Thread: How many times did Frank Bruno fight Lennox Lewis?

Just wondering how many times did Frank Bruno fight Lennox Lewis and what fight if it was more than once was billed as The Battle of Britain? Thanks in advance.

According to boxrec, they fought once.
Lennox Lewis

Did you meet Morrison yet?

They fought once in 92 or 93 not sure which...Was during Lennox first go around as champion...Lennox was not quite the ATG he eventually became.....Was a close fight until Lennox just decided to go all out on Bruno and score a stoppage.....Some say Bruno was even winning the fight up until that point...The last round Bruno had him until Lennox came back....Bruno took a bad beating before the stoppage...Hellacious shots....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M0Gf3ywLCWs

Think he pissed Lennox off by holding and hitting

They only had one fight and although Bruno lost he probably put in his best ever performance. Bruno was winning the fight until Lewis stepped up a gear and let rip with some tremendous punches.
It was a pretty cold night when they fought and the fighters were wrapped in blankets between rounds.

Originally Posted by cpcompany

They only had one fight and although Bruno lost he probably put in his best ever performance. Bruno was winning the fight until Lewis stepped up a gear and let rip with some tremendous punches.
It was a pretty cold night when they fought and the fighters were wrapped in blankets between rounds.

Good Memory about the blankets and such....Was a hell of a night for a fight...Was a good fight though...

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

They fought once in 92 or 93 not sure which...Was during Lennox first go around as champion...Lennox was not quite the ATG he eventually became.....Was a close fight until Lennox just decided to go all out on Bruno and score a stoppage.....Some say Bruno was even winning the fight up until that point...The last round Bruno had him until Lennox came back....Bruno took a bad beating before the stoppage...Hellacious shots....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M0Gf3ywLCWs

Think he pissed Lennox off by holding and hitting

No doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ).Hard luck Bruno fought his heart out and I actually had him up by a point until Lightning struck.Lewis was measuring him with the left like mad and closed the show.Ok,So were his eyes actually closed when he launched the left or was it folk lore Lol.

Great fight, Lewis really upset Bruno in the run up to that fight calling him an Uncle Tom.

After the knockout All Bruno kept saying was 'I ain't no Uncle Tom, I ain't no Uncle Tom',

It devastated him, he even sued over it but dropped the case I think.

Actually you could possibly see there signs already of Frank's fragile mental state.

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

They fought once in 92 or 93 not sure which...Was during Lennox first go around as champion...Lennox was not quite the ATG he eventually became.....Was a close fight until Lennox just decided to go all out on Bruno and score a stoppage.....Some say Bruno was even winning the fight up until that point...The last round Bruno had him until Lennox came back....Bruno took a bad beating before the stoppage...Hellacious shots....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M0Gf3ywLCWs

Think he pissed Lennox off by holding and hitting

No doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ).Hard luck Bruno fought his heart out and I actually had him up by a point until Lightning struck.Lewis was measuring him with the left like mad and closed the show.Ok,So were his eyes actually closed when he launched the left or was it folk lore Lol.

Ahh no worries mate even I admit Lennox did not start developing into the ATG he became until after the McCall loss...Then he actually became over confident and learned what a cocky attitude will cost you in the first Rahman fight.....

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

They fought once in 92 or 93 not sure which...Was during Lennox first go around as champion...Lennox was not quite the ATG he eventually became.....Was a close fight until Lennox just decided to go all out on Bruno and score a stoppage.....Some say Bruno was even winning the fight up until that point...The last round Bruno had him until Lennox came back....Bruno took a bad beating before the stoppage...Hellacious shots....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M0Gf3ywLCWsThink he pissed Lennox off by holding and hitting

No doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ).Hard luck Bruno fought his heart out and I actually had him up by a point until Lightning struck.Lewis was measuring him with the left like mad and closed the show.Ok,So were his eyes actually closed when he launched the left or was it folk lore Lol.

Ahh no worries mate even I admit Lennox did not start developing into the ATG he became until after the McCall loss...Then he actually became over confident and learned what a cocky attitude will cost you in the first Rahman fight.....

I know your big fan of Lewis Daxx but i have to be honest with you mate i think Lewis was quite poor against Bruno. His balance was poor and he was badly getting out jabbed. He was also rocked a few times as well. Props to Lewis for coming back though but still i did think it was a little poor in this fight.

Originally Posted by ICB

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

No doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ).Hard luck Bruno fought his heart out and I actually had him up by a point until Lightning struck.Lewis was measuring him with the left like mad and closed the show.Ok,So were his eyes actually closed when he launched the left or was it folk lore Lol.

Ahh no worries mate even I admit Lennox did not start developing into the ATG he became until after the McCall loss...Then he actually became over confident and learned what a cocky attitude will cost you in the first Rahman fight.....

I know your big fan of Lewis Daxx but i have to be honest with you mate i think Lewis was quite poor against Bruno. His balance was poor and he was badly getting out jabbed. He was also rocked a few times as well. Props to Lewis for coming back though but still i did think it was a little poor in this fight.

Tyson aside though Bruno gave EVERYBODY a hard fight. He was even the first man to stagger Tyson and was ahead on the cards of against Lewis, Witherspoon and Smith at the time of the losses I think.

