How would a prime Frank Bruno do in today's HW scene?

i think he loses to the klitschkos, haye, adamek and cunningham. possibly jennings and fury too but it remains to be seen how good those guys really are. everyone else he beats though. i never thought highly of bruno, kind of a HW ricky hatton who gets way too much credit just because ppl like him. I sign this, spot on!

prime Bruno was when he matured and learnt to not panic and fear opponents. He would destroy most of the HWs of today except those with granite chins, perhaps Vitali would last the distance. Bruno would emphatically knock out Wlad as soon as he engaged, but lets be honest Wlad would wait till Bruno was at least 40 before offering him a fight so he could run from him and outgass him. too much detail there. not that kind of thread. Lets be honest, you are troll ;)

i think he loses to the klitschkos, haye, adamek and cunningham. possibly jennings and fury too but it remains to be seen how good those guys really are. everyone else he beats though. i never thought highly of bruno, kind of a HW ricky hatton who gets way too much credit just because ppl like him.

Bruno did seem to have a wide-open defense, at least in that video...

He was a bad holder and hitter and wrestler and mauler. He got away with it in England so he could easily win a belt there. He would have a harder time getting away with those tatics outside of the UK. He was a very strong but not very skillful. He could probably beat a weak champion but Wlad would KO him because he was so easy to hit. He would be one of the best in the UK. and he would be a top 10 contender and probably win an easy belt.he got knocked out in england a few times...

Funnily enough there is not a decent Frank Bruno highlights video on Youtube.i posted over 30 of his fights in my HW thread

he would be a fringe contender. he had solid power & skill but questionable stamina & average chin. he had a tendency to shoe shine & it got him in trouble a few times especially against lennox lewis. he only got beat by former world champions. bruno drew some big crowds in england(40000 vs witherspoon). i would put him in the top 15 somewhere today. he would be in the mix but there are a few HWs i think would give him problems. he got too big by the end of his career. he was too muscular & it slowed him down. his signature win was over oliver mccall. he lost to bonecrusher, witherspoon, tyson twice & lennox & there is no shame in that.

Sorry, I wanted to say he was a very strong man but not to skillful.

He was a bad holder and hitter and wrestler and mauler. He got away with it in England so he could easily win a belt there. He would have a harder time getting away with those tatics outside of the UK. He was a very strong but not very skillful. He could probably beat a weak champion but Wlad would KO him because he was so easy to hit. He would be one of the best in the UK. and he would be a top 10 contender and probably win an easy belt.

prime Bruno was when he matured and learnt to not panic and fear opponents. He would destroy most of the HWs of today except those with granite chins, perhaps Vitali would last the distance. Bruno would emphatically knock out Wlad as soon as he engaged, but lets be honest Wlad would wait till Bruno was at least 40 before offering him a fight so he could run from him and outgass him. I would choose Haye over him. too much detail there. not that kind of thread.

Top5. I would choose Haye over him.

Top3-5. Would not beat either Klitschko if they're near their prime. Could possibly beat this old man Vitali but i'm leaning towards Vitali. I think he'd beat most of the other contenders but he'd lose here and there.

He would KO everyone including the Klitschko's and Haye. He didn't have that great of a chin, but compared to Wlad's and haye's it was granite, he packed quite a punch as well, I remember in one of the exchanges with Tyson he cracked Mike with a good shot and Mike was rattled quite bad. He would munch up Haye, Wladamir and old man Vitali. In VK's prime it would be a bit different though.

Funnily enough there is not a decent Frank Bruno highlights video on Youtube. No laugh compilation either Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

Funnily enough there is not a decent Frank Bruno highlights video on Youtube.

I loved Frank Bruno. His career ran from when I was 13 up to 27 - the perfect age for hero worship. But I knew from the Witherspoon fight (maybe earlier) that he wasn't proper championship material. He just never learnt how to breathe/relax properly & if he didn't get you out of there early - only 7 of his 40 wins came after the 5th round - it was like driving after the "Fill Tank" sign comes on in your car. But he was great. A proper character. I was at White Hart Lane for the Bugner fight. And the day he beat Oliver McCall I had been at an afternoon party for one of my friends kids & was E'd out of my nut. We all were. It was brilliant fun to watch but **** were we nervous in those last few rounds. Watching Nigel Benn at ringside was great too. Ironically, that fight was on Lennox Lewis's 30th birthday. It's a great shame that his life hasn't been as good as it should since he retired. Back to the question, I can't see him beating the Wlad of today. He might (at his best) beat the Vitali of today. On the other hand he could well beat the Wlad of 10 years ago, but not the Vitali that lost so gallantly to Lennox (or up to 2 years ago). He & Chisora would be fun. Not just the fight but the build up too.

He would be 3rd best in the division after Wladimir and Haye. If Vitali were in his 30s he would be 4th best. Wladimir and Haye had a lot of difficulty landing on each other, and Bruno was a fair bit slower than both of them, so I have trouble seeing him landing punches on either. Vitali wouldn't have a speed advantage, but he had a better chin and 4½ inches in height. Bruno would get caught eventually, as he did against Lewis and Witherspoon.

Oh, Frank Bruno. If anyone in this thread has NOT watched Lennox Lewis vs Frank Bruno, set aside some time tomorrow and watch that **** front to back. Terribly underrated heavyweight bout. Bruno had heart, man.

yes Bruno for sure beat most heavyweights of today. he would in my opinion be in the top 5 current ring magazine. had a huge punch. i would give him a better chance against vlad than vitali.

Doesnt lay a glove on Wlad, probably stops an old Vitali. The other contenders wouldnt even pretend to be competitive. P4P best laugh in the sport in any era. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android