The Jumbo Cummings punch that nearly sent Frank Bruno into early obscurity

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Ha! Never seen Jumbo before
Fuckin chest on him!

[Master]

That was the first time we realised that Bruno had a fragile chin. Had me on the edge of my seat but he recovered and came back strong.

[Fenster]

I remember an almost identical thing happeni8ng to Herbie Hide

[jamiebhoy]

Said it before but the big mans problem was a lack of defence and knowing what to do when hit, he would just stand there and keep getting hit. Still love Bif Frank, a basic man who had a dream and made it come true, no matter what the route he made it as World Champ and the title meant something to him that money alone couldn't.

Even if Jumbo KO'd him he would probably still have has several title shots as he played the Vritish card well and that's what carried him.

[Greig]

Funny one, but Frank was stopped five times (Tyson twice, Lewis, Smith, Witherspoon) but as far as I'm aware suffered only one knockdown (The flash knockdown in the first round against Tyson - I'm pretty sure it was called a knockdown after Tyson grazed him on top of the head)

Pretty amazing stat for a 'chinny' heavyweight...

[jamiebhoy]

Funny one, but Frank was stopped five times (Tyson twice, Lewis, Smith, Witherspoon) but as far as I'm aware suffered only one knockdown (The flash knockdown in the first round against Tyson - I'm pretty sure it was called a knockdown after Tyson grazed him on top of the head)

Pretty amazing stat for a 'chinny' heavyweight...

My point exactly mate, was never chinny just prone to freezing up !!

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

After reading jamiebhoy's post, I feel sorry for Frank

I mean, he'd finally won a portion of the title and all he can come out with is ''I'm not an uncle Tom... I'm not an uncle Tom!''

The man was haunted

[Syntax Error]

Funny one, but Frank was stopped five times (Tyson twice, Lewis, Smith, Witherspoon) but as far as I'm aware suffered only one knockdown (The flash knockdown in the first round against Tyson - I'm pretty sure it was called a knockdown after Tyson grazed him on top of the head)

Pretty amazing stat for a 'chinny' heavyweight...

I've never subscribed to the theory that Bruno was chinny.

Bruno had a weak spot to the top/side of his head; that's how Cummings stunned him & that's how Tyson decked him too, but he took some thunderous punches to his chin without going down in his career.

Frank's real problem was poor stamina, coupled with the fact that he was way too slow, plus an inability to improvise under pressure.

[LBSCFC]

Bruno was never chinny in my opinion. the problem was when he was caught he would freeze. see fights with bonecrusher smith, tim witherspoon, lennoz lewis and mike tyson for example. his fault infact was because he took a punch too well and didnt take a count to clear his head.