Brick City Boxing

By: Matt Yanofsky

I had the pleasure of speaking with IBA Cruiserweight Champion Bobby Gunn 16-2 13 KO’s. Gunn is currently campaigning for a world title shot in the near future. Gunn was also recently in talks to fight Thomas Hearns before a contractual issue. Fans can reach Bobby at TeamGunn.Com

MY: Bobby what’s up? Your fight with Shelby Gross was ruled a no contest. You dropped Shelby twice with the referee giving him an exceptionally long count. Gross’ post fight drug test was also not released. This fight was a high profile mess. What exactly happened?

BG: What happened was the most disgraceful thing I have ever. WBC President Jose Suliman uses this fight in his seminars as how NOT to referee a fight. The referee not even certified and lied about his credentials. The time I dropped him was for 14 seconds the second time was 19 and they never counted him out. He also hit me while I was on the ground eleven times! I tried for a rematch and could not get it.

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MY: You where scheduled to fight the legendary Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns. A victory for sure would have made you an everlasting name in the division. What happened with that fight?

BG: Couldn’t work it out with his people. They did not return my phone calls plain and simple.

MY: The Cruiserweight division has had a lot of top fighters such as O’Neil Bell, Jean Mark Mormeck, Steve Cunningham, and Enzo Maccarinelli. Who do you consider the cream of the crop and which of the elite would you like to fight most?

BG: All of the above. I am working on a fight with Maccarinelli this summer over in England it is in talks right now.

MY: You had an 11 year layoff from 1993-2002 what caused such a long layoff?

BG: I had seven or eights fights in that time that for some reason was not picked up. I fought and boxrec.com is not showing it! I also had managerial problems in the past.

MY: When are you looking to fight again?

BG: I am working with my team to fight in January and then defend my title in March. In June I would love to fight Maccarinelli for his WBO title.

MY: Bobby thanks for your time. What do you have to say to your fans and the readers at BrickCityBoxing.Com?

BG: You guys are a great site! Thanks for the support. I would more then anything love to bring the WBO Title back to Jersey! There are the guys that talk about it and do it and I am willing to do it! I’d also like to thank Kyle White my personal trainer who has got me into the best shape of my life he will be with me until the end.