Leon Bunn
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Leon Bunn (born 27 August 1992), is a German professional boxer, competing in light heavyweight.
Amateur career
Bunn's amateur record was 80/25/7 (won/lost/draw). 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.
- 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. 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.
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.
External links
- 2019-03-22 at the Wayback Machine