Who is the best HW Frank Bruno beats H2H

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  1. williams7383

    williams7383 TKO 6 Klit Lickers Full Member

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    Where does he rank in all time H2H matches prime for prime who is the very best he was capable of beating from 1960 onwards
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Jeffries.
     
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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    If we say lineal then Jeffries, Mike Spinks, Ingo, Jack Sharkey. Anyone higher than those he'd probably lose to.
     
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    Oliver McCall, and he was probably lucky to get him when he did!
     
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    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I would favor all of those over him!
     
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    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Berbick . Mike spinks . Tate .dokes others .His power gives him a good chance against fighters like Quarry and Shavers but could go ether way.
     
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    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Probably Lennox Lewis. Those guys were a pretty even match.
     
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    Ken Norton and Chris Byrd.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Everyone before 1960 but a handful.
     
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    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Absolute rubbish.

    The guy lost every time he stepped up, and was seen as a bit of a national joke at the time!
     
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    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Couldn't disagree more , Quarry is a notch above him and Bruno won't hit him cleanly enough to win, and I think Tate gets to him about like Bonecrusher did. Dokes probably gets a UD . Shavers? 50/50. Berbick ? the longer it goes the more likely Trevor wins. I ain't a big Bruno fan, because I saw him
     
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    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Frank can beat the likes of Spinks and guys like David Bey/Botha/Valuev/Charles Martin, Touch and go against a Moorer/Ruiz/Lykahovich/Maskaev types.

    What Bruno is never going to do is string together title defenses. He might win a title---like lots of guys---but defending it?
     
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    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    Not sure if he'd win but to see him & Cleveland WIlliams two muscle bound boxers throwin haymakers would make youtube's top 10 most watched. LOL!
     
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    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If we view the 80s alphabet titlists as one big homogeneous blob, Bruno was not quite on their level. He was stopped by Bonecrusher as well as an out-of-shape Witherspoon, and Coetzee was faded by the time Bruno got to him. I don't think Bruno showed any reason to favour him over Dokes, Tate and Berbick at their best, or Weaver, Thomas, Tucker or Tubbs for that matter. Dokes' handspeed would be very problematic for Bruno. Berbick would be able to stand up to Bruno physically, and had much better stamina down the stretch. Tate had similar weaknesses to Bruno, but had better movement and was a more fluid boxer.

    Spinks is a bit of a wildcard due to the size difference, but I think Spinks would come in with the right gameplan; there were few better fighters in the modern era at executing a strategy to exploit weaknesses in their opponent's game.
     
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    Yes I saw a lot of old Frank too.Quarry would beat him up like he did Foster and Lyle.
     
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