You right though about frank he was a skilled boxer who however lacked BELIEF to ko the elite fighters. He could have whipped tyson if he had pressured him after rocking him
Awesome win for Bruno, even if Coetzee was on the downside of his career, no one KO'd him like this.
I still think Bruno's best fight was maybe against Lewis, right in Lewis prime. Even though he lost, he gave Lennox a lot of trouble and fought with everything he had.
Bruno is a great fighter but his shaky chin always ruin him. Insignificant punches don't really hurt him but once he got tagged with a powerful punch (just one) he's ready to go. Still, he is one of the greatest British heavyweights of all time. I agree with the comment above, he seriously rocked Tyson before his chin gave in to Tyson's power.
bruno was like a robot .totally predictable he could only fight one way .he was too slow and musclebound . after 6 rounds he was knackered whenever he fought anyone decent he got beat.
Bruno was HYPED for this against an albeit, slightly faded but still powerful fighter, who facially looks like a combo of Frans Botha & Corrie COLNEL Sanders...
i love big frank possibly the biggest puncher in boxing ever.just a little request from u boxing fans does anyone have the bruno vs bugner fight?if so can u put on here so i can watch it cant find it any where.i thought that was a defyning moment for our frank.
I`m a Bruno fan, a good fighter and a great guy, but he came up just a little short at the top level despite fine efforts against Witherspoon, Tyson Twice, Lewis & Bonecrusher Smith.
He beat Oliver McCall, a man who became champion via one lucky punch against Lewis, but Bruno beat the man in front of him be become World Champion, deservedly so as well.
This victory against Gerrie Coetzee was a good one although Coetzee was at the back end of his career by then it must be said.
one thing i've never understood about this fight- why didn't coetzee throw any punches?or at least make an effort to deter bruno , he just seemed to stand there waiting to be hit
This was possibly my 1st ever boxing memory! A great oppenent for Frank to prove himself against the big man Coetzee. Good times for British Heavyweight Boxing (Bruno i mean ;-) this! Nah tis positive memory's from my youth..
bruno was a great fighter witherspoon never smashed him you idiot bruno was winning untill the lasr round same with bonecrusher winning against len wba champ refused to unify titlt with bruno instead don king forced bruno to fight tyson at tysons best with frank warren first to rock tyson=bruno
I like Frank but he was one dimensional; only able to chase opponents and hit hard without having any idea on how to defend! It's no good being on top and having a glass jaw. please look up the fight he had with Jumbo Cummins!
@ski7878 - Yeah. Bruno was one of the hardest hitting heavyweights of all time but his bad chin always cause him fights. 5 defeats. All by knockouts or stoppages! He was outboxing Lewis the entire fight until he got caught by a left hook and that was enough to stop him... But definitely one of Britain's finest.
Bruno was a strong puncher, but definitely not one of the hardest hitters ever. All the fighters you mentioned in your post took Bruno's best shots and never went down...even Lennox Lewis, who always had a vulnerable chin. Bruno was powerful enough to starch midlevel competition, but his bombs had little effect on world class opponents.
@garethac81 You make a good point. But I still maintain Bruno had great power. He truly rocked Tyson at his peak who was world class! Where I feel Frank fell short was his inability to sustain the attacks (as opposed to Tyson for example). His physique meant he was a little cumbersome - if he had worked more on sustained combinations, then he may well have knocked more of those top guys out. Tyson, for example, was not a one-punch specialist - he usually knocked guys out with combinations
Well, let's not exaggerate things - Bruno stunned Tyson, but only momentarily. Tyson didn't go down, and wasn't close to going down. The punch was surprising at the time only because people were not used to seeing Tyson hit hard, but in hindsight, it doesn't amount to much. Tony Tucker tagged Tyson in the 1st round of their fight...so what?
Holyfield hurt Tyson much worse with single punches than Bruno or Tucker, and Holyfield was never a big puncher.
@garethac81 Alright, we could go on comparing forever... But Tyson was almost never hurt by a 'single shot' - his losses were due to accumulation. Particularly due to his strong neck. So if someone 'hurt' him with a shot this showed they had very strong power. Holyfield hurt Tyson after many punches - not single punch. Rd 10/11 is when Tyson became hurt after a long fight and had to take 10-15 punches before ref stopped fight and still Tyson didn't go down - almost a decade after Bruno fight
Still a great fighter. One of the best British heavies. Fought in an era where there were a LOT of tasty heavyweights in and around the belts. So glad he did manage to win one. Well done Frank. I'll never forget that shot that shook Tyson to his boots. For a minute there we dared to dream!
This was Bruno's best performance! Was surprisingly quick here. but beating old tired Coetzee wasn't great. Fat prime Witherspoon smashed Bruno a few months later!
Best physique? No. Would rather physique of prime Foreman, Norton, Lyle, Weaver, Bonecrusher, Lewis, and of course they were better fighters!
These two have something in common; neither of them held their title for very long. Yet, where Bruno lost clearly to a hungry Tyson, Coetzee was a victim of bad refereeing against Greg Page.
I remember watching the 2nd Bruno/Tyson fight Bruno owned Tyson but is such a nice guy and didnt have that killer instinct too finish him off when he had him, where Tyson put Bruno too bed as soon as he could. Shame really cause Bruno had awesome power for such a gentleman if he was an animal he would of got alot further
was first bruno vs tyson where he'd did a little better, he can always say he was the first to rock Tyson with a good shot. Tyson was in his prime then also.
Earnie Shavers(Hardest hitter in boxing history) Said that Frank Bruno was the second hardest hitter he had ever seen, just a raw nerve shattering punch similar to Shavers. The punch was of course second only to Shavers.
