Frank Bruno vs Wladmir Klitschko

Styles make fights. Sam Peters will kayo Bruno however it is very conceivable that Bruno would KO Wlad and yes Wlad took a point decision over a less experienced Peters. The true test will be when they have a rematch to unify title as Peter is much improved as shown by the McCline and Toney fights.

 

:nut Bruno would beat fat ******* Sam without breaking into a sweat. Jab jab jab jab all night. Fat ****er Sam would be crying by round 12.

Peter has improved ? I doubt it. He is still a fat lazy *******.

 

The state of the HW division is perfectly summed up by the fact that a bum like Sam Peter is in the top ten, let alone top three or four.

Lazy fat ****er is Peter, Jamell McCline should have finished him off.

 

its a pick em fight very little to choose cant see it going the distance as both are huge punchers both have good jabs. Frank was a quick starter tho so he could catch wlad early but its a 50/50 fight

 

There are a lot of similarities between Vlad and Bruno, stylistically and physically. But Vlad did everything better than Bruno, and he was bigger and stronger, too.

I think Vlad would get the better of Bruno at long range and eventually he'd knock Bruno out with his jolting right hands. The ending could come fast or it could come as late as the middle rounds.

I cannot picture Bruno blocking Vlad's fast, powerful right and I cannot see him surviving that punch either.

Vlad would be vulnerable to Bruno's power no doubt, but I envision Vlad boxing just sufficiently well to avoid taking Bruno's powershots.

 

I see this as an even match-up.

Give the nod to Bruno due to having more heart an a better (or not as bad) chin.

 

Bruno gave the fans a lot of exciting fights. He was a class act always and a very likable guy. Wlad has shown vulnerabilities in his fights before. However, I'm not sure if Bruno has the tools to exploit them. Sanders had very quick hands to go with power. Brewster had a great chin and strength. Bruno certainly had the power to knock Wlad out but would he ever be in a position to do so? He would have to get past that great jab of the Ukrainian to be able to do damage. I seriously doubt he would be able to accomplish this.

Klitschko by 8th round stoppage. Bruno shows great heart as always.

 

Remember Bruno has an 82" reach, longer than Klitschko's. Bruno (for a few rounds anyway) outjabbed and outboxed Lennox Lewis (who also has a longer reach than Wlad, and was all round a far better fighter, agreed?) - anyway, if he could do it against Lewis, why not Klitschko? Bruno's stamina problems wouldn't be of the same consequence, since Wlad gasses even worse than he does.

 

Peter can take a punch and has very fast hands for a big and can punch. I remember another so called fat ******* as you put Terrible Tim Witherspoon knocking out your Big Frank Bruno.

 

The fact McCline could not finish him off and that Peter got up and won should tell you something. Anyone can get hurt in the ring rather it is how you react that says a lot about you as man and as a fighter. On this basis we know what would happen between Bruno and Sam Peter. Peter would KO Bruno. That is not to say Bruno might not KO Vladimir.

 

Great points! I remember that 1993 fight between Lennox and Bruno. I thought Lewis was going to win easily by kayo mainly on the strength of him obliterating the feared Razor Ruddock in late 1992. Bruno had so much dormant talent that he did not always use to maximum amounts. He had tools as you stated - a long reach and great physique and strength. His stamina was usually poor as evidenced by the Bonecrusher Smith (1984) loss and the Tim Witherspoon loss (1986). He definitely had Tyson hurt early in the first fight and even Lewis may have been in slight trouble before he roared back to stop Bruno. Bruno was an enigma. A guy with an absolutely perfect build and ability who did believe in himself 100%. I was rooting for him against both Tyson and Lewis. Great in interviews too.

 

Sam Peter is not in Tim Witherspoon's league when it comes to quality. Frank was a decent heavyweight competing at a time when the standard was higher than now. Sam Peter would have been one of Frank's better opponents, but would have still got KTFO.

 

I think a few people need to take their rose tinted glasses of 80s Heavyweights off. We had Holmes and we had Tyson; we had a miracle maker from 175lbs in Spinks, but after that it was very poor.

You can bang on about Whitherspoon, but all he was, was the King of the lost Generation. He showed glimpses every now and again of what could of been; but it NEVER was. Whitherspoon wasted his talent by not training and drug taking; ditto Tubbs; ditto Page; ditto Dokes; ditto Tucker and ditto Thomas.

Bruno could not beat any top world ranked Heavyweight in the 80s that took him into the second round; thus I find it highly unlikely he would have it in him to beat prime Wlad.

 

At his current level, Klitschko KO 1.

Would be like shooting ducks at a fair for Wlad. Bruno always was a fraud and got found out everytime. Wlad's record speaks for itself.

 

Especially the stoppage losses.