Frank: Fighting Back - Frank Bruno

As a child of the late 1980's (I was born on Christmas eve '87) who had gotten into boxing through the names that were around in the 1990's Bruno's was one of the most recognisable. You had the Tyson mega show where for a few years in the late 1980's he was the man that was seen as Mr Boxing. The Tyson name had filled into the void left by Sugar Ray Leonard (who in turn had filled in for Ali) as the sports beacon on controversy and chaos. In Britain we had "Prince" Naseem Hamed and Frank Bruno as our two of our biggest names of the time, Hamed's flamboyance and general cockiness had brought him to being a well known. Whilst on the other end of it Frank Bruno ...  Read the complete review

~ Bruno - larger than life and fighting back. ~ Frank Bruno - what can I say?! For those of you old enough to remember this character and appreciate him as one of Britain's national treasures, this book is a must read. I have never really been a great boxing fan but there was something about Bruno that drew me towards the sport. Was it his fabulous laugh and one-liners, his rapport with Harry or the family guy who had a stage presence bigger than life itself? Who knows maybe it's a combination of all the above. I was fortunate enough to be in the audience with many boxing fans at the BIC (Bournemouth) on the 11th July 2008. Why? A great ...  Read the complete review