Frank had the hardest punch in boxing no killing finish up against Tyson. He knocked his head off then step back like he did not want to hurt him. Nice guy Frank
Coetzee was a dangerous fighter and a gentleman too,this was an awesome win for Bruno,he belted Coetzee cold inside a round.That last short punch to the temple area would have knocked out any man alive.
FRANK BRUNO WAS THE BEST BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT EVER. If he came back now, he would beat Audley, and other heavyweights. He was very strong, had a good jab and knew how to throw a punch. He was close to beating a young Lennox Lewis, when he was wahsed up and old! GOOD ON YA FRANK!
bruno was much better in his early career.. he was slimmer and more mobile.. as he got on - he got too heavy and bulked up, and it was his downfall. kinda liek shannon briggs.
Can't believe this is on here. You are a legend for putting this video on here man. Dankie hier van Engeland af. Gerrie was die beste. We met Frank Bruno here in England he DJ'S now.
Bruno was tremendously gifted physically, huge KO power and a granite chin, maybe if he had a good trainer that taught him how to box he'd be remembered as one of the greats.
only thing bruno could do was punch. he wasn't a good boxer. he had no killer instinct. he always dropped his arms wen hurt. you can't do that, you need to cover up wen hurt but he was never themost clever person but he did have a lot of heart. he fought the best and ran a few of them quite close!
in an age of good heavyweights bruno was actually world class ..with a world class punch..sadly brunos problem was after he got hit he dropped his arms..bad habit so that made him vulnerable..people said he had a glass jaw..thats untrue..he had it all really just lack of ocncerntration when he got hit..he was good though..dont underestimate his ko punch it was awesome..
I also agree Bruno should never have taken the second fight but it was about money and 4 million pounds. He was injured in the mccall fight and he took the tyson fight for that reason alone. If he wanted to stay in boxing he should have made an easy defence in London and gone out with a win. But he signed a contract with don king fight to give tyson a shot.
I think that when you look at todays crop, I would love to see Bruno.I feel maybe he was under rated during his career.Stong, powerful, yet not gifted with great speed, he was about when a short-lived resurgence was going on, what with Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis etc. were around. After all, he BEAT McCall. So easy to knock people when they're down or done. I'm Irish and feel he rightly deserves respect, although should not have taken that second Tyson fight. Didn't help with his legacy.
if you watch all of coetzee's fights you will notice that he hardly ever uses his right. great pity that his injury stood in the way of what could've been a great career
I would have liked to have seen you in the ring against Bruno so you could have shown us all how great you fight. i reckon first punch your down and out, then on a stretcher to have brain surgey performed on you ( and thats just the first puch landed )
To be honest, this fight looks kinda fixed. For someone of Coetzee's pedigree, he didn't look that much hurt when he got knocked down, and when he got up he didn't throw any punches and defend himself... and Bruno gave him LOADS of time to do so b4 the ko punch. Looks dodgy to me, maybe Coetzee got a good back-hander. More proves the point, after this Coeztee returns and goes the distance with James Tillis... HuuuH??
I doubt against Bruno. He may have fallen short a few times, but he had Tyson hurt and was out-boxing Lewis. This was poetic justice, Coetzee did about the same thing to Leon Spinks some years before only to fall victim to a first round KO himself.
yea, and please dont talk bad about gerrie coetzee, because he was the fighting pride of africa and if you diss him you are dissing south africa..so just dont. i mean, its a fight..what happens happens, no need to talk bad about him. its easy to talk bad about somone when your on your computer drinkin a coke.
In today's heavyweight scene, a prime Coetzee would have a title. He was a very good fighter but just stuck around too long, something he can't be faulted for because a lot of fighter do. At the time of this fight, Bruno was a tough up and comer. It was kind of a changing of the guard. Coetzee was fearless, too. I like how he took out Spinks as if Spinks wasn't the guy who upset Ali. He just went in and did his job without getting psyched out.
yea, now no offnese to him, but leon spinks wasnt a great. gerrie coetzee was fearless, indeed..thats what i like most about him. if you know where to see more of his fights, please tell me!
mennea is an example of how inbreeding screws up a person's brain. Bigotry is such a waste of emotion. That such uneducated backward people actually exist make the stereotypes shown in the media accurate. It's simply sad.
shut up mate, its called internet abbreviation, and yeah she did was going to buy his house so go and get a life mate and stop reading 4 week old comments.
gerrie was the first white heavyweight champion after 23 years, and back in in 80s that was a very good achievement. But the most important is that he suffered for many injures in his right hand (he made many surgeries in his right hand thats why the use to call him the bionic man
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1st of all lewis aint really british , also he aint a really nice guy , he is very cocky and arogant , he beat tyson when he was very much out of his prime , he was also a very boaring fighter to watch , and he got lucky against bruno , bruno should have won the fight...x x x
bruno also another boring fighter 2 watch.who has he fought.he is stiff an moves like an robot.apart from mike tyson he has beaten every man he ever faced.he has boxed better quality opponents than bruno has. also lennox lewis is a british.he was born here lived here till 12years old then moved 2 canada.after winning gold medal he came back 2 britain 2 fight as a professional so he is more british than canadian
whatever he fought for canada when he could of fought for britain. which shows where his heart was therefore i wont class lewis as a true british champion. Wheres Bruno was a world champion who was british to the bone. As for Bruno being stiff, don't think its fair making comments like that, the man will take anyones head off in this forum you try taking a punch from Bruno in his peak and then call him stiff. Tyson himself gave Bruno a lot of credit in the first fight.
mmm a female that knows boxing cool lol,i agree with some of that the thing about tyson and lennox actually being arrogant thats true.but he is a legend this guy beat everyone but to me jus didnt face a prime holyfield or tyson.but beat tua,grant,rahman,morroson,tucker,briggs,mercer,all those men were solid and in primes maybe not tucker as much but there is more.he is a great champ gotta give him some respect
Lewis was born in London and only moved to Canada aged 12 and returned to the UK in his early twenties. He is as British as anyone else. He was an excellent boxer and regardless of when he fought Tyson, the result would have been the same. A total ass whipping for the ear biting rapist.
