Frances Ngannou Vs Frank Bruno

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Who wins and how

  1. Bruno KO/TKO

    83.7%
  2. Frances KO/TKO

    9.3%
  3. Bruno Decision

    4.7%
  4. Frances Decision

    2.3%
  5. Draw

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    0.0%
  1. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Granite chin, athleticism, and dynamite in both hands was always a formula for a potential contender. Much more readily than skills alone (as they usually needed to be top notch to ascend.)

    Ngannou is dangerous and I wouldn't count out him giving hell to anybody, but I won't bet on him against any prepared top boxer. I would put my money on Ajagba against him.
     
  2. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Like I said ..
     
  3. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bruno stoppage at any point in the first 6 rounds.
     
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  4. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Wardley is the Sunderland of boxing, lol Full Member

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    Bruno wasn`t as slick or as quick as AJ but I realized last night that the long Francis reach was a myth, they did a boxing measurement of his reach and he only has a 78 inch reach, so I feel Bruno`s jab would be a big problem for Francis.
     
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  5. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ngannou is a big, strong, powerful man, but his biggest problem in boxing matches against properly prepared and motivated top 10 world HW boxers, is that he's not a boxer.
     
  6. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Wardley is the Sunderland of boxing, lol Full Member

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    I agree but I don`t think Bruno would have been a top 10 heavy in every era and that AJ is far better than Bruno was.
     
  7. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Maybe better, but far better?
     
  8. Mark Anthony

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    I think so but head to head Bruno`s long jab would have bothered AJ.
     
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  9. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bruno would knock him the **** out
     
  10. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Even before the thd result of the AJ fight was known how can people pick against Bruno with this, it’s an insult to the man.
    He’d knock him spark out.
     
  11. JohnThomas1

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    The big problem for Francis is that Bruno is actually a professional boxer and can fight. We could talk about the holes in Francis' game but it'd be easier to look at what he does well vs not well because there's not much he does well. Bruno can also hit and we saw what happened to Francis every time he got hit. Many were saying he'd take advantage of Joshua's fragility too but how did that work out?

    Francis made Joshua look like $50 000 000 today. Whether Joshua has improved or not he's simply not as good as he looked today.

    Anyone outright favoring Francis over Bruno at this point would have rocks in their head.
     
  12. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bruno W KO, all day, every day.
     
  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    What about 1960 Sonny Liston vs 2024 Ngannou???
     
  14. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sonny in double time!
     
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  15. DoctorJones

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    Hmm his reach seems legit