If Frank Bruno fought anywhere from the late 1890s-late 1920s he'd be a terror

I will let you in on a little secret, that everybody in the UK knew while Bruno was active.

He was sh1te!

 

Bruno was more a Mr Universe than a boxer in reality.

 

Cool.

 

Nobody told Tim Witherspoon or Lennox Lewis. To this day they both rate Frank. Still, whaddathey know?

 

They both know that they beat him!

 

A top 10, possibly even top 5, greatest h2h British heavyweight ever.

 

Bu11 Sh1t!

While he was active, he was regarded as at best a heavyweight version of Eddie the Eagle, and at worst a national embarrassment!

He was seen as a lovable loser, and a heroic failure.

When he finally picked up a strap, everybody was very happy for him, but still surprised!

The idea that he was ever something special, is a rather weird piece of revisionism, and most surprisingly of all, it comes from outside the UK!

 

In all fairness I’m of the belief that you took a fighter from a more modern age, with the same training, upbringing & environment etc as a literal specimen that they exactly were, I would sometimes agree, but Bruno seems kind of wrong for this translation. If any of the guys from the early 1900s took him past 12 rounds he may well gas out

 

To be fair, when your claim to fame is going 2 and 5 rounds with Tyson, the latter being post prison Tyson & giving Lennox Lewis a tough fight until he got knocked out halfway through the allotted rounds, it doesn’t say to much about you as a fighter.

Obviously Bruno was a little bit better than that, but a case can be made that he was just that and that’s the real problem here.

 

He was a little less than that to be honest!

He over performed in those fights, and the winners under performed!

Outside of that he feasted on tomato cans, and lost whenever he fought a ranked contender!

 

Frank Bruno was as good as Ron Lyle. A good contender. Not a champion.

I don’t think trying to fit a contender from one era into the position of champion in another era really works.

The era a fighter is from moulds the fighter they become. If they fall short in that era they fall short not because of the type of fighter that they are but because there simply were better fighters around than they were.

The guys who become the best heavyweight in the world Always seem to have extra elements about them that the best contenders never do. destiny seems to decide.

If destiny did not decide in one era I don’t think it will in another.

 

You seem to be taking all this very personally? What’s the real story here, janitor?

 

Bruno beats Jefferies. Don't @me.

I can see Bruno beating Johnson, my head just won't let me make him favourite over him though.

He's mince meat for Dempsey, although is his best win.
Loses on points to Tunney.

 

I live in the UK!

I suffered repeated disappointments at Bruno's hands, from a very young age!

Perhaps I never truly got over it!