Leonard Bundu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | The Lion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rated at | Welterweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reach | 174 cm (69 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Freetown, Sierra Leone |
21 November 1974 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonard Bundu (born 21 November 1974) is an Italian professional boxer. He has held multiple regional welterweight championships, including the European title twice between 2011 and 2016; the European Union title from 2009 to 2010; the Commonwealth title in 2014; and has challenged once for the WBA interim welterweight title in 2014. As an amateur, Bundu won a gold medal in the light-welterweight division at the 1997 Mediterranean Games; welterweight bronze at the 1999 World Championships; and represented Italy at the 2000 Olympics, where he reached the second round of the welterweight bracket.
Bundu won his first major amateur medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari, winning gold in the light-welterweight division. This was followed up with bronze at the 1999 World Championships in Houston. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Bundu fought in the welterweight division, losing to Daniyar Munaytbasov in the second round. Bundu also represented his native Sierra Leone at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, where he won bronze in welterweight division.