AT this moment in time – a favourite saying of his – Frank Bruno knows that he’s in a very strong position. The most popular sportsman in Britain is sure to fight for the heavyweight title this year, and he can almost pick which version of...
WEMBLEY – OCTOBER 17, 1992 A SOLID, sometimes ruthless display from Frank Bruno, as he ground down courageous South African Pierre Coetzer in eight rounds, raised him to the level of genuine world championship contender. Big Frank was...
ONE round with a leading eye specialist did more to convince Frank Bruno that his career was over, after 14 years as a professional, than three rounds against WBC heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in Las Vegas last March. News of Bruno’s...
LAS VEGAS – MARCH 16, 1996 CUS D’AMATO, the trainer and guru whose masterwork was Mike Tyson, had his own much-quoted theory about fear. Control and use it, he taught, and it will become a weapon with which to beat your opponent, but let it get...