Cheers, Spadger. I think perhaps he was deliberately being a goon. However, can anybody tell me what became of Terry Lawless? Is he in the great gym in the sky? Or retired maybe?
Yeah, he's trying to get a response. Probably doesn' get a lot of attention at home.
Lawless? No idea. Just jumped around online and could find nothing revealing what he's doing today or whether he's still alive. Pretty old if he's still alive.
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Bruno was another British Over-hyped piece of crap. When they met Coetzee was way way past his best - at his prime he would have wiped the floor with Bruno.
The size difference between Bruno here and at the end of his career (1996) is amazing. He probably shouldn't have built up any more after the first Tyson fight, in '89. Later on he looked like a bodybuilder, not a boxer.
Bruno should have shited to America following the witherspoon defeat, a US trainer would have done wonders with him, the 1986-89 period should have been his peak years but for mickey duff and lawless it would have been.
be4 the knockout punch he was not that dazed...he was thinking right when he got him in the body with his right but he would have aimed 4 the head instead...but o well
Coetzee was much too tentative in this match - not that he was all that in any part of his career..He was once quoted in an interview as saying something to the effect that he had very little self-confidence in his ability as a boxer - I believe that was quite evident in this bout vs the mediocre Frank Bruno.
when you watch bruno now compared to the current heaveweights ,he looks ok. A good top 10 fighter in any era but not any better but due a lot of respect as all boxers should get.
ROFL Bruno didnt have a glass jaw hahahha thats hilarious, hed stand up till he was dead. Bruno was a good fighter and better than most of the shit we have to watch these days. Audley Harrison ????
Bruno was GOOD but not GREAT. I enjoyed watching him fight but he always lost the big fights. Witherspoon, Tyson, Bonecrusher Smith and Lewis. Still, a good fighter.
Not necessarily. Coetzee was stopped by Mike Weaver in thirteen rounds. In his next fight after beating Michael Dokes for the title, Coetzee was knocked out by Greg Page. Both Bruno and Coetzee were tremendous punchers with dodgy chins. The fight didn't last long enough for condition to be a factor. It was more a case of Bruno landing first.
That's right. British trainers always teach that two-dimensional stand-up-straight style that makes very boring fighters. Also Bruno got too big towards the end of his career, looking more like a bodybuilder weighing in at close to 250lbs.
Yeah, I reckon. He probably shouldn't have gotten any bigger than when he fought Tyson the first time, bigger than he was in this video but nowhere near as big as he was when he fought Tyson again in '96. He had no speed left at that point.
@imperialpod I did not agree that Bruno 'could not perform' at a world class level...yes he could not win at that level (Witherspoon and Lewis) but he was winning most of the Spoon fight (he was still ahead after 8 rounds) and in the lewis fight was ahead in my most critics minds (Tommy Morrison scored the fight 5;1 to Bruno)...What he could not do was deliver the coup de grace...as Mickey Duff said Bruno had the mindset of a fighter who did not believe in himself.
Good observation there: Bruno needed a trainer who could turn him into a pressure fighter. Pretty similar to what Arthur Abraham needs, and to what Kessler got for himself already.
USA boxers make the best pressure fighters and inside fighters.
Handled by a Freddie Roach or Manny Steward, Bruno would have become unstoppable.
Agree completely,unfortunately for Bruno it was Lewis that got Manny and not him.
Would have been interesting to see what Roach could have done with Frank.All that power but with Toney style slipping on the inside finishing off with fast, devastating counters.
Abraham still has time to change and he can box as seen in the 1st Miranda fight. I think he lets his reputation as a devastating puncher cloud his potential.
He'd rather plod around waiting for the other guy to tire.
Frank needed quality sparring partners, that required moving to the US. If he had done that, he would have become a better fighter.
OS993 1 week ago
the weight training ruined bruno
MrLukedanger 2 weeks ago
You right though about frank he was a skilled boxer who however lacked BELIEF to ko the elite fighters. He could have whipped tyson if he had pressured him after rocking him
bertelliish 3 months ago
I like seeing Coetzee get starched. He always talked tons of shit in the ring.
NilezII 5 months ago
One of Bruno's finest performance!
expressivechild 7 months ago
Awesome win for Bruno, even if Coetzee was on the downside of his career, no one KO'd him like this.
I still think Bruno's best fight was maybe against Lewis, right in Lewis prime. Even though he lost, he gave Lennox a lot of trouble and fought with everything he had.
zenmachinefilms 7 months ago
Frank Bruno was (easily) the greatest british-born heavyweight ever. He would have DESTROYED Henry Cooper! (Sorry, Cooper fans!)
SUZI1990ful 8 months ago
@SUZI1990ful lennox lewis?
Ncc84 6 months ago
@Ncc84 Lewis was born in Canada, not England.
SUZI1990ful 6 months ago
@SUZI1990ful Lewis didn't move to Canada until he was 12. Numb nuts.
BLAGASPANTS 6 months ago
@SUZI1990ful Lewis was born in England.
