Frank Bruno vs. George Foreman in 1991

-Exactly my point. Bruno probably isn't going to take Big George out early, he's going to be vulnerable late as he always was. Bruno had horrible stamina, can he keep big George off of him when he's staggering on rubber legs? I wouldn't favor it.

-The Spoon we saw against Bruno didn't look that much better than comeback George to be frank. Spoon was getting mighty lazy and flabby at this time.

-I don't think Bruno would beat Moorer. And...:huh I guess Bruno would lose to the guys Bruno lost to.

 

coetzee was not washed up. when did comeback george face a 232lb #1 rated fighter?

bruno lost to smith when he was cutting his teeth at world level but smith was a handfull for many years and was being schooled by frank until he crumbled. Lewis and Tyson were great fighters. Greater than tommy morrison and jimmy young.

 

He KOed a 222 lb linear Champion and Ring #1 fighter in Moorer.

We aren't talking a fit and game Coetzee anyway...we are talking about this slob.

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Funny pic.
I read in something (i can't remember) a few months ago that Coetzee reckons he took a dive.

 

He did, right into the press seats...

 

No idea. He certainly didn't give himself a chance, showing up out of shape and if I recall correctly, not even getting off a single punch.

 

No he didn't. I remember as an 11 year old that it was all a bit embarrassing and my uncle saying they were both **** anyway.
It didn't do Bruno many favours with his critics either.

 

Well decades later its now being argued he has a 232 lb Former World Champion #1 contender on his resume...

Choklab is a great guy, but I think he's way off on this one.

 

How can anybody say comeback foreman can knock out a level of fighter he avoided? Its like asking him to do something he never did.

I used to think george had the mental toughness to overcome bruno but the man was so shrewd he wouldnt fight big rated guys. The closest he came was alex stewart- a poormans bruno.

Big Joe bugner was beating gate keepers george would not fight and I see big Frank handle george in much the same way he handled bugner. george is not setting a pace bruno cant keep up with and he wont have an edge in reach. Bruno could move and pumped out a more damaging jab than stewart had.

Bruno beat a better level of fighter than comeback george did and had to fight great fighters like lewis and tyson.

 

No doubt Coetzee was a credible guy at one point. But he was like some bum from down the pub in this fight.

 

coetzee was on paper at least as good as anyone in the world that year. He had KOd dokes who when much more faded gave holyfeild life and death. He lost to "sometimes hot but mostly not" greg page in a war. He kept his rating because of the mix up with the time keeping on the round he lost in then beat a still decent tillis. By then page had lost to tubbs and mike spinks was the other champ. he was actualy owed a shot at that time.

 

unless he won of course! coetzee was still a real force. nobody had blew him away in a round before.

 

Gerrie Coetzee was well out of shape and over-the-hill when he fought Bruno. He was coming off a very unimpressive 10-rounder against Tillis, and a KO defeat to Page before that.

 

-Foreman KOed Moorer who was a much better boxer than Bruno. Sure Moorer is prone to freeze ups and lapses, but so was Bruno to perhaps even a greater extent.

-Bah, pure hyperbole. If Bruno is so much better than Stewart he certainly didn't do anything to prove it.

-The Old Bugner analogy is just waaay off.

-Ok, this last one is just nuts. Foreman KOed Moorer for the title, you going to rank McCall over that? Other than that, resumes are about the same. I can see no case for Bruno being better unless you've totally lost your mind.

 

so was carl the truth williams when he got a shot at larry holmes around the same time. quick tillis even floored willaims - and he nearly beat holmes!