Career
Brunette made his professional debut on July 7, 1980 with a second round knockout of Wayne Grant on the undercard of the Larry Holmes-Scott LeDoux match at Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. On September 6, 1986, Brunette squared off 46-0 against Patrizio Oliva in Campania, Italy for the WBA light welterweight title. The referee stopped this fight in the third round of a bout scheduled for fifteen because of an accidental thumbing.
Three months later Brunette returned to the ring for one last fight, defeating middleweight Billy Travers by fifth-round TKO. lieutenant was his final professional fight as he retired at the age of 28.
At the end of his career, Brunette had compiled a record of 24-0 with 18 wins coming by knockout.
