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Total Fights | 45 |
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Wins | 40 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 38 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and 11 months, Frank Bruno fought 45 times with 40 wins and 5 losses.
Bruno retired from professional boxing with a record of 40-5, which included one heavyweight world-title win. He had a 84.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 38 of his total 45 fights being knockout wins. Bruno suffered five knockout losses in his career, four of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 3rd round TKO defeat to Mike Tyson on March 16, 1996. Bruno lost the heavyweight WBC title to Tyson in this fight.
Some of Bruno's best fights and notable victories include wins over Oliver McCall, Gerrie Coetzee, Joe Bugner, James Tillis, Carl Williams, and Jose Ribalta.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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45 | Mar 16, 1996 | 34 | Mike Tyson | Loss * | TKO3 |
44 | Sep 2, 1995 | 33 | Oliver McCall | Win * | UD |
43 | May 13, 1995 | 33 | Mike Evans | Win | KO2 |
42 | Feb 18, 1995 | 33 | Rodolfo Marin | Win | KO1 |
41 | Mar 16, 1994 | 32 | Jesse Ferguson | Win | TKO1 |
40 | Oct 1, 1993 | 31 | Lennox Lewis | Loss * | TKO7 |
39 | Apr 24, 1993 | 31 | Carl Williams | Win | TKO10 |
38 | Oct 17, 1992 | 30 | Pierre Coetzer | Win | TKO8 |
37 | Apr 22, 1992 | 30 | Jose Ribalta | Win | KO2 |
36 | Nov 20, 1991 | 30 | John Emmen | Win | TKO1 |
35 | Feb 25, 1989 | 27 | Mike Tyson | Loss * | TKO5 |
34 | Oct 24, 1987 | 25 | Joe Bugner | Win | TKO8 |
33 | Aug 30, 1987 | 25 | Reggie Gross | Win | TKO8 |
32 | Jun 27, 1987 | 25 | Chuck Gardner | Win | TKO1 |
31 | Mar 24, 1987 | 25 | James Tillis | Win | TKO5 |
30 | Jul 19, 1986 | 24 | Tim Witherspoon | Loss * | TKO11 |
29 | Mar 4, 1986 | 24 | Gerrie Coetzee | Win | KO1 |
28 | Dec 4, 1985 | 24 | Larry Frazier | Win | KO2 |
27 | Oct 1, 1985 | 23 | Anders Eklund | Win | KO4 |
26 | Mar 26, 1985 | 23 | Lucien Rodriguez | Win | TKO1 |
25 | Nov 27, 1984 | 23 | Phillip Brown | Win | PTS |
24 | Nov 6, 1984 | 22 | Jeff Jordan | Win | TKO3 |
23 | Sep 25, 1984 | 22 | Ken Lakusta | Win | KO2 |
22 | May 13, 1984 | 22 | James Smith | Loss | KO10 |
21 | Mar 13, 1984 | 22 | Juan Antonio Figueroa | Win | TKO1 |
20 | Dec 6, 1983 | 22 | Walter Santemore | Win | KO4 |
19 | Oct 11, 1983 | 21 | Floyd Cummings | Win | TKO7 |
18 | Sep 27, 1983 | 21 | Bill Sharkey | Win | KO1 |
17 | Jul 9, 1983 | 21 | Mike Jameson | Win | KO2 |
16 | May 31, 1983 | 21 | Barry Funches | Win | TKO5 |
15 | May 3, 1983 | 21 | Scott LeDoux | Win | TKO3 |
14 | Apr 5, 1983 | 21 | Eddie Neilson | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Mar 1, 1983 | 21 | Winston Allen | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Feb 8, 1983 | 21 | Peter Mulindwa Kozza | Win | KO3 |
11 | Jan 18, 1983 | 21 | Stewart Lithgo | Win | RTD4 |
10 | Dec 7, 1982 | 21 | Gilberto Acuna | Win | TKO1 |
9 | Nov 23, 1982 | 21 | George Butzbach | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Nov 9, 1982 | 20 | Rudy Gauwe | Win | KO2 |
7 | Oct 23, 1982 | 20 | Ali Lukasa | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Sep 14, 1982 | 20 | George Scott | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Jun 1, 1982 | 20 | Tony Moore | Win | TKO2 |
4 | May 4, 1982 | 20 | Ronald Gibbs | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Apr 20, 1982 | 20 | Abdul Muhaymin | Win | KO1 |
2 | Mar 30, 1982 | 20 | Harvey Steichen | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Mar 17, 1982 | 20 | Lupe Guerra | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Frank Bruno (True Brit) is a 62-year old retired British professional boxer. He was born in Wandsworth, London, England on November 16, 1961. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1982 to 1996.
Bruno made his professional boxing debut against Lupe Guerra at the age of 20 on March 17, 1982, defeating Guerra via 1st round KO. He went on to win 20 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 20 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on July 19, 1986 after 29 professional fights, against Tim Witherspoon for the WBA title. He lost to Witherspoon via 11th round TKO.
Bruno has won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Bruno's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Bruno had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a heavyweight title defense bout against American boxer Mike Tyson on March 16, 1996. Bruno lost the fight via 3rd round TKO — and lost his WBC title. It's been 28 years, 4 months, and 29 days since this fight.
Bruno had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost four.
Frank Bruno fought for a heavyweight world title in four fights and won once. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 2, 1995 | Oliver McCall | Heavyweight | WBC | UD |
Frank Bruno lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 16, 1996 | Mike Tyson | Heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Bruno fought a total of 45 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
March 4, 1986: Frank Bruno puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Gerrie Coetzee via 1st round KO.
July 19, 1986: In his first world-title fight, Frank Bruno loses to Tim Witherspoon via 11th round TKO. He was fighting for the WBA heavyweight title.
October 24, 1987: Frank Bruno beats Joe Bugner via 8th round TKO.
September 2, 1995: Bruno wins the WBC heavyweight title from Oliver McCall, by beating McCall via 12 round unanimous decision.
Bruno knocked out 38 of his 45 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 84.4%. Of his total 40 wins, 38 of them were via KO (95%).
Bruno's first world-title win was the WBC belt at heavyweight. He defeated Oliver McCall via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Bruno won one world title at heavyweight.
Bruno had one title defense fight, which he lost.