BLAGASPANTS 6 months ago
Bruno is a great fighter but his shaky chin always ruin him. Insignificant punches don't really hurt him but once he got tagged with a powerful punch (just one) he's ready to go. Still, he is one of the greatest British heavyweights of all time. I agree with the comment above, he seriously rocked Tyson before his chin gave in to Tyson's power.
expressivechild 10 months ago
bruno was like a robot .totally predictable he could only fight one way .he was too slow and musclebound . after 6 rounds he was knackered whenever he fought anyone decent he got beat.
vespasianlegx11 10 months ago
Bruno was HYPED for this against an albeit, slightly faded but still powerful fighter, who facially looks like a combo of Frans Botha & Corrie COLNEL Sanders...
PhflyDan1 11 months ago
Them sticky jabs of Bruno's are awe-inspiring! What a great boxer and a fantastic guy!
iTalented 1 year ago
Coetzee didn't come enough motivated for this fight. He was not fighting at all actually.
He was rather passive.
ezekielwahwah 1 year ago
bruno looked pretty slim in this one.
optimum24 1 year ago
The legend Bomber Bruno,
fitzieo1 1 year ago
Really good quality clip. Thanks
caspergolightly 1 year ago
...a better win than Lewis Vs Ruddock says I. Why? because Coetzee had won a version of the World title at least whereas Ruddock hadn't.
Panthera0nca 1 year ago
I was there that night, but missed the first knockdown because I was talking to my mate.
Good night out though. Wembley 1986.
Mr100duke 1 year ago
bruno,real champion
biroltapmaz1 1 year ago
i love big frank possibly the biggest puncher in boxing ever.just a little request from u boxing fans does anyone have the bruno vs bugner fight?if so can u put on here so i can watch it cant find it any where.i thought that was a defyning moment for our frank.
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SuperHatemail 1 year ago
Not a fair fight. Bruno could punch Gerrie from his corner. Talk about dragging your knukkles when walking! lol
PenzanceGunner 1 year ago
I`m a Bruno fan, a good fighter and a great guy, but he came up just a little short at the top level despite fine efforts against Witherspoon, Tyson Twice, Lewis & Bonecrusher Smith.
He beat Oliver McCall, a man who became champion via one lucky punch against Lewis, but Bruno beat the man in front of him be become World Champion, deservedly so as well.
This victory against Gerrie Coetzee was a good one although Coetzee was at the back end of his career by then it must be said.
paweng1 1 year ago
@paweng1
He also beat Carl 'The Truth' Williams along with McCall and they were essentially lower world level fighters.
Thats what Bruno was, a lower world class level fighter who when pushed, could perform to mid level, but never highest level.
imperialpod 1 year ago
<3 Harry.
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FRANK BRUNO is so underrated.
he was a very tough boxer.
BRUNO gave very tough fights to BONCRUSHER, WHITHERSPOON, & he even hurt LENOX LEWIS a few times.
BRUNO even beat a tough OLIVER MCHALL for the heavyweight title, the same title that MCHALL beat LEWIS for.
BRUNO's only problem was that he got tired in the late rounds, but he was still one hard boxer to beat.
& thats why this is a great when 4 TYSON.
& TYSON was the only 1 to beat BRUNO easily in there 2nd fight
nevawrong 1 year ago
good hit
eatthisvr6 2 years ago
Because he wasn't very good
stevieg667 2 years ago
one thing i've never understood about this fight- why didn't coetzee throw any punches?or at least make an effort to deter bruno , he just seemed to stand there waiting to be hit
swiftyxxx123 2 years ago
@swiftyxxx123 It's because he was pretty much finished at this point
selish77 1 year ago
This was possibly my 1st ever boxing memory! A great oppenent for Frank to prove himself against the big man Coetzee. Good times for British Heavyweight Boxing (Bruno i mean ;-) this! Nah tis positive memory's from my youth..
heyvenus123 2 years ago
bruno was a great fighter witherspoon never smashed him you idiot bruno was winning untill the lasr round same with bonecrusher winning against len wba champ refused to unify titlt with bruno instead don king forced bruno to fight tyson at tysons best with frank warren first to rock tyson=bruno
kingkobra180 2 years ago
kingkobra180
Come on dude Bruno was never a 'great'. That is a word reserved for the absolute finest fighters.
Panthera0nca 2 years ago
@kingkobra180 I love these he-was-winning-until-he-got-knocked-out arguments. So what?
selish77 1 year ago
Rigged...
bookteafun 2 years ago
It almost looks staged
DisInfoWars 2 years ago
I like Frank but he was one dimensional; only able to chase opponents and hit hard without having any idea on how to defend! It's no good being on top and having a glass jaw. please look up the fight he had with Jumbo Cummins!
copperpotbaby 2 years ago
Bruno was one of the hardest hitting heavyweights for that (any?) era. He was also a well skilled boxer. Proof?
1) Winning against Bonecrusher Smith before last rd stoppage
2) Winning against Tim Witherspoon (world title) before late stoppage
3) Winning against lennox Lewis (Bruno's most aggressive performance), before (again!) being stopped.
4) First man to truly rock Tyson
His main problem was inability to recuperate and somewhat upright. He wasn't 'chinny' as such. But he was brave.
ski7878 2 years ago 14
tottally agree with ya
9leach 2 years ago
@ski7878
BRUNO did beat a tough OLIVER MCHALL tho
nevawrong 1 year ago
@ski7878
But he didnt knock them out.
He cant of been that hard hitting
11541975 1 year ago
@ski7878
Hardest hitting guy EVER in the heavyweight division was ERNIE SHAVERS.
