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Frank Bruno vs Rudy Gauwe — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Frank Bruno

🇧🇪BELGIUM

Rudy Gauwe

Frank Bruno (40-5) and Rudy Gauwe (18-12-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Bruno

40

Wins38 KO · 95%

5

Losses

0

Draws45 tracked bouts

Gauwe

18

Wins12 KO · 67%

12

Losses

2

Draws32 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Bruno leads 1–0

Frank Bruno and Rudy Gauwe have met 1 time; Bruno leads 1–0.

Frank Bruno and Rudy Gauwe have met 1 time; Bruno leads 1–0.
Met1982Nov 9Series
Frank BrunoFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rudy GauweFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Bruno 7 · Gauwe 1 of 8 measurable rows
BrunoGauwe
Record
40-5 (edge)18-12-2
Win %0–100%
88.9% (edge)
59.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 38
38 (edge)
12
KO rate0–100%
95% (edge)
66.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
95% (edge)
67%
Times stopped†max 7
5 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.9
3.2
3.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
45
32

† 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

Height+1″
Frank Bruno: 6′3″ (edge)
Rudy Gauwe: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Frank Bruno: 82″
Rudy Gauwe: No reach on file
Age11 yrs apart
Frank Bruno: 64
Rudy Gauwe: 75
Stance
Frank Bruno: Orthodox
Rudy Gauwe: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Frank Bruno40 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Frank Bruno: 40 tracked wins — 38 by KO/TKO (95%) and 2 on the cards (5%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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

Rudy Gauwe18 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Rudy Gauwe: 18 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (67%) and 6 on the cards (33%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 67%6 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Frank Bruno 45, Rudy Gauwe 32 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Bruno better on 3

Bruno

Opponent

Gauwe

  • Frank Bruno

    Win, KO 4

    1985

    EklundBruno better

    Rudy Gauwe

    Loss, TKO 6

    1984

  • Frank Bruno

    Win, RTD 4

    1983

    LithgoBruno better

    Rudy Gauwe

    Loss, PTS

    1980

  • Frank Bruno

    Win, TKO 2

    1982

    MooreBruno better

    Rudy Gauwe

    1–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1981

    Loss, KO

    1978

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

Frank Bruno last boxed on Mar 16, 1996 — 11,175 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

Rudy Gauwe last boxed on Feb 11, 1985 — 15,226 days ago. Gauwe had lost five straight.LLLLL

Bruno Nov 1982Hartmann Feb 1984Krol Oct 1984Eklund Oct 1984Oetelaar Feb 19853.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Frank Bruno and Rudy Gauwe ever fought each other?
Yes. Frank Bruno and Rudy Gauwe met once on November 9, 1982, and Frank Bruno won by KO.
The meeting

WNov 9, 1982 · Bruno · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bruno or Gauwe?
Frank Bruno is 40-5 and Rudy Gauwe is 18-12-2. Frank Bruno has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Bruno40–588.9%

Gauwe18–12–259.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bruno or Gauwe?
Frank Bruno has 38 knockout wins and Rudy Gauwe has 12. Frank Bruno has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bruno3895%

Gauwe1266.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bruno and Gauwe have any common opponents?
Frank Bruno and Rudy Gauwe share 3 common opponents: Anders Eklund, Stewart Lithgo and Tony Moore. Frank Bruno fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Anders EklundWL

Stewart LithgoWL

Tony MooreW1–1

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Bruno or Gauwe?
Frank Bruno is the taller fighter at 190 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Bruno190 cm208 cm reach

Gauwe188 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bruno and Gauwe?
This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Frank Bruno and 32 bouts tracked for Rudy Gauwe. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bruno45bouts

Gauwe32bouts

How They Win ↓

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