Bruce Strauss

Bruce Strauss
Born	Bruce Strauss (1952-02-06) February 6, 1952 Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Nationality	American
Other names	The Mouse
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Height	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	135
Wins	77
Wins by KO	55
Losses	53
Draws	5
No contests	0

Bruce Strauss (born February 6, 1952 in Yonkers, NY) is a retired boxer who is more known for his losses than for his wins. Sometimes he would use the alias of Ruben Bardot to obtain fights. His nickname was The Mouse.

Strauss was a boxing journeyman, title given to fighters who typically fight anyone and anywhere, often on short notice. Nevertheless, he became famous around boxing circles because of the number of fights he lost by knockout. Officially, he lost 28 fights by knockout, but it has been estimated that, combined with his fights using the Ruben Bardot alias, he might have actually lost more than 150 fights by knockout. He himself has made mockery of his knockout loss number, stating that he is probably the only boxer in history that has lost by knockout on every continent. In a 1990 Kayo boxing cards set, he posed while sitting on the canvas, with black make-up covering his eye, as he held on to a ring rope.

On June 1 of 1976, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Strauss debuted as a professional boxer, outpointing Gary Maiza after four rounds. His first official knockout defeat came at the hands of Mauricio Aldana, on January 10 of 1979 at Las Vegas. He also lost fights by knockout in Africa (Cameroon, South Africa), Europe (France, Germany, Italy), South America (Peru) and Oceania (Fiji). It is unclear whether he actually lost a fight by knockout in Australia or Asia under the Ruben Bardot alias.

Strauss fought a number of top challengers and world champions in the middleweight division, including Charlie Weir, Bobby Czyz, Eckhard Dagge, Al Ford, Billy Collins, Mike McCallum, Marlon Starling, Nino Gonzalez, Juan Jose Gimenez, David Braxton, Al Ford and Davey Hilton, among others. He also fought former World Lightweight Champion Harry Arroyo.

His last official fight was a six-round decision win over Terry Jesmer on November 24 of 1989 in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Strauss officially had a record of 77 wins, 53 losses and 5 draws (ties), with 55 knockout wins and 28 knockout losses.

In 1997, a movie was released based on his career entitled, "The Mouse" in which John Savage portrayed him. The film, which also starred Rip Torn, was written and directed by Daniel Adams, and had cameos from well known boxers Randall "Tex" Cobb, Ray Mancini, Vito Antuofermo, Vinny Pazienza and Sean O'Grady.

External links

• Boxing record for Bruce Strauss from BoxRec (registration required)