Second: probably Rocky Marciano.
ezekielwahwah 1 year ago
@ezekielwahwah dont talk stupid, marciano weighed 13 stone , how the fuck is he going to hill harder than forman
thehomefront 1 year ago
@thehomefront
Marciano was lighter, but meaner than Foreman.
ezekielwahwah 1 year ago
@ski7878 - Yeah. Bruno was one of the hardest hitting heavyweights of all time but his bad chin always cause him fights. 5 defeats. All by knockouts or stoppages! He was outboxing Lewis the entire fight until he got caught by a left hook and that was enough to stop him... But definitely one of Britain's finest.
expressivechild 1 year ago
@ski7878
Bruno was a strong puncher, but definitely not one of the hardest hitters ever. All the fighters you mentioned in your post took Bruno's best shots and never went down...even Lennox Lewis, who always had a vulnerable chin. Bruno was powerful enough to starch midlevel competition, but his bombs had little effect on world class opponents.
garethac81 1 year ago
@garethac81 You make a good point. But I still maintain Bruno had great power. He truly rocked Tyson at his peak who was world class! Where I feel Frank fell short was his inability to sustain the attacks (as opposed to Tyson for example). His physique meant he was a little cumbersome - if he had worked more on sustained combinations, then he may well have knocked more of those top guys out. Tyson, for example, was not a one-punch specialist - he usually knocked guys out with combinations
ski7878 1 year ago
@ski7878
Well, let's not exaggerate things - Bruno stunned Tyson, but only momentarily. Tyson didn't go down, and wasn't close to going down. The punch was surprising at the time only because people were not used to seeing Tyson hit hard, but in hindsight, it doesn't amount to much. Tony Tucker tagged Tyson in the 1st round of their fight...so what?
Holyfield hurt Tyson much worse with single punches than Bruno or Tucker, and Holyfield was never a big puncher.
garethac81 1 year ago
@garethac81 Alright, we could go on comparing forever... But Tyson was almost never hurt by a 'single shot' - his losses were due to accumulation. Particularly due to his strong neck. So if someone 'hurt' him with a shot this showed they had very strong power. Holyfield hurt Tyson after many punches - not single punch. Rd 10/11 is when Tyson became hurt after a long fight and had to take 10-15 punches before ref stopped fight and still Tyson didn't go down - almost a decade after Bruno fight
starginsky 1 year ago
@ski7878 Tyson was already declined in his defensive first posture.In 1987-88 bruno wouldnt have landed one shot against the classic tyson.
fadethetrade 10 months ago
@ski7878
...and the big right was always telegraphed.
Still a great fighter. One of the best British heavies. Fought in an era where there were a LOT of tasty heavyweights in and around the belts. So glad he did manage to win one. Well done Frank. I'll never forget that shot that shook Tyson to his boots. For a minute there we dared to dream!
ShoeiBoy 7 months ago
take that you apartheid piece of sh.....
theredferal 2 years ago
he was against apartheid, dude.
hinduw 2 years ago
he was never really destined to be a legend. Too much of a bodybuilder's body rather then a boxer's. he was good tho =)
Stubbsy129 2 years ago
Bruno has such a technical stance,presice accurate,shame he went mad and give his missus a pasting :(
olly2383 2 years ago
Yes, we know he gave her a pasting because she said so don't we, no further proof required right?
If Bruno gave you a pasting you wouldn't be here to tell the story, let alone a tiny creature like Lorna-where's-my-money-from-the-divorce-Bruno.
Maxshard 2 years ago
lol yeah good point maxshard, she wouldnt be around to tell the tale if that was true ha-ha
olly2383 2 years ago
apart from myself, has anybody ever seen a better physical specimen than Frank Bruno?
chad6258 2 years ago 2
Lance armstrong!
rufusandburne 2 years ago
tyson was pretty stacked
emohatred 2 years ago
This was Bruno's best performance! Was surprisingly quick here. but beating old tired Coetzee wasn't great. Fat prime Witherspoon smashed Bruno a few months later!
Best physique? No. Would rather physique of prime Foreman, Norton, Lyle, Weaver, Bonecrusher, Lewis, and of course they were better fighters!
Galactus247 2 years ago
@chad6258 yeah many ali, norton, foreman, bonecrusher and mike weaver. want more? lol
bertelliish 3 months ago
These two have something in common; neither of them held their title for very long. Yet, where Bruno lost clearly to a hungry Tyson, Coetzee was a victim of bad refereeing against Greg Page.
Jorsalfar 2 years ago
I remember watching the 2nd Bruno/Tyson fight Bruno owned Tyson but is such a nice guy and didnt have that killer instinct too finish him off when he had him, where Tyson put Bruno too bed as soon as he could. Shame really cause Bruno had awesome power for such a gentleman if he was an animal he would of got alot further
airbornedusty 2 years ago
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HitMeQuick 2 years ago 2
was first bruno vs tyson where he'd did a little better, he can always say he was the first to rock Tyson with a good shot. Tyson was in his prime then also.
sturey32boxing 2 years ago
Earnie Shavers(Hardest hitter in boxing history) Said that Frank Bruno was the second hardest hitter he had ever seen, just a raw nerve shattering punch similar to Shavers. The punch was of course second only to Shavers.
XionComrade 2 years ago
Frank had the hardest punch in boxing no killing finish up against Tyson. He knocked his head off then step back like he did not want to hurt him. Nice guy Frank
tinternet66 2 years ago 2
Frank Bruno rock smoker thats real shit
ukboxingkings 2 years ago
tyson beat bruno 2 time in 1989 & 1995
bethoveenzeyad 3 years ago
i've met bruno :) x
NJ4JN 3 years ago
Good vid!
Coetzee was indeed dangerous with that "Bionic Right."
Bruno underrated former champion with tons of heart. And a great man, to boot.
nportillo73 3 years ago
bruno has his balance on his front foot too much
mlademamehocekurca 3 years ago
yeh i noticed that too
reuone 2 years ago
I considered Bruno my brother because he was from Wandsworth and when he lost to Bonecrusher I felt sick and cried
nobbin19 3 years ago
nobbin19
That's shockingly honest!
