What if bruno never rematched tyson..

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bruno was the best HW in history

Tyson just caught him in the right place at the right time on 2 occasions and turned out to be his bogey man, everybody has them

if he hadnt have rematched tyson when he did he would have had a couple more fights unifying the belts and then he would have retired

Bruno was very lucky to have been in a position to become a champion and rematch Tyson. He barely made it out of the last round against McCall; who had been asleep for most of their fight. Had he not fought Tyson he would've either had a couple of soft defences for less money, been stripped, or had to fight Holyfield or something. Truthfully though, it would have still been fun to see him take on say Tommy Morrisson or Ruddock, maybe and old Foreman. I think he'd have gotten KO'ed by all 3 but he also had a chance.

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bruno was the best HW in history

Tyson just caught him in the right place at the right time on 2 occasions and turned out to be his bogey man, everybody has them

if he hadnt have rematched tyson when he did he would have had a couple more fights unifying the belts and then he would have retired

Bruno was very lucky to have been in a position to become a champion and rematch Tyson. He barely made it out of the last round against McCall; who had been asleep for most of their fight. Had he not fought Tyson he would've either had a couple of soft defences for less money, been stripped, or had to fight Holyfield or something. Truthfully though, it would have still been fun to see him take on say Tommy Morrisson or Ruddock, maybe and old Foreman. I think he'd have gotten KO'ed by all 3 but he also had a chance.

30 odd fights 30 odd knockouts, beating up lewis for several rounds, winning against witherspoon and bonecrusher in his only other defeats

call that lucky do you?

bruno won the world title on his 4th attempt, with all attempts being very well deserved

what a fighter bruno was, he would have been a great addition to any era

on paper he would have KOed Morrison and Ruddock

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Ok, I'm not biting for the record He was lucky that he had a chance to fight McCall for the world title when he did, and imo lucky that McCall didn't show much life in that fight until the last round or two. He was also in no way ahead against Witherspoon before being stopped if I remember. Had he done anything to earn the shot at McCall since losing to Lewis? He was obviously a big draw and that's great, but he would have never had a prayer of staying champion for long.

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Ok, I'm not biting for the record He was lucky that he had a chance to fight McCall for the world title when he did, and imo lucky that McCall didn't show much life in that fight until the last round or two. He was also in no way ahead against Witherspoon before being stopped if I remember. Had he done anything to earn the shot at McCall since losing to Lewis? He was obviously a big draw and that's great, but he would have never had a prayer of staying champion for long.

so you are saying he caught mccall at a good time not that he was lucky to get a title fight?

he was winning against witherspoon after about 8, he was probably still ahead at the time of the KO although witherspoon was on top and would have taken a decision

he was also winning against lewis and bonecrusher , against bonecrusher he was probably 8-1 up

he was winning against mccall not because mccall was having an off day but because bruno over 8 rounds was just a better fighter, its a pity 8 rounds was just about his limit and is the only reason mccall had a good last 2

just as bonecrusher did and just as witherspoon came into their fight after 8

Bruno is one of the most loved fighters in history in britain and he is also one of the most underrated, mainly because the only fights most people saw were the ones he was losing to top world champions

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Bruno would have KOED both fury and Haye in the same night.

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I think both. Lucky that he had a chance to win the belt from McCall, and lucky that McCall didn't show much fire in that fight. Bruno was a beast of a man and a very good boxer, but as you say he was an 8 round fighter and you can't be a world champion long with that kind of limitation. People only saw his losses because that's what all of his big fights wound up being I'd imagine McCall was the only man he ever beat who he wasn't heavily favoured to.

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I think both. Lucky that he had a chance to win the belt from McCall, and lucky that McCall didn't show much fire in that fight. Bruno was a beast of a man and a very good boxer, but as you say he was an 8 round fighter and you can't be a world champion long with that kind of limitation. People only saw his losses because that's what all of his big fights wound up being I'd imagine McCall was the only man he ever beat who he wasn't heavily favoured to.

you could be a world champ now being an peak for 8 round fighter

he goes in with povetkin, wins the first 8 (which is very possible) stays on his feet, world champ

mccall was top form, bruno battered him for 8, lost the last 3 of the last 4

all his big fights werent losses

you are being very negative today arent you?

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I think both. Lucky that he had a chance to win the belt from McCall, and lucky that McCall didn't show much fire in that fight. Bruno was a beast of a man and a very good boxer, but as you say he was an 8 round fighter and you can't be a world champion long with that kind of limitation. People only saw his losses because that's what all of his big fights wound up being I'd imagine McCall was the only man he ever beat who he wasn't heavily favoured to.

you could be a world champ now being an peak for 8 round fighter

he goes in with povetkin, wins the first 8 (which is very possible) stays on his feet, world champ

mccall was top form, bruno battered him for 8, lost the last 3 of the last 4

all his big fights werent losses

you are being very negative today arent you?

Not really you can't. He could have absolutely beaten Povetkin though, perhaps even stopped him before 8. I think he'd have every chance to beat most HW's today in fact, but very little against either Klitschko. What's a big fight he won? Don't see how I was being negative any more than usual