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.
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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.
Good Memory about the blankets and such....Was a hell of a night for a fight...Was a good fight though...Quote:
Originally Posted by cpcompany
No doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ;D).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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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.
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Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'NawlinsNo doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ;D).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.Quote:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahnQuote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'NawlinsNo doubt.This was an ugly and sudden ending.Back in Lewis's Clumsy 2 left feet days,(Sorry Daxx ;D).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.Quote:
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.....
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICBI 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahnQuote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins
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.....
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.
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Originally Posted by ICBI 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahnQuote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins
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.....
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:confused:...all I did was reply to a thread and gave a link to the bout questioned:-\
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 ofQuote:
Originally Posted by BilboTyson 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICBI 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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.
He was Britains first heavyweight champ since Bob Fitzsimmons and in his day was 10 times more popular with us Brits than Lewis was.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahnI 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 ofQuote:
Originally Posted by BilboTyson 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICB
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.
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 :cool:
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.
No not yet at the weekend hopefully, oh and thanks to everybody who replied to this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
No Bruno wasn't the first man to stagger Tyson, Tucker stunned Tyson with an uppercut in the 1st round, in fact it lifted Tyson off his feet, and also Bonecrusher staggered Tyson in the last 10 seconds of there fight with a right hand to the temple.Quote:
Originally Posted by BilboTyson 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICBI 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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.
Bruno was a good fighter in fact had he beat Bonecrusher he would of fought Larry Holmes i would have loved to have seen that, but anyway yes Bruno was good fighter he had a good jab, good power, and i know some people may be shocked at this but he had a better chin than he is given credit for, big downfalls for Bruno was he didn't have survival instincts he never clinched or went down on the one knee instead he would just lay on the ropes and get hammered.
I remember he gave Witherspoon a bit of boxing lesson until he got caught with a hard right hand, in fact they both hit each other at the same time with there best shots but difference is Witherspoon has a better chin so he took the punch unlike Bruno. He also had too much muscle IMO so he was very robotic and he had bad stamina, he also suffered from confidence problems IMO. But if Bruno was in this era he would beat Wlad and beat any Heavyweight out there IMO.
Ali was a great fighter, Louis was a great fighter, Dempsey was a great fighter, Marciano was a great fighter.Quote:
Originally Posted by BilboTyson 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICBI 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaxxKahn
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.
Frank Bruno was nowhere near close to being a great fighter :mad:
Shame on you Bilbo.
Lennox stank against Bruno, he was beaten to the punch and was outjabbed.
Two words for it, Pepe Correa.
By all accounts Lennox was not 100% fit for the fight, due to illness, and it being a cold night out in the open didn't help him.
Yours in manliness,
Fantana
Agreed Pepe was crap for Lennox, his strategy for the McCall fight at the end of the first round was to tell Lennox to knock out Oliver. Great advice. Total dick. Pepe use to stand in the ring as if he was fighting. Total prick. If Lennox did not get rid of him he would have ended up like Bowe.
Pepe was in the opposite corner to Lennox in the fight versus the big puncher, Lionel Blair. I mean Butler, Lionel Butler.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Heres a pic of Lennox spitting on him
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/23892...4831B75F48EF45
And heres a picture of Lionel Blair, a man you may want to spit on
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...l_blair150.jpg
Yours in manliness,
Fantana
And what great condition Pepe brought Lionel Butler in.:)