Panthera0nca 2 years ago
Coetzee was a dangerous fighter and a gentleman too,this was an awesome win for Bruno,he belted Coetzee cold inside a round.That last short punch to the temple area would have knocked out any man alive.
spd47 3 years ago
not mark hunt
simplyathers 2 years ago
FRANK BRUNO WAS THE BEST BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT EVER. If he came back now, he would beat Audley, and other heavyweights. He was very strong, had a good jab and knew how to throw a punch. He was close to beating a young Lennox Lewis, when he was wahsed up and old! GOOD ON YA FRANK!
reno573 3 years ago
My nan could beat Audley.
But yeah Bruno was a good fighter. Not close to the best though.
Gibbo118 3 years ago 4
pacman could beat Audley
nobbin19 3 years ago 2
yes audley is really crap ..i cant understand what the guys problem is...its a mystery
jonboygood1 3 years ago
heart problem
very coward
ideafix12 2 years ago
He was washed up at the start of his career.Tommy Farr from the thirties would have beaten him.
GILLYRUTH 3 years ago
bruno was much better in his early career.. he was slimmer and more mobile.. as he got on - he got too heavy and bulked up, and it was his downfall. kinda liek shannon briggs.
SeanOBriain 3 years ago 2
Can't believe this is on here. You are a legend for putting this video on here man. Dankie hier van Engeland af. Gerrie was die beste. We met Frank Bruno here in England he DJ'S now.
bethulie13 3 years ago
Bruno was tremendously gifted physically, huge KO power and a granite chin, maybe if he had a good trainer that taught him how to box he'd be remembered as one of the greats.
mightyPants 3 years ago
they are both so slim and tall
liverpoolwithpassion 3 years ago
only thing bruno could do was punch. he wasn't a good boxer. he had no killer instinct. he always dropped his arms wen hurt. you can't do that, you need to cover up wen hurt but he was never themost clever person but he did have a lot of heart. he fought the best and ran a few of them quite close!
wanes82 3 years ago
in an age of good heavyweights bruno was actually world class ..with a world class punch..sadly brunos problem was after he got hit he dropped his arms..bad habit so that made him vulnerable..people said he had a glass jaw..thats untrue..he had it all really just lack of ocncerntration when he got hit..he was good though..dont underestimate his ko punch it was awesome..
jonboygood1 3 years ago
if you think bruno was good you don't know boxing obviously
elderfan 3 years ago
I also agree Bruno should never have taken the second fight but it was about money and 4 million pounds. He was injured in the mccall fight and he took the tyson fight for that reason alone. If he wanted to stay in boxing he should have made an easy defence in London and gone out with a win. But he signed a contract with don king fight to give tyson a shot.
Indul1 3 years ago
I think that when you look at todays crop, I would love to see Bruno.I feel maybe he was under rated during his career.Stong, powerful, yet not gifted with great speed, he was about when a short-lived resurgence was going on, what with Tyson, Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis etc. were around. After all, he BEAT McCall. So easy to knock people when they're down or done. I'm Irish and feel he rightly deserves respect, although should not have taken that second Tyson fight. Didn't help with his legacy.
abuffalo19 3 years ago
if you watch all of coetzee's fights you will notice that he hardly ever uses his right. great pity that his injury stood in the way of what could've been a great career
robhdg 3 years ago
looks like he took a dive
bruno was never very good
elderfan 3 years ago
fuck off you tosser!
1OLDSKOOL1 3 years ago
I would have liked to have seen you in the ring against Bruno so you could have shown us all how great you fight. i reckon first punch your down and out, then on a stretcher to have brain surgey performed on you ( and thats just the first puch landed )
Kronnie1 2 years ago
anyone know the exact date of this bout?
gammacurve 3 years ago
no worries i see it now!!
gammacurve 3 years ago
bruno became heavyweight champ but he was never a world class fighter unlike lewis who was a world class fighter
pritch9598 3 years ago 2
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that was cold as ice!
joeytrimble 3 years ago
To be honest, this fight looks kinda fixed. For someone of Coetzee's pedigree, he didn't look that much hurt when he got knocked down, and when he got up he didn't throw any punches and defend himself... and Bruno gave him LOADS of time to do so b4 the ko punch. Looks dodgy to me, maybe Coetzee got a good back-hander. More proves the point, after this Coeztee returns and goes the distance with James Tillis... HuuuH??
Galactus247 3 years ago
Coetzee must be very tall, always thought he was 6'3".
Belburg 3 years ago
bbrruuuuuuunnnnnnnnooooooooooooo!!!
class act
know wot i mean
hur hur
vdclinic 3 years ago
Bruno could punch,but he didn't have the instinct to want to hurt someone,which i think is the essence of boxing.I still love him to bits though
shoffadoffa 3 years ago
The fuck was he doing the night before?
On the piss no doubt.
I could take more punches than that.
