Quote Originally Posted by ross
Mike left Rooney right before the Bruno match, his last good match where he trained right was against Spinks and both fights highlight that, from knocking out the linear unbeaten champ in 90 seconds to getting hurt and extended to 5 by a comparative no hoper
No hoper ? Bruno was a lot of things but he was not a no hoper !!

He had a good jab , power and despite what people say he had a good chin and a big heart and solid fundementals !!!

Bruno was not out of his depth he was a genuine top ten fighter and to beat him you had to beat him !!

You forget Bruno actually wenton to win the world title and give Lennox Lewis trouble and had given Witherspoon a great fight in which he was ahead on the cards before his lack of stamina caught up with him .

To call him a comparitive no hoper against a guy who had few fights at heavy and won the title with questionable decisions is wrong .

Spinks hadnt displayed any serious power at heavy whereas Bruno was a known big puncher something demonstrated in the 1st minute when Tyson for the 1st time was in trouble !!

Spinks was more of a no hoper than Bruno .