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does anyone remember the welsh heavyweight rudi pika ? someone told me he took his own life over a girl,dont know if any truth in that but i do remember he was a bloody good heavyweight and would of gone onto become a british champion easy,he was a big puncher. he was robbed against bruno in the a.b.a. final if i remember rightly, he beat glen mcrory as a pro and was undefeated too,shame he took his life though.

You might want to check out a previous thread on Pika from a couple of years ago, gives a bit more info on him.

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=41905

He wasn't robbed against Bruno. It was close but there has to be a winner in amateur boxing and Bruno pulled it out in the last round to make sure it was him.

bennie wrote:He wasn't robbed against Bruno. It was close but there has to be a winner in amateur boxing and Bruno pulled it out in the last round to make sure it was him.

Here's the fight , was certainly close. Bruno was only in his 18th fight .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHc6Ty-PTwk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOY1pGc1yaY

in my opinion he was robbed as rudi was the far better boxer,close fight but pika beat him by a whisker,he was a better pro than bruno for a start,his record speaks for that. i never rated bruno as he was robotic,lawless and co made sure they never stuck him up against good fighters,he would burn out after 8 rounds !! look at him against jumbo cummins and bonecrusher smith,he could wallop without a doubt but a suspect chin. tyson ruined him and lewis done him,he was the 80,s henry cooper and british public loved him.