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Bruce Strauss (born February 6, 1952 in Omaha,
Nebraska) is a former Boxing|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 amount
of fights he lost by knockout. Officially, he lost
an amount of twenty eight 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 in every
continent. Strauss apparently does not mind
mockery at his expense: 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. This was cleary a pose and not a
photo from a fight, as he looked straight into the
camera when the photo to be used for the trading
card was taken.

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, Nevada|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.

To his credit, 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
(boxer)|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, and a boxer who was also named
Howard Stern (boxer)|Howard Stern.

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 76 wins, 53
losses and 5 draws (ties), with 54 knockout wins
and 28 knockout losses. His 54 knockout wins did
place him in boxing's exclusive group of fighters
with 50 or more wins by knockout.