Dillian Whyte v Frank Bruno

A bit more steel? Bruno was knocked out several times and often gassed.

 

No lateral movement from Bruno, walked in on a straight line leaving him open to Whyte`s shots. Bruno not weaving at all would leave him open to getting caught. Whyte covers up well with his right glove blocking any hooks Bruno might throw, he left his lead hand out nearer Pov than Bruno did in his fights meaning his jab had less distance to travel which would help off-set Bruno`s constant jab.

 

He only got knocked out by world champions and Whyte is certainly not that

 

Whyte the bum got raped by 70 year old Povetkin lol. Bruno would beat him like a naughty step child.

 

Bruno batters Whyte.

 

Lewis was very poor v Bruno, not the finished article.

 

Bruno wasn’t crap, that’s just a lazy poorly informed verdict from those who don’t appreciate the great stuff Bruno did and only see a stiff upright fighter with poor stamina.

Frank was tightly put together by Terry Lawless and did the fundamentals well, he hit like a wrecking ball with both hands and his jab was a ramrod power shot that he delivered straight fast and often. I lost count of the opponents who called him out only to see their whole attitude change after Bruno threw his first jab.

One of the most under rated skills that Bruno had was his ability to catch opponents coming in, amongst many others, he did it to Mike Tyson FFS! It made opponents wary of coming forward against Frank looking for his supposed glass jaw. That allowed Bruno to work behind that heavy heavy jab, break fighters down and land his right hand which was destructive whether thrown as a cross, overhand, straight or a quite cultured uppercut.

Against Whyte he’d have too much power and be too disciplined in his style, he’d stick to his game plan and box to his strengths which would be enough to keep Dillian at distance. I see Bruno hurting Whyte early with the jab and right cross then wearing him down for another 2 or 3 rounds before catching him again and ending the fight with an uppercut.

Bruno by TKO round 6

 

Bruno wasn't a great mover though against Witherspoon he did a decent job of circling after throwing the jab. But Whyte isn't a good mover either he has poor balance and footwork and also has no lateral movement. It's why Chisora had no problem walking him down in fight 1. In fight 2 Whyte was far more cautious knowing he had to be less aggressive and move more because when he opens up he leaves himself so open due to defensive errors. Watch Whyte vs Rivas and he spends most of the fight right in front of Rivas and getting backed up to the ropes when Rivas did decide to throw.

Whyte's defence is a liability it's why he's been down to much. For all the good defensive things he does he negates it all by over balancing, dropping his hands, and just losing focus and then getting caught, Bruno's was far more defensively responsible and didn't take as many risks as Whyte.

While Whyte extended style jab does mean his punch doesn't travel as far, Lennox Lewis does the same and does it better and we saw him comprehensively out jabbed by Bruno. Bruno's jab would be a big problem for Whyte like it was for everyone else not named Tyson.

 

It makes you wonder how he dominated Lewis for 7 rounds, managed to put prime Tyson in Disney land, out box the best version of Witherspoon for 11 rounds & beat McCall for the Heavyweight title. Granted in all but one he lost those fights but if he was as poor and predictable as you say then why didn’t those fighters just walk through him?

The truth is that Bruno could box at a high level and had tools that earned his opponents respect, the Bruno that fought those named above would beat Whyte

 

Bruno was TKOd, ignoring the flash knockdown early in Tyson 1 where Bruno only touched his glove to the canvass only one fighter actually put him down in his whole career.

 

Ffs Mark give the man some credit. Lewis came into the bout on the back of fights against the very capable Razor Ruddock and Tony Tucker

 

No, he didn't hurt Tyson that much and he certainly didn't outbox Witherspoon, who was winning on all three cards after 10 rounds (in UK, mind it!) before knocking Bruno out.

Yes, he was outboxing Lennox for 6 rounds, but Lennox was still not nearly as good as he has become under Steward's tutelage.

I'd still favor Bruno against Whytre though simply because he was much more skilled boxer.

 

Go watch the Tyson fight again, Bruno took Mikes legs from under him, he was 1 maybe 2 shots from putting him down but couldn’t land them. Let’s also recognise that this was prime Tyson and Bruno hurt him with ONE SHOT not the cumulative effect of numerous heavy shots like Douglas did against a poorer version of Mike.

 

Tyson didn`t have Rooney in his corner v Bruno and used poor head movement in that fight.

 

Tyson wasn`t in his prime because Rooney wasn`t in his corner, he was starting to fall apart.