Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson made a high-profile comeback in a clash with Roy Jones Jr. last November. Now, another former world heavyweight boxer, Frank Bruno, is also planning to join the comeback...
Britain's Bruno, 59, who says he is willing to return to boxing after 25 years away from the field, warns Mike Tyson and Evand Hollyfield that: Don't exclude me!
A few months ago, Tyson made the amazing decision to return to the field after 15 years of retirement to face off against roy Jones Jr., the top 4 world champions, and although the two sides eventually shook hands in a draw, most felt that Tyson had won the victory and that Tyson's performance was more prominent than expected.
Now, Tyson plans to fight again in 2021, and the potential opponent is Hollyfield, who defeated him twice in 1996-1997.
Bruno's last professional match was in March 1996, when he faced TKO in three legs against Tyson at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, ending his 14-year career shortly after the defeat. Bruno's battle with Tyson took place in February 1989, when the two met in the narrow road of the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, during which Bruno once punched Tyson, but due to the difference in strength between the two sides, they still lost in the fifth round.
In September 1995, Bruno beat "Tyson sparring" Oliver McCall in three unsuccessful attempts to become the WBC heavyweight champion, and now Bruno bluntly says that he plans to return to face Tyson or Hollyfield.
Bruno said: "I see him (Tyson) coming back now and Hollyfield is coming back and I said, don't exclude me, in the UK it's not allowed, but in Ireland we can do something about it! I want to put the ticket in. ”
Last year, Bruno traveled to the U.S. to meet Tyson again, and the two reunited to shoot a documentary when asked if they were friends now. Bruno said, "How can you be friends with someone who wants to knock you unconscious and kill you?" Yeah, I've been there and Tyson is nice and calm and down-to-earth, and he doesn't have an entourage around him, so it's a lot better than when there was always a bunch of echo bugs around, but Tyson had a personal assistant and he just kept it on a level, and that was the best time I've ever met him, and I think Tyson likes Bob Marley (the late black singer), you know what I mean. ”
After Bruno retired in 1996, life was not satisfactory, after divorcing his wife, he suffered from severe depression, and even once schizophrenia was sent to the hospital, fortunately, after long-term treatment and care from all walks of life, Bruno has now recovered, while actively guiding people out of the shadow of related diseases.
Although Bruno is sixty years old, he is still in good shape, his muscles are still bulging, and he has also qualified as a coach. Bruno's influence in Britain is higher than that of Lennox Lewis, which is very familiar to boxing fans, although Lewis's achievements are much more prominent than Bruno's, but in the eyes of the British public, Bruno can be regarded as "orthodox".
If Bruno really returns to the boxing world, it is bound to cause a huge sensation, especially the confrontation with Hollyfield, which is still quite interesting, even if other boxers are chosen, it will also arouse the wide interest of boxing fans.