Tyrone Brunson, 18-0, 18 straight knockouts, 18 all inside the first round?

Question

The kid fights tomorrow on the under card of the previous two questions, has anyone ever started a boxing career with 19 first round knockouts in a row? If Brunson gets number 19 in the first round is this a boxing first? I think it would be the first time a fighter started that fast and that hard.

Answer 1

thats huge 18 straight ko's in 1st round.... a very talented boxer can only do that..

Answer 2

Great record but that is all it is a record. We wont know anything until he steps up and starts fighting against people with winning records, for me someone who has 18 1st rnd KO's on the bounce has to of been matched completely incorrectly, he may have a nice looking record but how much experience is he gaining by being put in with fighters who cant last more than a round. Even Tyson had started going against people who could last a few rounds by that stage in his career.

Answer 3

He is currently tied with the WBA super featherweight titleholder, Edwin Valero for the most first round knockouts in row with 18.  If he gets another one tomorrow (which he should since the guy he is fighting has a record of 3-14) then he will be the record holder for most first round KOs in a row with 19.

Yes, it is impressive, but I think only one or two of the guys that he has fought so far has had a winning record.  After 18 fights he should be stepping it up at least a little bit.  I'm not saying go out and fight the champ yet, but at least start to fight guys with winning records.  Once he does this, we'll see if he can keep knocking them out in the first round, and THEN we can really talk about him after we see how much talent he truly posesses.

Edit: He is now the current record holder with 19 first round KOs in a row- he did what was expected of him, but now lets see if he can do it against someone with a pulse!

Answer 4

Never see him fight...but now that you mention him, I will watch the undercard tomorrow.

Answer 5

Edwin Valero has him tied, but to me it doesn't matter when he is knocking out relative nobodies and/or people who never fought before. I think the more impressive start to a career was Mike Tyson's start. He knocked out like 20 of his first 20 and most of them within the first few rounds. He was fighting real fighters.

Answer 6

I knew nothing of him before, thanks for the heads up. I would think that'd HAVE to be a record. But 6 of the 18 (1/3rd) never fought before. Out of the remaining 12, 11 have a 50/50 or less win ratio. His next opponent is 3-14-0 ... I wonder who'll win.

It's definately rare if not an all out record. But before I jump on the bandwagon, let's see him in a real fight. Alot of times unbeaten fighters (especially "KO artists") let it get to their heads (Naz', Tyson, Trinidad) and when they taste defeat they die inside. Also, 1 round fights maybe impressive. But what can he do in round 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ... against good/great fighters?

He's definately a good prospect, Vargas and Reid were too. But he does need to step it up to stepping stone fights.

Maybe Joppy-Brunson or Sturm-Brunson would be better.

But Blog, at the end of the day, records don't mean "S". I am not fact checking, but Marciano got the title at 42-0 right? 49-0 would mean more if he won it in under 30 fights like Holyfield, Ali, Lewis, and Tyson.

He (Brunson) can KO 50 nobodies in a row in round 1 ... I don't care.

Answer 7

Wow, thanks for bring this Brunson fellow to my attention. I had never heard of him, but I will be on a look out for him, now.

Anyway, Mark-Andrew is correct. Edwin Valero also had 18 straight KO's in the first round. He almost got away with 19 in a row, since his 19th knockout came in the second round.

Answer 8

give the man a primetime fight!

Answer 9

His Opponents Have A Combined Record Of  50 Wins -100 Losses.  Probably Has been Done By Someone At Some Time

Answer 10

You got me interested for a second then I noticed that only one of his opponents had a winning record at the time and that was James Morrow who is 3-9 since his fight with Brunson.

I personally don't think it should count as a record when your 17th fight is against someone who has never fought before. You have a Russian boxer like Alexander Povetkin who is 15-0 and has already beaten Eddie Chambers, Chris Byrd, Larry Donald and for his 6th fight took on a fighter who was 17-1. Then you have a an American fighter like Tyrone Brunson - sad if you ask me. Tyrone Brunson's opponents have a total of 63 wins cumulative and 108 losses. Six of the fighters never fought before.  Povetkin's opponents have won 282 and lost 62. I give a lot more credit to Valero's record but thanks for the information I will be rooting against him now lol :o)