TomC0 4 years ago
I doubt against Bruno. He may have fallen short a few times, but he had Tyson hurt and was out-boxing Lewis. This was poetic justice, Coetzee did about the same thing to Leon Spinks some years before only to fall victim to a first round KO himself.
ajbonine69 4 years ago
yea, and please dont talk bad about gerrie coetzee, because he was the fighting pride of africa and if you diss him you are dissing south africa..so just dont. i mean, its a fight..what happens happens, no need to talk bad about him. its easy to talk bad about somone when your on your computer drinkin a coke.
hinduw 3 years ago
In today's heavyweight scene, a prime Coetzee would have a title. He was a very good fighter but just stuck around too long, something he can't be faulted for because a lot of fighter do. At the time of this fight, Bruno was a tough up and comer. It was kind of a changing of the guard. Coetzee was fearless, too. I like how he took out Spinks as if Spinks wasn't the guy who upset Ali. He just went in and did his job without getting psyched out.
ajbonine69 3 years ago
yea, now no offnese to him, but leon spinks wasnt a great. gerrie coetzee was fearless, indeed..thats what i like most about him. if you know where to see more of his fights, please tell me!
hinduw 3 years ago
Gerrie Coetzee was past his prime here!
havoc303 4 years ago 2
Geirrie simply stood too straight up for his own good. He basically put his chin on a tee. He also held his hands too low.
bnegs521 4 years ago
mennea is an example of how inbreeding screws up a person's brain. Bigotry is such a waste of emotion. That such uneducated backward people actually exist make the stereotypes shown in the media accurate. It's simply sad.
ajbonine69 4 years ago
my mum was gonna by frank bruno house before she brought this one! lol
romfordlad07 4 years ago
Why don't you write properly before sharing your ridiculous claims to fame?
cquilty1 4 years ago
shut up mate, its called internet abbreviation, and yeah she did was going to buy his house so go and get a life mate and stop reading 4 week old comments.
romfordlad07 4 years ago
gerrie was the first white heavyweight champion after 23 years, and back in in 80s that was a very good achievement. But the most important is that he suffered for many injures in his right hand (he made many surgeries in his right hand thats why the use to call him the bionic man
IOANNIS2 4 years ago
Frank Bruno is a legendary boxer and I am proud he is british. He is not only a fantastic boxer but a genuinly nice guy too...love him x x x
BrunetteBarbie21 4 years ago
you should be proud of lennox lewis not bruno.because lewis has beaten every top americans fighters and became 3 times world champion
ddfffggghhhh 4 years ago
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1st of all lewis aint really british , also he aint a really nice guy , he is very cocky and arogant , he beat tyson when he was very much out of his prime , he was also a very boaring fighter to watch , and he got lucky against bruno , bruno should have won the fight...x x x
BrunetteBarbie21 3 years ago
bruno also another boring fighter 2 watch.who has he fought.he is stiff an moves like an robot.apart from mike tyson he has beaten every man he ever faced.he has boxed better quality opponents than bruno has. also lennox lewis is a british.he was born here lived here till 12years old then moved 2 canada.after winning gold medal he came back 2 britain 2 fight as a professional so he is more british than canadian
ddfffggghhhh 3 years ago
whatever he fought for canada when he could of fought for britain. which shows where his heart was therefore i wont class lewis as a true british champion. Wheres Bruno was a world champion who was british to the bone. As for Bruno being stiff, don't think its fair making comments like that, the man will take anyones head off in this forum you try taking a punch from Bruno in his peak and then call him stiff. Tyson himself gave Bruno a lot of credit in the first fight.
BrunetteBarbie21 3 years ago
mmm a female that knows boxing cool lol,i agree with some of that the thing about tyson and lennox actually being arrogant thats true.but he is a legend this guy beat everyone but to me jus didnt face a prime holyfield or tyson.but beat tua,grant,rahman,morroson,tucker,briggs,mercer,all those men were solid and in primes maybe not tucker as much but there is more.he is a great champ gotta give him some respect
redmeth07 3 years ago
Lewis was born in London and only moved to Canada aged 12 and returned to the UK in his early twenties. He is as British as anyone else. He was an excellent boxer and regardless of when he fought Tyson, the result would have been the same. A total ass whipping for the ear biting rapist.
RogerYomama 3 years ago 2
BRUNO! BRUNO! BRUNO!
HaHa, Legend!!!
huntdo01 4 years ago
Please explain your comment. And why do you feel the need to use that word? Notice how politely I have asked you to do this by the way.
JackBowzer 4 years ago
Fair play to you JackBowzer for your civility.
But just ignore the fucking moron.
spadger131 4 years ago
Cheers, Spadger. I think perhaps he was deliberately being a goon. However, can anybody tell me what became of Terry Lawless? Is he in the great gym in the sky? Or retired maybe?
JackBowzer 4 years ago
Yeah, he's trying to get a response. Probably doesn' get a lot of attention at home.
Lawless? No idea. Just jumped around online and could find nothing revealing what he's doing today or whether he's still alive. Pretty old if he's still alive.
bofursgun 4 years ago
How the fuck did Bruno pass a roid test?
That fucker took more juice than the man from del monte
ebeneezzer 4 years ago
Funny! Too right. That marbled physique.
It's what made him slower than molasses too.
spadger131 4 years ago
tyson destroyed him when they fought in 89 and 95
om3gabadboy 4 years ago
bruno probably the hardest hitter, but no killer instinct
bakaree187 4 years ago
Both pretty decent heavyweights despite what the no nothing numpties say!
70Mack 4 years ago
My mate and i were at this fight,up in the gods in the £25.00 seats and we were both Bruuuuuuunoooo fans but were willing Coetzee to get up!!
1bollox1 4 years ago
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Bruno was another British Over-hyped piece of crap. When they met Coetzee was way way past his best - at his prime he would have wiped the floor with Bruno.
booksol 4 years ago
not a fantastic boxer.big heart but still wouldnt want a smack on the chin from him.
SOFAJEDI 4 years ago
Gerrie Coetzee AKA glass chin man
messagerofdeath 4 years ago
gerrie coetzee made my country proud, no one bad mouth gerrie coetzee!
hinduw 4 years ago
The size difference between Bruno here and at the end of his career (1996) is amazing. He probably shouldn't have built up any more after the first Tyson fight, in '89. Later on he looked like a bodybuilder, not a boxer.
astrotrain21 4 years ago
You could tell in the first two seconds that Bruno was ready to fight, and that Coetzee wanted to be anywhere else.
archpoppy 4 years ago
Bruno should have shited to America following the witherspoon defeat, a US trainer would have done wonders with him, the 1986-89 period should have been his peak years but for mickey duff and lawless it would have been.
