Leon Bunn

Leon Bunn (born 27 August 1992), is a German professional boxer, competing in light heavyweight.

Leon Bunn
Statistics
Weight(s)Light-Heavyweight
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
NationalityGerman
Born (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992
Frankfurt, Germany
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights21
Wins19
Wins by KO10
Losses2

Amateur career

Bunn's amateur record was 80/25/7 (won/lost/draw).[1] He won numerous federal and national championships. From 2011 to 2014 Bunn remained undefeated as a German division contender in German Boxing Bundesliga in 13 bouts, fighting for CSC Frankfurt and SV Nordhausen. In 2014 Bunn and his team SV Nordhausen won the German national team championship before he reached finals of the German national light heavyweight championship earning a second place by fight cancellation due to Bunn's cut injury from semi finals. In 2015 he reached finals again and succeeded to win the German national light heavyweight championship after already winning the prestigious international Chemistry Cup in Halle, which is an AIBA tournament of highest category, by defeating Switzerland's Uke Smajli.[2]

  • 11-times Champion of Hesse (2005–2015)
  • 2010: German Junior Champion of Olympic Boxing
  • German Division (Bundesliga)-Season 2011/2012: Undefeated in six bouts for CSC Frankfurt (2nd German Division)
  • German Division (Bundesliga)-Season 2012/2013: Undefeated in two bouts for SV Nordhausen (1st German Division)
  • German Division (Bundesliga)-Season 2013/2014: Undefeated in five bouts for SV Nordhausen (1st German Division)
  • 2014: Round Robin Tournament winner: Germany vs Russia. Award for best techniques
  • 2014: German Light Heavyweight Vice Champion
  • 2014: German Team Champion 1st division for SV Nordhausen
  • 2015: German Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 2015: Chemistry Cup International Light Heavyweight Champion

Pro career

Leon Bunn's professional debut took place on 3 December 2016 in Sofia, when he defeated his opponent Gordan Glisic by first round TKO. Bunn was signed by Sauerland Events and is coached by Ulli Wegner.

In 2017 Bunn also won his Sauerland debut and four more consecutive fights by KO.[3] In his sixth fight as a professional he defeated his opponent Tomasz Gargula (POL) in round 5 via TKO although he had a broken hand.

Bunn fought six times in 2018, including bouts in Norway and Croatia. Bunn was able to elaborate his professional record by five unanimous decisions and another TKO remaining unbeaten in all of his first twelve fights.

After fighting Viktor Polyakov in Koblenz on 16 February 2019 Bunn was announced to fight German contender Leon Harth for IBF's International Light Heavyweight title in Frankfurt's Fraport Arena on 4 May.[4]

Professional boxing record

21 fights 19 wins 2 losses
By knockout 10 2
By decision 9 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
21 Loss 19–2 Turkey Serhat Guler KO 10 (10), 1:10 3 Jun 2023 Germany Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany For vacant WBC International Silver light-heavyweight title
20 Win 19–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Slaviša Simeunović RTD 1 (8), 3:00 30 Apr 2023 Germany Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany
19 Loss 18–1 Republic of Ireland Padraig McCrory TKO 6 (12), 1:58 22 Oct 2022 Germany Fabriksporthalle, Frankfurt, Germany For vacant IBO light-heavyweight title
18 Win 18–0 Belgium Islam Teffahi KO 2 (8), 2:20 7 May 2022 Germany Sartory-Saal, Cologne, Germany
17 Win 17–0 Georgia (country) Iago Kiziria MD 8 3 Dec 2021 Germany Harzlandhalle, Ilsenburg, Germany
16 Win 16–0 Finland Timo Laine UD 8 26 Sep 2020 Germany Plazamedia Broadcasting Center, Munich, Germany
15 Win 15–0 Germany Enrico Kölling UD 12 2 Nov 2019 Germany Conlog Arena, Koblenz, Germany Retained IBF International light-heavyweight title
14 Win 14–0 Germany Leon Harth TKO 9 (10), 2:45 4 May 2019 Germany Fraport Arena, Frankfurt, Germany Won vacant IBF International light-heavyweight title
13 Win 13–0 Ukraine Viktor Polyakov UD 10 16 Feb 2019 Germany Conlog Arena, Koblenz, Germany
12 Win 12–0 France Yannick N'Galeu UD 8 1 Dec 2018 Germany Schwalbe Arena, Gummersbach, Germany
11 Win 11–0 Cameroon Emmanuel Feuzeu RTD 6 (8), 3:00 8 Sep 2018 Croatia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
10 Win 10–0 Ukraine Serhiy Demchenko UD 10 14 Jul 2018 Germany Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany
9 Win 9–0 Czech Republic Tomas Adamek UD 8 28 Apr 2018 Germany Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany
8 Win 8–0 France Maurice Possiti UD 8 17 Feb 2018 Germany Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
7 Win 7–0 Hungary Jozsef Racz UD 6 3 Feb 2018 Norway SØR Amfi, Arendal, Norway
6 Win 6–0 Poland Tomasz Gargula TKO 5 (6), 2:00 9 Sep 2017 Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
5 Win 5–0 Hungary Laszlo Ivanyi KO 5 (6), 2:16 17 Jun 2017 Germany Rittal Arena Wetzlar, Wetzlar, Germany
4 Win 4–0 Serbia Slobodan Culum TKO 2 (6), 2:44 28 Apr 2017 Bulgaria Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria
3 Win 3–0 Germany Viktor Kessler TKO 2 (6), 2:25 25 Mar 2017 Germany MBS Arena, Potsdam, Germany
2 Win 2–0 Poland Przemyslaw Binienda KO 2 (6), 1:46 21 Jan 2017 Denmark Struer Arena, Struer, Denmark
1 Win 1–0 Croatia Gordon Glisic TKO 1 (6), 2:58 3 Dec 2016 Bulgaria Armeets Arena, Sofia, Bulgaria

Personal life

Leon Bunn is a member of Frankfurt's internationally known fight club MMA Spirit, fighting for its box club Spirit Frankfurt. If not in Berlin Bunn is coached by his father Ralph.

References

  1. "Leon Bunn -178lbs :: MMA Spirit". www.mmaspirit.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09.
  2. "Chemistry Cup 2015 Final Report". 30 July 2015.
  3. "BoxRec: Leon Bunn".
  4. "Leon Bunn to face Leon Harth on May 4 in Frankfurt". www.worldboxingnews.net. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22.
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