Brian London vs Frank Bruno

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  1. Mike Cannon

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    Very kind words, thanks mate. keep well.
     
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    Merry Christmas Mike.
     
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  3. JackSilver

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    Why would any manager matched their fighter to lose?
     
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  4. Unforgiven

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    It happens all the time.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

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    I think he fought well against Patterson.
     
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  6. Unforgiven

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    Bruno didn't fight many British boxers. Not relevant ones.
    He never even fought for the British title, despite it being a very winnable title (held by Neville Meade and David Pearce) in the first couple of years of his career.
     
    Unforgiven, Dec 19, 2021
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  7. choklab

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    He was going through the motions. Compared to the fights on film against Valdes (which he lost on a cut even though he was winning), billy Hunter and Amos Johnson he fought with much less vigour.
     
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  8. choklab

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    Comes a time where most fighters have to be Matched 50-50, without it being a title fight, or even to take a bout as the away fighter on someone else’s promotion. Bruno never did. Unless he was fighting Mike Tyson, Frank was always the house fighter.
     
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  9. Sangria

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    Brian London is whack. Bruno feasts on this bloke.
     
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  10. choklab

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    Brian was a good honest Scrapper. He beat guys George Chuvalo couldn’t.
     
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  11. Tonto62

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    If you're referring to Zora Folley ,Chuvalo caught a prime 30 years old Folley ,London a jaded 37 years old version who was on the slide.
     
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  12. Unforgiven

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    London didn't beat a prime Folley, and it is extremely doubtful whether he could, but London was past his best when they fought too, to be fair.

    London has a win over Rademacher, who I think beat Chuvalo around the same time.

    London's best career win is probably Joe Erskine, who Chuvalo did lose on DQ to too.
    That's his best win, I would say. Erskine was an excellent boxer. London also beat Pastrano, another quality boxer.

    But I'm not sure why ,"guys George Chuvalo couldn't beat" is relevant according to choklab, since I don't think many people rate Chuvalo much higher than London anyway.
     
    Unforgiven, Dec 22, 2021
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  13. Tonto62

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    Yes he beat Rademacher and Erskine.Pastrano was well ahead against London when a butt opened his eye and the fight was stopped.
    Prime for prime, if London fought Chuvalo ,how many would pick London to win?
     
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  14. Unforgiven

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    I don't know.
    It might be a good fight. But not an important one. Both were fringe contenders really.
     
    Unforgiven, Dec 22, 2021
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  15. choklab

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    No I referring more to Pete Radmacher and Joe Erskine. But Zora is another reasonable scalp on the resume people wouldn’t necessarily furnish upon Brian’s ledger without scrutiny.
     
    choklab, Dec 22, 2021
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