Frank Bruno's best wins

I'll agree with that Stevie, he absolutely blasted Gerrie to the floor, like no one else.
Tillis wasn't a bad win really. I know he was on the journey man road then, but he did take Tyson ten not long before, and Tillis had had enough by the time Frank's jab had smashed his face.

 

Bruno/Bugner was peak for me.


Sure, Bugner had seen better days, but he was in a good run of form, which made him a legitimate top 10/15 fighter at the time, and plenty thought he would beat the Bomber.


And yet Bruno came in confident, dominated from the start and stayed patient until his chance came.


Beating Coetzer in the 90s was another solid win to compare with Coetzee, Bugner and McCall.


Also, although not often talked about, stopping Tillis in five (Quick coming in having taken a young Tyson the distance) was also decent form.

 

His best wins were McCall, Coetzee, Bugner, Tillis, Coetzer, Brown, Cummings and Williams. Most of those guys were either past it or not very good but regardless, those are his top victories

 

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/best-five-wins-from-the-best-contenders.652797/ He’s on there

 

Frank’s best wins were losses.

 

Oliver McCall

Pretty clear cut this is his best win

Carl Williams

Williams was significantly past prime but still dangerous

Joe Bugner

Joe was also past prime but had put together a nice winning streak in his 1985-87 comeback

 

McCall
Coetzee
Bugner
Coetzer
Eklund

Nothing to write home about.

 

I'm a bit surprised his resume is this poor. He wasn't going to beat the Tyson's and Lewis's, but I do think he could have beaten some pretty good fighters

 

Hard to forget his first round stoppage of Chuck Gardner in Cannes. Shown live on the BBC, when they used to show boxing.

 

I think McCall and Bugner were good performances. As @Saintpat said, his best performances were losses against Tyson in the first fight, and Lewis. His win against Tillis was expected and came as no surprise.
His win against Coetzer wasn't bad, but Coetzer was there to be taken I think. Frank fought a particularly dirty fight though, rabbit punching and fouling constantly.

 

His whole career was a bit of a fraud.
But he did stay in great shape and trained hard and was incredibly determined so with that protective matchmaking he maintained his 'prime' for almost a decade and eventually picked up a world title.

 

With hindsight I remember my dad trying to suppress a laugh as the twelve year old TBooze expressed concern that Bruno might be in trouble, as Gardner looked like (and I am not making this up) a white Hagler!

 

Ouch; that put down I think might hurt Frank more than any Tyson combo or Lewis bomb!


His career was very well managed, they got every penny they could out of him, but it was on the level, I would not call it a fraud.