Timmy Witherspoon. Made Philly especially South Philly and South Philly High PROUD. Great football player too. RAMS

@djflarethecreator9261

Жыл бұрын

TRUTH!

@mrknowalltellall572

10 ай бұрын

What position did he play?

r.i.p. gary mason.

@James-th7wb

3 жыл бұрын

It was bullshit the way Sky fucked him over. He was a good pundit and nice man. RIP.

Never forget this fight when I was a 13 year lad back home in England. Bruno was a huge favourite and his loss to Bonecrusher two years before was all forgotten. The Spoon was the beast in thee end. Brutal beating for Bruno

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Come join my new KZread Channel lots of old school boxing content coming!

@raymondgreen6237

2 жыл бұрын

AM.

@raymondgreen6237

2 жыл бұрын

. Me¥π∆

@SPIDERM0OSE

Жыл бұрын

More of an abrupt ending than a brutal beating, it was a very competitive fight right up until the very final exchange. Thats HW boxing, in particular, one punch can not only change a fight, it can change a life, for better or worse.

i love this hbo telecasts very educational.

@claudeanperry8303

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

Tim used to put in that WORK

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Come join my new KZread Channel lots of old school boxing content coming!

tim had a great right hand when he was motivated to throw it

@torinowens6103

3 жыл бұрын

Right! When motivated. 1love

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Come join my new KZread Channel lots of old school boxing content coming!

Oh no!!! Tim Witherspoon tested positive for Marijuana??? Lmaoooo They're acting like it was steroids or crack cocaine 😂😂

@TheBaconWizard

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul Blackman Marijuana is not steroids.

@TheBaconWizard

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul Blackman Steroids. Are. Not. Marijuana.

@philchroniger7839

2 жыл бұрын

It's the 80s.

@Ffeoli1039

2 жыл бұрын

Just a different time.

@Rafael-xx1id

Жыл бұрын

Those traces of Marjuana made all the difference

Good win for ‘spoon, but he got royally screwed financially for this one

The USA amateur system back then was producing very high level & highly seasoned competitors, Whitherspoon is a prime example of it. He gave Larry Holmes hell in only his 15th pro fight & fighting Bruno in a stadium of 50,000 in Brunos home town didnt phase him one bit. The Yank attitude back in the day was TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH.

@chrisbennett6260

2 ай бұрын

what happened how did it all change

37:15 "weatherspoon, black trunks, Bruno red" LOL

1:29:37 "Trevor Berbick will have to fight somebody. Who knows who that might be."

@zguy-cz8zi

5 жыл бұрын

Kid Dynamite 🥊

@solidcake3401

4 жыл бұрын

@Smash Revino witherspoon would've killed tyson

@solidcake3401

4 жыл бұрын

@Smash Revino buster Douglas battered him an he was a journeyman

@entertainingsportshighligh7525

4 жыл бұрын

@@solidcake3401 ;;;;;;;; How did - BRIAN NEILSON, MIKE JAMESON, JESSE FERGUSON, BUSTER MATHIS, LOU SAVERESE, CLIFFORD ETIENE, FRANS BOTHA, LARRY HOLMES, TYRELL BIGGS, JAMES TILLIS, REGGIE GROSS, MITCH GREEN, JOSE RIBALTA, HENRY TILMAN, BRUCE SELDON, MARVIS FRAZIER, ALFONZO RATLIFF, ALEX STEWART,, TREVOR BERBICK , PINKLON THOMAS, TONY TUBBS, FRANK BRUNO, CARL WILLIAMS, TONY TUCKER, ANDREW GOLOTA, RAZOR RUDDOCK & MICHAEL SPINKS all do against MIKE TYSON ????……..... Did they all BATTER him like DOUGLAS did ????...………. Oh I forgot, how did BONECRUSHER do against MIKE TYSON ???, did he batter TYSON like how he battered WITHERSPOON easily in 1 rd ????

@solidcake3401

4 жыл бұрын

@@entertainingsportshighligh7525 Don King kept terrible tim away from tyson for a reason. And why have you just named a people some boxers beat? That doesn't make no point at all... Every boxers beat bums dumb dumb

Great fight

0:36:40 Start . 1:19:30 End .

@amascia8327

Жыл бұрын

Oh well...

Always thought a peak Witherspoon would have given a peak Tyson plenty to handle

@Lord_Hillcrest

Жыл бұрын

You must be on a different planet . Tyson wouldve killed him .

@SPIDERM0OSE

Жыл бұрын

Tyson woulda chewed him up n spat him out, just like he did to everyone else in that era

@Lord_Hillcrest

Жыл бұрын

Tyson was unbeatable in his prime .

