Frank Bruno vs Wladmir Klitschko

Bruno was clobbered by Lewis, watch the fight on You tube and you'll see Bruno dismantled and out of gas. Similarly vs McCall, Bruno was totally gone by the end, and hanging on for dear life. Who did Bruno ever beat? A fat Joe Bugner and Carl Williams, who'd been KO 1 by Tyson and Tommy Morrison of all people. Bruno's record is a shoddy one in truth. Wlad is a real champion not a toy one like Bruno. Take Tyson out of the 80's and that era is no better than this; in fact, probably worse.

 

The hitting and holding by Lewis right at the end of that fight is near gut wrenching. Pretty brutal stuff.

 

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McCall had a chin and a punch little else. Mentally he was sometimes in a worse state than Bruno. At 43 he has not had a decent result for seven years, when he got lucky late against Akinwande.

The last and indeed only time McCall has put a dominant performance, over a number of rounds against a contender was 15 years back against Damiani.

Did you see the Smith, Cummings and Whitherspoon fights? Hell Eklund gave him plenty to think about....

 

yes i remember the mcCall fight well, bruno was out on his feet for the last couple of rounds, in hindsight i think if mcCall had put a bit more effort in he would have stopped bruno.
mcCall never really got going in that fight.

 

big frank by big ko

 

Bruno is probably in better shape now then must of todays Heavyweights.

 

No, he probably has a better physique - there's a difference.

 

Bruno's conditioning and stamina was his downfall, I can't think of any top 15 fighter out there with worse stamina :nut :rofl

 

This is a very interesting fight. Bruno almost always dominated fights early, landed BIG BIG punches, had a very stiff jab and could out muscle most heavyweights. He never lost a fight without putting on the kind of beautiful loser performance that is so endearing to the British.

Common sense says that Vlad would win but the question for me is whether or not Vlad could take Bruno's bombs. I think it is inconceivable that anyone could KO Bruno without knowing they had been in a serious fight. Bruno (possibly Bonecrusher Smith excepted) only lost against big name fighters who could take a punch. I don't know who would win this fight but I'm fairly certain that if Vlad's chin is as weak as some people on this site would have you believe, Bruno would have KO'd him.

Someone on this forum said Vlad KO1 and that is just silly. Bruno was never an elite fighter and the way he crumbled when hit (this was usually when his questionable stamina became an issue) obviously leaves him open to ridicule. Nevertheless, if Vlad were to beat Bruno he would undoubtedly need to weather Bruno's fire and take everything Bruno had. To me that is the intangible here.