If Bruno had gotten the shot at Michael Moorer instead Foreman in Nov 1994? Frank very rarely stopped anyone of late, Faded Carl Williams spring to mind, so if he didn't stop Moorer early, can anyone see him replicate Foreman? Whats Bruno chances of winning?
Bruno is stronger, but never could take a punch. Moorer at least had some durability. Moorer would stop Bruno within 7.
LOL, Moorer hit the deck against ham and eggers and was stopped by ONE punch from a Grandpa.......Bruno was never stopped by ONE punch.........Moorer is the definition of glass..............this guy was bounced around like a ping pong ball............Bruno never shid the bed like Moorer did against the one trick pony Tua who waxed him in 30 seconds or so. On paper Moorer should get a decision if he fights smart, but he aint smart as shown against the Fossil.........if Bruno lands the same shot as he did on Tyson in the first fight Moorer is out for the 1000 count. Bruno from the first Tyson fight stops Moorer.
I am sure Bruno would find a way to lose, but it is beyond me how. So with that logic I have to go for the Bomber.
This is one year on from Frank giving Lewis just about all he could handle until he got hit by a power shot that Moorer doesn't have in his arsenal at heavyweight? Without that big punch from Lennox, who knows what would have happened? Maybe Frank runs out of steam, maybe he doesn't, but he would have given Lewis a hell of a fright. This is the same time that Moorer got one-shotted by an arm punch and accomplished what was beyond some of the era's glassiest chins such as Morrison, Stewart, Savarese, Grimsley ie got knocked out by Foreman. Look at Foreman Mark 2's resume. Moorer stands out as the only name that he was able to put away despite really going after some of the division's less durable names. He just wasn't a very good heavyweight champion. Given his lacklustre showing in winning the title and his performance against Foreman, my question might be could Moorer have beaten Bruno in 94, based on the form he showed against both Holyfield and Foreman? For me - and I get that I have a higher opinion of Frank than many on this board - the answer's no. At some point, each would taste the other's best. I think Frank survives Moorer's. I don't think Moorer gets through Bruno's biggest punches. Not in 94 he doesn't. Not based on the two fights he had that year.
I like Frank, by Moorer being battered in to submission. This is one heavyweight champ that Frank could have faced an I'd have been comfortable making him a winner. His Jab, big right hand have Moorer getting hurt and busted up before the middle rounds. Bruno wtko 7.
The same fight, the same night, but without the title at stake Frank wins. The same fight, same night, but with the title at stake Moorer wins.
I liked Moorer, he was a good technical fighter & could punch but his chin was shaky, Bruno was physically strong & carried a heavy dig. On paper you would favour Moorer but he was starched on several occasions & something tells me Bruno catches him early & lights out.
No, Because Frank Bruno often petered out late in the fight. Moorer would have tired him out by boxing Bruno, taking him into late in the fight much the same way that Terrible Tim Witherspoon did in their July 19 1986 title bout.
Bruno would have a good chance in this one. Both are very good punchers and neither are Randall "Tex" Cobb.
Can not think of a more painful albeit interesting fight to watch- bit like when Moorer fought Bonecrusher.
