normannomates
4:27 Sat Feb 27
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Not many of those around then...
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normannomates
3:31 Sat Feb 27
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Terry Lawless managed Frank well overall..actually cared about his lads.
Tim Wetherspoon took him to school..
Mike Tyson was way beyond Frank.. no shame in that.
RIP George
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normannomates
3:13 Sat Feb 27
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IRON MIKE had Franks number both times.. In the eyes.
no disgrace in that.
the Peckham Pouncer was the the cut man for both.
SWIFT and BOLD
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normannomates
3:04 Sat Feb 27
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Peckham is the oracle on this
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Any Old Iron
1:48 Sat Feb 27
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Seeing as I was in the satellite TV industry in '86 I had a dirty great 1.2m dish on the back of my house. Not many of those around then. So it was a full house for the fight that night.
After a session in the local we just had time for a pre-fight ruby. By the way, it was snowing heavily that night.
All I remember of the fight was that Frank made a decent start but soon realised he was up against a fucking gorilla and went into reverse.
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bruuuno
10:08 Fri Feb 26
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ray winstone 5:50 Fri Feb 26
Re: Bruno v Tyson
I’d step in the ring and give the grass a slap
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Eastside surge
9:58 Fri Feb 26
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Sold 7.12
Second fight Bruno's missus was strutting around Vegas giving it the biggun about what Frank was gonna do to tyson , showing herself and him up .
Didn't know about the retina though so explains a lot.
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zico
9:01 Fri Feb 26
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Can remember we were on holiday and listened to a bit of it on the radio when we got back from a night out absolutely battered. Thought Bruno won it until we realised the next day that we were so pissed that we didn't realise it was a recording of a previous fight that was pre the real thing!
Bruno's problem in his defeats was I can't remember him hitting the canvas., He just stood on the ropes and was an easy target so never regrouped. Glad he won the World Title though and hopefully seems to be dealing with his demons.
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Mace66
8:55 Fri Feb 26
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Bruno shit himself both fights, you could see the shock on his face when he had a bit of success in the first a bit like “ fucking hell, I might have a chance here “
Then Tyson just ironed him out
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Northern Sold
7:12 Fri Feb 26
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Surge.... should not have fought it... quacks tried to pull the plug at the eleventh hour but Bruno convinced them... detached retina... said in the doc it played on his mind in fight 2...
Trunds.... IIRC 2nd fight was PPV on BSKYB... 1st fight was cable and relayed into theatres
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Eastside surge
5:58 Fri Feb 26
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First fight Bruno had a proper go and certainly gave it his best shot, second fight he didn't wanna be there you could see his bottle had gone on the way to the ring
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ray winstone
5:50 Fri Feb 26
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Bruuuno v Tynan
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Mr Kenzo
5:39 Fri Feb 26
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He's behind you
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Lee Trundle
5:36 Fri Feb 26
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... and it was PPV over here on BSkyB.
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Lee Trundle
5:31 Fri Feb 26
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The Bruno v Tyson fight was PPV!
(well, it was in the States)
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Robson
5:26 Fri Feb 26
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It was probably PPV that killed it for me.
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Lee Trundle
5:10 Fri Feb 26
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Seeing as the 5 most viewed PPV fights happened after it, then I guess so?
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Robson
5:06 Fri Feb 26
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Yep those were the days.
Boxing pretty much ended after that. Does anyone still watch it?
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
4:07 Fri Feb 26
Re: Bruno v Tyson
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Used to go to The Odeon Leicester Square for the big transatlatic fights, early hours start, but think I saw their second fight at The Odeon, Gants Hill.
Thought Bruno had Tyson going early on, first or second round.
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Mr. Burns
3:52 Fri Feb 26
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A commiseration card was made and delivered from my school that was local to where Bruno lived. Even made the breakfast news Sold0.
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Northern Sold
3:39 Fri Feb 26
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Most biased commentary ever
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