Just reading Steve Bunces book on British boxing history. In it he tells the well known story of the 19 year old Frank going to Columbia for a eye operation in order to gain his pro boxing licence. What got me interested was Bunce goes on to state that there is an ‘ alternative ‘ story as to why Frank went to Columbia but that tale could never be printed! Can anyone shed some light on this? I have never heard of any rumours but Bunce will of herd many more boxing stories than I have.
Yeah, there was a bit about it in Bruno's own book. Whether it was the reason he went there, I don't know, but he fell in with a cartel and in some way "signed" with them he was going to be represented by a Colombian drug cartel Different career. He basically agreed to everything they said, hopped on a plane for home and never heard from them ever again.
https://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=212676& I remember someone asked on a different forum about it, I don't think it went anywhere, but have fun.
Since this is my field, I'll weigh in that it's possibly true. Bruno would've been 19 around the end of the 70s/ start of the 80s. There was a really shitty precursor to Lasik called radial keratectomy that existed back then. It wasn't really done in the US until later in the 80s and I have no idea if it was ever allowed in the UK. So yes, it seems possible.
