Spoon v Bruno

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  1. Turnip mk3

    Turnip mk3 Active Member Full Member

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    Just 're watched the fight on you tube . I hadn't seen it since July 86 as a 13 year old at my nans house. Was a much harder fight than I remember ! fought at a fast pace in the early rounds. Both men were really knocked about at the finish. No wonder spoon was pissed off that DK ripped him off !! Any other fights you have watched from years past that were different to how you remember ?
     
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  2. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    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
     
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  3. Scotty Cork

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    Why was he so loved?
     
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  4. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Heard it live on the radio.....( with Carpenter and Henry Cooper )
     
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  5. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    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
     
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  6. Scotty Cork

    Scotty Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think your right cause he was bang average
     
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  7. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Yeah but in England, we've always backed the underdog
     
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  8. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was really strong and a top 5 puncher in the heavyweight division !
     
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  9. Scotty Cork

    Scotty Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You could say the exact same about Makhmudov
     
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  10. roeknott

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

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    He was the best heavyweight since Cooper, in terms of ko power at least
     
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  12. heerko koois

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    Bruno beat some good boxers before he got his shot......also he won 8 or 9 rounds against Smith ....Makhmudov didn,t
     
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  13. Turnip mk3

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    As a lad I thought Frank would win .Spoon looked chubby and unfit in comparison. The idiots who ran the tabloids thought the same they didn't have the excuse of being 13 !! My dad however pointed out that spoon had took Holmes to a split decision



    beat Tubbs etc he said Frank would get hammered !! Ha ! What did he know !!
     
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  14. Turnip mk3

    Turnip mk3 Active Member Full Member

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    Strange ways ??
     
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  15. Dynamicpuncher

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    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.
     
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