@SPIDERM0OSE

Жыл бұрын

@@Lord_Hillcrest Only in his own era. Prime Joe Louis, Marciano, Patterson, Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes all woulda taken chunks outa him, n probably would need 3-5 fights to separate em. But between 1986-1990 there was nobody who could live with him. What Tyson was & what we haven't seen since, he was extremely aggressive & extremely confident in his fight ending ability. He threw with a ferocious conviction very few could handle & he could do it for 12 rds, he was a phenomenal athlete, he had a great chin too & when it came to sweet science he was second to none. Holyfield was a very special fighter n if it wasnt for him Tysons second reign mighta lasted into the 2000s, although I think 1992-1996 Riddick Bowe woulda been a hell of a problem for him.

@nnnnick4444

Ай бұрын

Agreed

Shockingly, Witherspoon received from Don King only a small portion of his purse for this bout. Continuous fleecing by King compelled 'Spoon to take a dive in his next defense against Bonecrusher Smith, forfeiting both his title and a huge money fight w/ Mike Tyson.

@hannibalbeats24

4 жыл бұрын

Don king AKA no Vaseline

@Romamb

3 жыл бұрын

@@hannibalbeats24 Cube ❤

@apex_prowler95

2 жыл бұрын

Where's your proof that Don King "compelled" Witherspoon to take a dive? Tim was way more valuable to Don as a champion. Dumb comment guy.

@harryheath9928

Жыл бұрын

Talk about a real parisite that King is a greedy leech

@scottybottybanana

Жыл бұрын

Don King is doing the sabe now. Warren says he hadn’t paid damiel Dubois

hbo stopped laughing when Lennox BLEW THRU THEIR BEST

@lemankurtz8950

5 жыл бұрын

Lewis!!!! The British hero!! Please!! Who did he beat? Holyfield was already ko'd by Bowe and beaten by Moorer!! Oh wait....I do know who beat him....a mentally unstable journeyman and an undefeated bum who built his record on bums. Had Lewis never lost those fights, I would say he was it....but all he was, was the best of a shit era.....we got Louis, ALI, Marciano, Dempsey, Frazier, Foreman, Tyson, but you guys had Naseem Hamed hahahaha!!!!

@newsoundrecords

5 жыл бұрын

Leman Kurtz I think he was referring to the clown ringside commentator laughing about how bad British boxers are...

@jrayner21679

4 жыл бұрын

How you figure that? Probably why he faught on HBO so much and did commentary for them.

@solidcake3401

4 жыл бұрын

@@lemankurtz8950 lol you've gone crazy cause american boxing has been exposed... Who's the biggest star in American boxing? Canelo a Mexican and tyson fury an English man... Lennox lewis exposed the american heavyweights... And now your in our shadow

@lennoxmate4064

3 жыл бұрын

Leman Kurtz a shit era? The 90’s is acknowledged as the greatest era after the 70’s. If you’re talking our eras . . . that would be the 80’s and the 00’s

Great scrap!

Tim was maybe 20% faster than Frank. ...Bruno just too slow to beat a Champ like him

@entertainingsportshighligh7525

4 жыл бұрын

was it an easy fight for Tim ?

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Bruno could take one hell of a punch though! Come join my new KZread Channel lots of old school boxing content coming!

@serenityinside1

Жыл бұрын

According to spoon in interviews- yes pretty easy .

Both are great heavyweights

@harryheath9928

Жыл бұрын

King knew Terrible was a threat to Mike Tyson

@serenityinside1

Жыл бұрын

Frank was not great 🙄

Bruno always looked tight to me, i think he was too Muscle Bound. 1love

@bb-gc2tx

Жыл бұрын

he never fully extended his arms while throwing a punch. always looked like he was only throwing half punches

@beauyerks7413

4 күн бұрын

Looks intimidating but not the best for boxing

@beauyerks7413

4 күн бұрын

Muscles I mean

I think it was said right early on when I think It was Harry Carpenter who expressed his thoughts on Witherspoon maybe being too wild for Bruno to handle…..and he was right! Bruno looked the part physically, but just wasn’t the part mentally!

@SPIDERM0OSE

Жыл бұрын

Whitherspoon was a highly seasoned amateur & by then he had already been in with Holmes n nearly beat him, had beaten Bonecrusher & was a reigning 2 x World Champ. Bottom line, he was just way, way ahead of where Bruno was as a boxer, he had paid WAY WAY more dues at a higher level than Bruno n mentally there was no way he was gonna lose in those circumstances. Bruno was about as good as he could have been in the circumstances, it was a 50/50 fight right up until the final exchange, he done well vs a 2 x Champ who was very much in his prime.

