Spoon v Bruno

Remember watching this on ITV on a Sunday morning as a kid

Frank was loved in the UK so was really disappointing to see how it ended

Nostalgia will always make this a great fight for me

 

Why was he so loved?

 

Heard it live on the radio.....( with Carpenter and Henry Cooper )

 

I was too young to be anything other than on the Bruno train tbh

Looking back, I honestly think Brunos act made him viewed as the Black guy you'd be friends with in what were very strained times for race relations in the UK

I'd like to think I'm wrong tho

 

I think your right cause he was bang average

 

Yeah but in England, we've always backed the underdog

 

He was really strong and a top 5 puncher in the heavyweight division !

 

You could say the exact same about Makhmudov

 

I listened to it behind the door on the radio in the ways, i was gutted Bruno lost.

 

He was the best heavyweight since Cooper, in terms of ko power at least

 

Bruno beat some good boxers before he got his shot......also he won 8 or 9 rounds against Smith ....Makhmudov didn,t

 

Certainly not average he was ahead on points vs an ATG in Lennox Lewis and actually won a world title.

The only fighter who really beat Bruno convincingly was Tyson all of his other losses were in very competitive fights.

Bruno had a very good jab and elite power his issue was he froze when he was hurt and didn't have the best of stamina probably too muscle bound.