Joe Frazier vs Frank Bruno

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Bruno stopped Larry Frazier...what about the other Frazier, Joe? Some who sparred with Foreman and Bruno say that Bruno hit about as hard.
     
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  2. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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  4. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Terrible matchup for Frank. I think Frazier stops Bruno in 6 to 8.
     
  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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  6. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Marciano vs Frazier would have at least been interesting. Instead we get Marciano vs Foster and Frazier vs Bruno lol
     
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  8. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Bruno is to nice to be in the ring with Joe Frazier!!
    Nice guy Frank will be beaten up and spat out by the Smoke..
    Frazier by ripping left hooks in 6.
     
  9. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Bruno get evaporated.
     
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  10. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    Tim Witherspoon wore out Frank Bruno, in their July 19 1986 encounter in London, and Witherspoon stopped him in round 11. Joe Frazier, an all time great would get underneath Frank's punches as he fights out of a classic European stance, and rip that mighty left hook to the body. Joe would apply so much pressure that Bruno would feel as if he was suffocating. Frank swollen about his midriff, would collapse in round 7, from an array of brutal body punches.
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    All of them are calm compared to Marciano vs Mayweather.

    There was one about Marciano vs a Cat the other day
     
  12. BCS8

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    Frank Bruno was pretty good. I think Frazier beats him but it won't be that easy. Bruno had a ramrod jab and serious power. Not even Frazier is going to just walk through him.
     
  13. janitor

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    Frazier would eat his cornflakes out of Bruno's skull.
     
  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Thank you. Some sense of sanity. Bruno may even score a knock down.
     
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  15. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bruno was not a bad fighter or challenger and quite possibly he gives a stiff test to quite a few champs...

    But the evidence to pick him or to establish him as a favorite is pretty slim to non existent. It is like picking Tua to hypothetically do what he was unable to do in reality. Could Tua or Bruno give a good account of themselves as a solid contender/challenger ? Possibly?

    But there is not much reason to pick them unless one ascribes to modern is better theories.