If Bruno would have made his comeback

Heartbreak_Kid79 · Post by **Heartbreak_Kid79** » 16 Nov 2006, 09:18

Obvuiusly its not gonna happen now with Franks fragile mental health, but 6 months prior to his breakdown Frank was being lined up for a comeback... he wanted to fight Audley!

Bearing in mind he was 42 (yet still had a great physique) how well would he have done?

Whilst not worrying the top heavyweights he still clould have made an impact on teh british scene. though limited amonst the elite Franks certainly clobbered 2nd and 3rd tier fighters.,

Audley?, Williams?, Sprott? Skelton? Hide?

How would he have fared against them?
Bear in mind we are talking early 2003 here

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 16 Nov 2006, 09:24

It would have never happend, Bruno was in no mental state to fight. This was around the time that he said he wanted to fight Lennox Lewis and have Michael Barrymore as the referee.

He was clearly on something and was suffering a breakdown - just his comments went public.

Had he actually had been given his licence, then I would expected him to do a McCall and have an in ring breakdown after the opening session of his first comeback fight.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 16 Nov 2006, 09:26

One big punch from Bruno even now at 45 would probably deck Harrison!

Heartbreak_Kid79 · Post by **Heartbreak_Kid79** » 16 Nov 2006, 09:40

Ok my predictions.

Harrison W12 Bruno
Williams or Skelton would beat an old Frank on KO

An old Frank would have KO'd Hide and Sprott

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 16 Nov 2006, 10:27

Didn't Big Frank go down to 12stone while on the crack? Bruno-Calazage anyone

TheRiverCityHippy · Post by **TheRiverCityHippy** » 16 Nov 2006, 11:11

bruno ko1 calzaghe

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 16 Nov 2006, 11:33

Heartbreak_Kid79 wrote:Ok my predictions.

Harrison W12 Bruno
Williams or Skelton would beat an old Frank on KO

An old Frank would have KO'd Hide and Sprott

Bruno lasting a full 12 rounds of boxing in his (then) state? That is demented.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 16 Nov 2006, 12:25

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Didn't Big Frank go down to 12stone while on the crack? Bruno-Calazage anyone

Even a crack riddled 40 something Bruno would beat Pudwill or Ashira.

Heartbreak_Kid79 · Post by **Heartbreak_Kid79** » 17 Nov 2006, 08:03

livingstone cole wrote:
Or if Bruno had been practising the devastating 'skimming' punch that Klitscho used so effectively.

Franks favourite punch was the rabbit punch!

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 18 Nov 2006, 19:28

frank would ko audley within 3 tomorrow

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 18 Nov 2006, 19:29

i'd love to be in franks corner for that one.... 4 words of advice
"get close throw punches"

Heartbreak_Kid79 · Post by **Heartbreak_Kid79** » 20 Nov 2006, 08:58

harrygreb wrote:i'd love to be in franks corner for that one.... 4 words of advice
"get close throw punches"

Audley should have taken that advice!

JC · Post by JC » 20 Nov 2006, 09:55

It's impossible to say how good Frank would have been in 2003, he always looks in good shape but that means nothing. As someone who had a few hard fights and took a fair bit of punishement vs Tyson and Lewis in particular, I think he was better off staying retired I doubt he had much left.

Heartbreak_Kid79 · Post by **Heartbreak_Kid79** » 20 Nov 2006, 13:37

True.
But he would still have had his power.
If Audley had Franks power maybe we wouldn't be calling Audley a nearly man

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 20 Nov 2006, 15:32

you can have all the power in the world, but if you dont like, nay, are petrified of, getting hit dont get in a boxing ring.

Heartbreak_Kid79 · Post by **Heartbreak_Kid79** » 21 Nov 2006, 08:32

harrygreb wrote:you can have all the power in the world, but if you dont like, nay, are petrified of, getting hit dont get in a boxing ring.

That sums up Audley. He has skill, but if he were less cautious and more aggressive, he would be a contender, maybe even a champ by now.
He should have beaten Williams on paper, but was too timid

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 21 Nov 2006, 10:37

thats the same reason i kept away

monkeybusiness · Post by **monkeybusiness** » 22 Nov 2006, 17:09

Frank in 03 probably didnt have agreat deal left. But syill enough to beat Harrison on points. Ha!
I think he would have lost to Williams and Skelton and probably beaten Hide by breathing on him to get a KO

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 22 Nov 2006, 19:28

dont agree at all, frank bruno - love him or not - was a cut above all those you mentioned, dont you remember his fight with lennox?

Heartbreak_Kid79 · Post by **Heartbreak_Kid79** » 23 Nov 2006, 08:17

harrygreb wrote:dont agree at all, frank bruno - love him or not - was a cut above all those you mentioned, dont you remember his fight with lennox?

A prime Bruno was good enough to beat most contdenders but not good enough to be a true world champ.
He was better than Herboe Hide who was a 2 time WBO champ.

Bruno should have gone for that belt, Bruno could handle Division B fighters who challenged for that title (Bowe/Klitschko aside).

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 23 Nov 2006, 08:19

Heartbreak_Kid79 wrote:
harrygreb wrote:dont agree at all, frank bruno - love him or not - was a cut above all those you mentioned, dont you remember his fight with lennox?
A prime Bruno was good enough to beat most contdenders but not good enough to be a true world champ.
He was better than Herboe Hide who was a 2 time WBO champ.

Bruno should have gone for that belt, Bruno could handle Division B fighters who challenged for that title (Bowe/Klitschko aside).

I think Tommy Morrison would have flatterned him personally.

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 23 Nov 2006, 08:42

i agree with both the previous - but after lewis he is still way ahead of the recent brit heavies.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 23 Nov 2006, 08:44

Bruno would of whooped Klitschko.

Vitali could only beat anyone he can get on top of.

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 23 Nov 2006, 08:53

Bruno's badly underated IMO, even in the UK.

As for his 'comeback' your forgetting two key things. 1- it was a One-Fight deal purely to beat up Audley, not get himself back in the British mix with Williams, Skelton etc, 2- Frank was saying a lot of strange things at the time and might not have really understood what he was doing, which i think is likely.

As for a fight with THIS Bruno, Harrison would likely get roughed up early but outlast Bruno. Of course, even a aged Bruno can go the distance against a man not fighting back and just holding, soooo.....?

*Memories of Bruno/Phil Brown*