Leonard Bundu

Name: Leonard Bundu
Alias: The Lion
Hometown: Florence, Toscana, Italy
Birthplace: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 169cm
Reach: 174cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Olympic results

Bundu represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg). His results were:

• Round of 32 - Defeated Daniel Geale (Australia) 4-2
• Round of 16 - Lost to Daniyar Munaitbasov (Kazakhstan) 4-13

Other amateur achievements

• 1996 Silver Medalist Italian National Championships in Rome, boxing as a Light Middleweight (71 kg):
  • Final - Lost to Cristian Sanavia 6-16

• 1997 Gold Medalist Trofeo Italia in Naples, Italy, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg):
  • Final - Defeated Michele Simiele (Italy) WO

• 1997 Gold Medalist Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg):
  • Semifinal - Defeated Theodoros Kotakos (Greece)
  • Final - Defeated Laureano Leyva (Spain) 4-0

• 1997 competed at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg). His results were:
  • Round of 32 - Defeated Lyndon Hosking (Australia) 7-3
  • Round of 16 - Lost to Neil Gough (Ireland) 6-8

• 1998 Gold Medalist Trofeo Italia in Mestre, Italy, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg):
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated B.Hodzic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) RSC 2
  • Semifinal - Defeated Hector Reynaga (Mexico) 4-0
  • Final - Defeated Marian Simion (Romania) 4-3

• 1998 Gold Medalist Vaclav Prochazka Tournament in Ostrava, Czech Republic, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg):
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Jozsef Nagy (Hungary) 7-1
  • Semifinal - Defeated Aleksander Toczek (Poland) 8-2
  • Final - Defeated Peter Sutto (Slovakia) 3-2

• 1998 Gold Medalist Italian National Championships in Foggia, boxing as a Light Middleweight (71 kg):
  • Round of 16 - Defeated Antonio Diurno 26-14
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Claudio Perugino 14-4
  • Semifinal - Defeated Michele Gilardi 26-9
  • Final - Defeated Fabrizio Bergamini 17-2

• 1999 Bronze Medalist World Championships in Houston, USA, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg):
  • Round of 32 - Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus) 7-3
  • Round of 16 - Defeated Parkpoom Jangphonak (Thailand) 3-1
  • Quarterfinal - Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) 5-1
  • Semifinal - Lost to Juan Hernandez Sierra (Cuba) 5-7

• 2002 Gold Medalist Italian National Champs in Maddaloni, boxing as a Light Middleweight (71 kg):
  • Final - Defeated Francesco Rumignani RSCO 2

• 2004 Silver Medalist Italian National Champs in Maddaloni, boxing as a Welterweight (69 kg):
  • Final - Lost to Michele Cirillo 17-22

Titles Held

• Commonwealth (British Empire) Welterweight Title (2014)
• EBU (European) Welterweight Title (2011-14, 2016)
• WBA Inter-Continental Welterweight Title (2010)
• EBU-EU (European Union) Welterweight Title (2009)
• Italy Welterweight Title (2008)
• IBF Mediterranean Welterweight Title (2007)