Indul1 4 years ago
I agree there. Imagine what someone like Angelo Dundee or Lou Duva (just to name a couple) could've done for him.
ScottInVa1760 4 years ago
be4 the knockout punch he was not that dazed...he was thinking right when he got him in the body with his right but he would have aimed 4 the head instead...but o well
MrSvensson 4 years ago
Coetzee was much too tentative in this match - not that he was all that in any part of his career..He was once quoted in an interview as saying something to the effect that he had very little self-confidence in his ability as a boxer - I believe that was quite evident in this bout vs the mediocre Frank Bruno.
fangslatch 4 years ago
when you watch bruno now compared to the current heaveweights ,he looks ok. A good top 10 fighter in any era but not any better but due a lot of respect as all boxers should get.
jeremylawford 4 years ago
ROFL Bruno didnt have a glass jaw hahahha thats hilarious, hed stand up till he was dead. Bruno was a good fighter and better than most of the shit we have to watch these days. Audley Harrison ????
Aphexporn 5 years ago
"He'd stand up till he was dead" lmfao because it's true!
metalinmybrain 4 years ago
Bruno was GOOD but not GREAT. I enjoyed watching him fight but he always lost the big fights. Witherspoon, Tyson, Bonecrusher Smith and Lewis. Still, a good fighter.
jperez9805 4 years ago
Coetzee was past his prime and out of shape going into that fight.
British journalists noted Gerrie's pudgy appearance in the build up.
The Coetzee who fought Mike Weaver would have destroyed Bruno.
Ebeneezer 5 years ago
Thats why he didnt even last one round. You couldnt ask for more from Bruno.
headpate 4 years ago
Not necessarily. Coetzee was stopped by Mike Weaver in thirteen rounds. In his next fight after beating Michael Dokes for the title, Coetzee was knocked out by Greg Page. Both Bruno and Coetzee were tremendous punchers with dodgy chins. The fight didn't last long enough for condition to be a factor. It was more a case of Bruno landing first.
HowardPorter 4 years ago
How old was coetzee?A bit like when bruno fought bugner when he was 40.Both of them in their prime would have battered bruno.
mickh555 5 years ago
Bruno "on form" was usually on the canvas. Big Frank, likeable as he was, was the one with the glass jaw.
DannyA123 5 years ago 2
and bruno couldn't fight hurt. look at the lewis fight. he could've beaten lewis that night... but couldn't tie up, or get out of the way.
cstrait 5 years ago
i remember that Witherspoon fight! how could a guy with a glass jaw like "Terrible Tim" have beaten Bruno if he really hit THAT hard?
unputer 5 years ago
Huh? Tim with a glass jaw? Explain please...Witherspoon was hurt/down less than most heavyweights I can remember.
mortcola 5 years ago
Tell the truth, you've never actually watched boxing have you?
johntvette 4 years ago
if bruno only had a chin, and an american trainer, there's no telling how far he could have gone
cstrait 5 years ago
That's right. British trainers always teach that two-dimensional stand-up-straight style that makes very boring fighters. Also Bruno got too big towards the end of his career, looking more like a bodybuilder weighing in at close to 250lbs.
bagzie 5 years ago
Nigel Benn certainly didn't stand up straight
DanNKat 4 years ago
Yeah, I reckon. He probably shouldn't have gotten any bigger than when he fought Tyson the first time, bigger than he was in this video but nowhere near as big as he was when he fought Tyson again in '96. He had no speed left at that point.
astrotrain21 3 years ago
All Bruno neaded to beat the BIG boys like Tyson was......APOLLO CREED!
Remember Rocky 3, thats what he needed, the same training Apollo gave Rocky to give him some movement and flexibility, instead of slow muscle mass.
Bruno had LOTS of power but no bloody movement or bouncyness.
Worst thing Bruno ever did was to keep the same trainer, he needed a yank style trainer.
imperialpod 2 years ago 11
@imperialpod has anyone got the bruno bugner fight ? cant find it anywhere i love bruno possibly the biggest puncher in boxing ever.
charliegacon 1 year ago
@charliegacon
What I do is type 'AVI' or 'WMV' after the video name when searching google ie....'Bruno vs Bugner AVI'.
You may get lucky.
imperialpod 1 year ago
@imperialpod I did not agree that Bruno 'could not perform' at a world class level...yes he could not win at that level (Witherspoon and Lewis) but he was winning most of the Spoon fight (he was still ahead after 8 rounds) and in the lewis fight was ahead in my most critics minds (Tommy Morrison scored the fight 5;1 to Bruno)...What he could not do was deliver the coup de grace...as Mickey Duff said Bruno had the mindset of a fighter who did not believe in himself.
Indul1 1 year ago
@imperialpod
Good observation there: Bruno needed a trainer who could turn him into a pressure fighter. Pretty similar to what Arthur Abraham needs, and to what Kessler got for himself already.
USA boxers make the best pressure fighters and inside fighters.
Handled by a Freddie Roach or Manny Steward, Bruno would have become unstoppable.
ezekielwahwah 1 year ago
@ezekielwahwah
Agree completely,unfortunately for Bruno it was Lewis that got Manny and not him.
Would have been interesting to see what Roach could have done with Frank.All that power but with Toney style slipping on the inside finishing off with fast, devastating counters.
Abraham still has time to change and he can box as seen in the 1st Miranda fight. I think he lets his reputation as a devastating puncher cloud his potential.
He'd rather plod around waiting for the other guy to tire.
imperialpod 1 year ago