Did FRANK BRUNO tarnish british boxings reputation?

I think its the opposite, Bruno got a lot of unwarranted disrespect despite doing pretty well against some american champions. US commentators would use terms like "slow and robotic" yet Frank was outfoxing these guys a fair bit winning on scorecards, its just the fact he would get caught later in fights. Its just a real shame the Tyson rematch went the way it did because he built up his reputation a bit by then, he had a decent showing against Lewis and finally became champ in the McCall fight. but that 2nd loss against Tyson kind of erased that in many peoples eyes, he looked a bit of a joke because he seemed so determined in the pre fight hype but folded.

 

I think if you look at the American heavyweights in history they were fluid and moved well whereas the British heavyweights were upright and stiff throwing one twos.Bruno is a classic example of a stiff upright heavy while Joshua has a very similar style.Can`t put Lewis in the same bracket as nothing about his boxing style was British as he was never coached in this country and never developed his fundamentals as a British fighter.

 

AJ throws more body shots than your average Brit heavyweight.

 

I remember as a kid seeing how big bruno's muscles were pre-fight when he was doing situps while getting hit with a medicine ball and thinking he was going to destroy mike lol.

 

who cares what the yanks think

 

The American HWs were built on hype and intimidation, they were hyped so much it was like Fook that, they scared people, and people were genuinely concerned for Frank based upon it...

Bruno had other ideas, he fought them and wasn't scared, and being the underdog on many occasions he failed, but he got in there and fought, and you have to respect that...

The HWs of today should look at Frank and take a leaf off his spliff and show some balls and fight...

 

Bruno ducked most of the big names over two eras or got his ass ko'd when he stepped up. That's the reality.

 

Bruno was crap.

I couldn't care less how the Americans viewed him.

 

NO, Bruno lost to Tyson, but he did not destroy British boxing at all...................

 

The truth is somewhere in the middle. Bruno was very well managed and promoted throughout his career (by the cartel originally and latterly by FW), and carefully manoeuvred into title shots via the path of least resistance.

He got his fight with Witherspoon by blowing out a shot Coetzee, and the first Tyson fight on the back of beating ancient Bugner and a long lay-off. Prior to Lewis, he scored two of the best wins of his career against Coetzer and Williams, who were solid opposition but still fighters coming off losses and were brought over to put on a show but ultimately lose. He basically just hung around and got the McCall fight based on his profile and marketability.

That said, when he got in there with the elite he put up a good fight and had his moments.

There is a big drop-off from the champions he fought, and the rest of the names on his record. It's a shame that the scheduled fight with Mercer didn't come off, as that would have been a respected name on his record.

 

Hatton's only losses prior to his ill-considered comeback were to Mayweather and Pacquiao - widely regarded as the two greatest fighters of his generation - how exactly is does that make British fighters look like "a joke Globally"?

Always chinny but at one point was considered one of the two best Light-Welterweights in the world before controversially losing his belts the PEDs cheat Peterson - never got back to that level after that.

 

Hatton had far better wins than Bruno. He held multiple belts and made several defences in two divisions. He lost to the best two fighters of his generation - both certified ATGs - the latter whilst well on his way to being shot.

I like both and am not sure why people are trying to **** on either really.

 

Excellent post. Spot on.

 

awful.... he was world champ ..... he may not have been elite, but he certainly wasnt awful.

Its statements like that, that cause you to lose credibility in other posts.

Awful jeezo, you must then think that 99% of boxers in the world are "awful". I would say that 99% of boxers who take up the sport dont get as far as Bruno

 

Why so down on Bruno?