{"id":353328,"date":"2025-12-18T13:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/353328\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:32:07","slug":"frank-bruno-says-he-could-never-beat-one-heavyweight-even-at-his-peak-hed-beat-mike-tyson-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/353328\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Bruno says he could never beat one heavyweight even at his peak: &#8220;He&#8217;d beat Mike Tyson also&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Bruno has admitted that one former champion would have overcome both himself and two of his former rivals.<\/p>\n<p>During the 1990s, British fight fans were obsessed with the heavyweight division, as Bruno and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/lennox-lewis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lennox Lewis<\/a> jostled for the heavyweight crown and represented the nation, whilst <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/mike-tyson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson<\/a> captivated the boxing universe.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno fell short in his first three challenges for the world title, losing to both Tyson and Lewis before finally dethroning Oliver McCall in 1995, only to then lose the WBC title in a rematch with Tyson the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lewis and Tyson, alongside Evander Holyfield, were seeking to prove themselves as the standout heavyweight of the generation, and were continuously linked to a clash with one another, but the pair would not meet until 2002.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/boxing\/specials\/lewis_v_tyson_fight\/2032422.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lewis dominated that battle and halted a below-par \u2018Iron Mike\u2019 in round eight<\/a>, but some fans believe that the outcome may have been different if it took place a few years prior, when the Brownsville-born bruiser was closer to his prime.<\/p>\n<p>Although, speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@clubhouseboxing\/video\/7581830169967496480?is_from_webapp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clubhouse Boxing<\/a>, Bruno declared his belief that <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/george-foreman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Foreman<\/a>, if at his best, would have been the man to beat during the 1990s, picking a prime \u2018Big George\u2019 in fantasy fights against himself, Lewis and Tyson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Mike Tyson vs. George Foreman], what a scary one. It would depend on what side of the bed George Foreman woke up on, before he came back, I don\u2019t think Tyson would have lasted that much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe may have had the sharpness but, if George Foreman caught him, he would be doing some breakdancing and body popping at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[George Foreman vs. Frank Bruno?] George Foreman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[George Foreman vs. Lennox Lewis?] George Foreman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite first getting his hands on the heavyweight crown in 1973, Foreman astonishingly reigned in the 1990s himself, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/features\/on-this-day-george-foreman-regains-the-world-heavyweight-title-at-the-age-of-45\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dethroning Michael Moorer in 1994 in a legendary knockout win<\/a> at the age of 45 years old.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frank Bruno has admitted that one former champion would have overcome both himself and two of his former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-353328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}