Bruno could have beaten Tyson

Good post.

 

he had the power, but Frank was just not really championship caliber. He folded with pressure.

 

I suspect that i was talking here with kids(galvatron and in memory of jakelamotta) that were born after 1990. You give them answer for everyone of their absurd and wrong points and they avoid totally the answer ."la la la" douglas wins. Holmes wins tyson.wins".
This kid did think even that douglas was 6'5 and he was 6"3 1/2. I don't waste my time. The button of ignore is a great option.

 

Exactly.
I remember the lead up to the second fight. Certainly in the British press - who had scoffed at his chances in 1987-89 of putting up a serious challenge to Tyson - it was conceded in 1996 that Bruno's chances had increased because he'd only become bigger, stronger and more experienced ... While Tyson had looked rusty in the Mathis fight, which was his only fight except Peter McNeely since released from jail.
There was a reasonable feeling that Bruno could spring an upset this time. Yet Bruno failed miserably, worse than their original fight.
The second fight totally proved how mismatched the two of them were, head to head.
Bruno was the last person in the world to believe Bruno could beat Tyson!
Bruno considered it impossible. He just stood there waiting for it all to be over.
Credit where it's due, Bruno took his licks. He didn't do a Seldon, ever.

It's remarkable how much mileage Bruno's inflated reputation has gotten from a few seconds of very mild success in the first Tyson fight.

Funny thing is, Bruno clearly lost that round against Tyson. Possibly by a 10-7 score !
Imagine that.

 

I go by the posted stats not our wild guesses about what their actual height might have been. It says 6'4 here

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and I'm not to go back and forth over half an inch. If you want him to be 6'3 and a half, fine, but I'd still pick Douglas to out box Lyle in a one sided fashion.

 

And once Tyson wakes up he'd grab that same stick and beat Bruno to death with it.