Have Barry Funches and Frank Bruno ever fought each other?

Yes. Barry Funches and Frank Bruno met once on May 31, 1983, and Frank Bruno won by TKO in round 5.

Who has the better record, Funches or Bruno?

Barry Funches is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Frank Bruno is 40-5. Frank Bruno has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Funches or Bruno?

Barry Funches has 1 knockout win and Frank Bruno has 38. Frank Bruno has more.

Do Funches and Bruno have any common opponents?

Barry Funches and Frank Bruno share 1 common opponent: Carl Williams. Frank Bruno fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Funches and Bruno?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Barry Funches and 45 bouts tracked for Frank Bruno. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Barry Funches vs Frank Bruno — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Barry Funches

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Frank Bruno

Barry Funches (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Frank Bruno (40-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Funches

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bruno

Wins38 KO · 95%

Losses

Draws45 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Bruno leads 1–0

Barry Funches and Frank Bruno have met 1 time; Bruno leads 1–0.
Met	1983May 31	Series
Barry FunchesFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Frank BrunoFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR5Bruno vs Funches	1Meeting

Bruno vs Funches · May 31, 1983

The Numbers

Funches 2 · Bruno 5 of 7 measurable rows

FunchesEdge = longer wingBruno

Record^†: 1-440-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 20%
88.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38: 1
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —95%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
95%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 3 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.2: 1.6
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45: 5
45

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held: Barry Funches: No height on file; Frank Bruno: 6′3″
Reachnot held: Barry Funches: No reach on file; Frank Bruno: 82″
Agenot held: Barry Funches: No date of birth; Frank Bruno: 64
Stance: Barry Funches: Not recorded; Frank Bruno: Orthodox

Barry Funches left, Frank Bruno right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Barry Funches1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Frank Bruno40 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

38 by KO/TKO 95%2 on the cards 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barry Funches 5, Frank Bruno 45 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Bruno better on 11 shared · Frank Bruno better on 1

FunchesBarry Funches

Opponent

BrunoFrank Bruno

Barry Funches
Loss, TKO
1982Jun 1982
WilliamsCarl WilliamsUnited States 30–10 · HeavyweightBruno betterFrank Bruno better — 1–0 to 0–1
Frank Bruno
Win, TKO
1993Apr 1993

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Barry Funches last boxed on May 31, 1983 — 15,846 days ago. Funches had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Esa Apr 1980Ocasio Oct 1980Tate Oct 1981Williams Jun 1982Bruno May 19831.6 tracked bouts per year

Frank Bruno last boxed on Mar 16, 1996 — 11,173 days ago. Bruno had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Mike Tyson.WWWWL

Ferguson Mar 1994Marin Feb 1995Evans May 1995McCall Sep 1995Tyson Mar 19963.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Barry Funches and Frank Bruno ever fought each other?: Yes. Barry Funches and Frank Bruno met once on May 31, 1983, and Frank Bruno won by TKO in round 5.
Who has the better record, Funches or Bruno?: Barry Funches is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Frank Bruno is 40-5. Frank Bruno has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Funches or Bruno?: Barry Funches has 1 knockout win and Frank Bruno has 38. Frank Bruno has more.
Do Funches and Bruno have any common opponents?: Barry Funches and Frank Bruno share 1 common opponent: Carl Williams. Frank Bruno fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Funches and Bruno?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Barry Funches and 45 bouts tracked for Frank Bruno. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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