Tyrone Brunson

Name: Tyrone Brunson
Alias: Young Gun
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 177cm
Reach: 194cm
Pro Boxer: Record

• Trainer: James Walker

Amateur Career

• Tyrone Brunson won Pennsylvania Youth Silver Gloves, and Pennsylvania State Golden Gloves, but did not win a national tournament.
• The Web sites 'Fight News' and 'Sports Freak' claim his amateur record was 82-12.

Professional Career

• 19 consecutive first-round knockouts. Brunson broke the world record for consecutive first-round knockouts by Edwin Valero of Venezuela.
• Of Brunson's 19 bout first round knockout winning streak only one fighter in that streak had a winning record at the time, James Morrow, whose padded record was built on fighters with losing records as well. After losing to Brunson, Morrow would go 4-22-1.
• Brunson used to be promoted Lion Heart Boxing Productions, a United States boxing promotional company started in New Orleans, Louisiana, by Tax Attorney Edward B. Mendy. On July 9, 2007, Brunson signed with promoter Don King.
• In late 2007, Brunson filed for bankruptcy.
• In December 2009, he was floored for the first time, in the third round by future NABA light middleweight champion Carson Jones, who then attacked a confused Brunson on the ropes after he beat the count. Brunson, in a new situation, unable to make a style correction, got hit at will until the referee stopped the bout. Jones had discovered Brunson's critical weakness-dropping his left hand low after throwing a left jab-and capitalized on the flaw to expose Brunson as a limited fighter. Brunson tried but never regained his career momentum from that point.
• After losing to Carson Jones, between 2012 and 2015 Tyrone Brunson attempted and failed in five serious comeback attempts, losing to five solid winning fighters with a combined 93 wins, getting stopped three times, also losing an eight round decision and a ten round decision.
• Attempted yet another comeback in 2016, defeating Kermit Cintron but losing to Brandon Adams and Serhii Bohachuk before retiring