.

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Bobby Gunn had a successful amateur career that spanned seven years.

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Bobby Gunn made his professional boxing debut on April 28,1989, Tucson, Arizona, winning by unanimous decision over Richard Palmer.

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Bobby Gunn 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.

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Bobby Gunn resurfaced in 2004 and knocked out four straight foes before competing in one of the most notorious matches of the last decade.

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Bobby Gunn came back in 2017 in a fight against Roy Jones Jr but was stopped in the eighth round.

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Bobby 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.

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Bobby Gunn found himself in the limelight on July 11,2009, when he challenged Ring Magazine and International Boxing Federation champion Tomasz Adamek.

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On Friday, August 5,2011, Bobby Gunn fought Richard Stewart in the first sanctioned bareknuckle boxing match since 1999.

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Bobby Gunn defeated Stewart with a KO in round 3, winning the vacant heavyweight bareknuckle boxing title.

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Four months later, Bobby Gunn defended his bareknuckle crown, stopping Ernest Jackson in less than nine minutes.