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Frank Bruno
The Top 10
* KO 1 .......... Gerrie Coetzee
* W Dec 12 ... Oliver McCall
* TKO 8 ........ Joe Bugner
* TKO 8 ........ Pierre Coetzer
* KO 1 .......... Rodolfo Marin
* TKO 10 ...... Carl Williams
* TKO 5 ........ James Tillis
* KO 4 .......... Anders Ecklund
* TKO 3 ........ Scott LeDoux
* TKO 1 ........ Lucien Rodriguez
even tho he lost you have to say the lewis fight was up there
it was at least 5-1 after 6 rounds, how many other fights had lewis even been behind in before or since?
so hes beating the best HW in history hands down and the finishing punch was just a fluke, lewis closed his eyes and swung and it caught frank perfectly on the point of the chin
lewis got out of jail
Other 'Best Bouts'
* KO 2 ....... Larry Frazier
* KO 1 ....... Bill Sharkey
* KO 4 ....... Stewart Lithgo
So about 5 decent fights the rest were jokes. Frank fought poor opposition and was protected.
Frank should have gone to the USA....not guaranteed but he may have improved more and got better sparring
Apart from the Tyson battles the other fights he was still in there with a shout
Good old Frank...legend
Job Biscuit (ref didn't help in the first Tyson fight)!!!
eh eh!!
The bout with James 'Bonecrusher' Smith was too much of a risk without reward.
Frank {Age; 22 years, 6 months} didn't need that bout.
With a record of 21-0-0 {21 KO's}, they should have gone for the 'Knockout Record'
of 24-Straight by Mac Foster.
At the time, May 13, 1984 >
Frank Bruno was ranked #9 WBC. A win over 'Bonecrusher' wasn't going to bump him
up anyway.
Some were chatting that had Frank won, he would get WBC Champion ~ Larry Holmes
in September 1984.
There was no need to rush.
Larry might have jabbed Franks head off....bit like when Wilder fights Silver...might be messy
Job Biscuit (Bruno v Wilder would have been interesting)!!
eh eh!!