He was dangerous early but just ran out of steam late becuase of his extreme musculature.

But Bruno wasn't far away from being a great fighter imo. If he was fighting now he'd definitely bring some excitiement back to the division. In his prime he could knock out the likes of Chambers, Brock, Ibragimov and Maskaev with a jab.

Originally Posted by ICB

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

No doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ).Hard luck Bruno fought his heart out and I actually had him up by a point until Lightning struck.Lewis was measuring him with the left like mad and closed the show.Ok,So were his eyes actually closed when he launched the left or was it folk lore Lol.

Ahh no worries mate even I admit Lennox did not start developing into the ATG he became until after the McCall loss...Then he actually became over confident and learned what a cocky attitude will cost you in the first Rahman fight.....

I know your big fan of Lewis Daxx but i have to be honest with you mate i think Lewis was quite poor against Bruno. His balance was poor and he was badly getting out jabbed. He was also rocked a few times as well. Props to Lewis for coming back though but still i did think it was a little poor in this fight.

ICB I am pretty sure I said I admit Lewis did not start becoming the fighter he became known for until after his loss to McCall...Which was after the Bruno bout....Hell mate I don't deny a thing....BUT!!!!!

The finished product is what is important...and when all was aid and done...Every top fighter of the 90's and first part of this century fell to or suffered an L at his hands...even the ones who got one in on him...

Tucker, Ruddock, Bruno, McCall, Rahman, Tyson, Holyfield, Grant, Mercer, Akinwande, Golota, Morrison, Klitschko, Botha, Tua.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XTPzQvlYLvE

How did this get turned on me being a Lewis fan anyway...all I did was reply to a thread and gave a link to the bout questioned

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Originally Posted by ICB

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Ahh no worries mate even I admit Lennox did not start developing into the ATG he became until after the McCall loss...Then he actually became over confident and learned what a cocky attitude will cost you in the first Rahman fight.....

I know your big fan of Lewis Daxx but i have to be honest with you mate i think Lewis was quite poor against Bruno. His balance was poor and he was badly getting out jabbed. He was also rocked a few times as well. Props to Lewis for coming back though but still i did think it was a little poor in this fight.

Tyson aside though Bruno gave EVERYBODY a hard fight. He was even the first man to stagger Tyson and was ahead on the cards of against Lewis, Witherspoon and Smith at the time of the losses I think.

He was dangerous early but just ran out of steam late becuase of his extreme musculature.

But Bruno wasn't far away from being a great fighter imo. If he was fighting now he'd definitely bring some excitiement back to the division. In his prime he could knock out the likes of Chambers, Brock, Ibragimov and Maskaev with a jab.

I agree Bruno was a very good fighter...Great skill...Just in the wrong era...The 1990's is the second greatest era in HW history...He did manage to be a World champion in that era though even if only briefly....I agree Bruno's biggest downfalls were his extra bulk that caused stamina issues....IMO his psyche was not all that great after his loss to Tyson the first time but all in all he had a career to be proud of

Originally Posted by DaxxKahn

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Originally Posted by ICB

I know your big fan of Lewis Daxx but i have to be honest with you mate i think Lewis was quite poor against Bruno. His balance was poor and he was badly getting out jabbed. He was also rocked a few times as well. Props to Lewis for coming back though but still i did think it was a little poor in this fight.

Tyson aside though Bruno gave EVERYBODY a hard fight. He was even the first man to stagger Tyson and was ahead on the cards of against Lewis, Witherspoon and Smith at the time of the losses I think.

He was dangerous early but just ran out of steam late becuase of his extreme musculature.

But Bruno wasn't far away from being a great fighter imo. If he was fighting now he'd definitely bring some excitiement back to the division. In his prime he could knock out the likes of Chambers, Brock, Ibragimov and Maskaev with a jab.

I agree Bruno was a very good fighter...Great skill...Just in the wrong era...The 1990's is the second greatest era in HW history...He did manage to be a World champion in that era though even if only briefly....I agree Bruno's biggest downfalls were his extra bulk that caused stamina issues....IMO his psyche was not all that great after his loss to Tyson the first time but all in all he had a career to be proud of

He was Britains first heavyweight champ since Bob Fitzsimmons and in his day was 10 times more popular with us Brits than Lewis was.

The support for Bruno against Lewis was immense. Few actually thought he would win but I'd estimate 80% at least of the the UK was rooting for him in that fight.

Lewis was just never that popular with us Brits. I still don't regard him as a British to this day really.

Sure he grew up in West Ham as a kid but his entire career both in boxing and outside of it has been in the US, Canada and Jamaica.

I don't criticise him for it, I mean he's living the dream, huge star in America and a great career over there as a fighter and now as a broadcaster.

But I'll never regard him as British.

To me Bruno was our last heavyweight champ

Lennox openly admitted he was complacent before Bruno (a crime he comitted again against Rahman.)
However, he style had more than enough to handle Bruno and if you watch this fight again you can quash rumours of Lennox's faulty chin, as Bruno lands a lot flush to very little effect.

Originally Posted by CFH

Did you meet Morrison yet?

No not yet at the weekend hopefully, oh and thanks to everybody who replied to this thread.