@brianbale9511

Жыл бұрын

Blue dog he just hadnt got it ive written earlier above he wasnt a bad man it Destroyed his family

@bb-gc2tx

2 ай бұрын

@@SPIDERM0OSE frank seemed very insecure and projected zero confidence

@Anthony-Testicali

Ай бұрын

Harry Carpenter had a habit of editing fight commentaries before tv airings to make himself look like nostradamus

Terrible Tim Witherspoon 👊👊👊

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Hey my friend! Come join my new KZread Channel!

At this stage in his career Bruno was at his peak, it’s a shame he came across this world class fast hitting15 round seasoned pro he was never going to beat. In this fight despite losing Bruno looked like a boxer not muscle bound Mr universe and had relatively good head movement, decent combination punches, hooks and upper cuts. He was also relatively quick on his feet, and had decent speed and did shake up world class Terrible Tim . After this fight Bruno went for power and muscle mass and lost most of his boxing technique except for his jab. Bruno for this fight was in the best conditioning he had ever been in and would be ever be in again. Its just a shame he came across Terrible Tim a fighter that had never been down before this fight and to boot ex-sparring partner of Mohammed Ali, otherwise it could have been a different story. Even in this fight Bruno was gassed out in the 11th showing he would always struggle 12 rounds never mind 15. Well done Frank you done it in the end 1995.

@hannibalbeats24

4 жыл бұрын

Frank would have been way better with a better trainer

@MyVeryHappyDay

3 жыл бұрын

Bruno was never in the top 5. Too muscle bound and lacked technique and power. Lennox had all of that!

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Bruno was an amazing fighter and a good man! We are still friends to this day! Come join my new KZread Channel we have lots of great content coming!

@mrkipling2201

Жыл бұрын

@@timwitherspoon1378 well said!!

They lined Tim Witherspoon as a fall guy for big Frank and that worked out just as good as the 'soft' fight against Bonecrusher Smith...Bonecrusher? who thought a fight against a guy called Bonecrusher was going to be easy?

@SPIDERM0OSE

Жыл бұрын

Only the Brits were believing that bullshit & the Yanks were n probably still are laughing at em for it.

Bruno was doing pretty good in 10 and 11 until tim landed that right hand counter punch. Thats how it goes in boxing sometimes. I was impressed with Bruno, much better than i thought.

It’s amazing how lousy of a payday Witherspoon end up getting as a world champion for this fight. Instead of 900k he got 90k after being robbed by his promoter DKP and Bruno got close to a million. Smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

@harryheath9928

2 жыл бұрын

Bruno got paid his handlers took care of him Spoon won the fight then gets ripped off by daddy king snake Don

@threerings1345

Жыл бұрын

Only the good die young.

@TECHNOIR

Жыл бұрын

DK's hair repesents his descent in the freefall elevator to Hell, where if there is eschatological justice, he will burn and burn for eternity in the pain he visited upon others in life

Frank Bruno made Britain proud Thank you Frank 😊.

Bring back 15rd title fights

Joshua of the 80s....!

Good right swing that was

2:04 - "The British soccer team....." NO!

@simondelaney6483

5 жыл бұрын

Absolute shit knowledge by the yanks

@Romamb

3 жыл бұрын

And he was being paid for that effort. One of the most insular nations on earth.

Bruno had no endurance. Ironically, you could tell when he was gonna go: right after he landed a good shot. Same thing when he faced Lewis. Landing a shot sapped him so much it ended up helping his opponents more.

Bruno's problem was he lack of killer instinc. He could finnish Tim at 3rd round, but he wouldn't did that. He was a big engine without the agressive tuning.

Tim Witherspoon had a great right hand - he seriously hurt Larry Holmes and others with it

You have to admire any boxer that use their faces to block punches.

Gotta love the Psychological front from the American corner surrounding the British corner by going up close and keeping close to them during there national anthem

@SPIDERM0OSE

Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool pre fight psyche warfare. The Yanks back in the day were a Boisterous big bad presence.

The problem with Frank Bruno was if you clocked him not only did his hands fall off but his springs unwound....a big pendulum attached to a small clock.

bruno never looked like he was throwing full punches

Frank Bruno was awesome, I remember being jealous that the UK had him. Lol

@jacobh7188

3 жыл бұрын

Bruno was an embarrassing disappointment to the UK. He lost against 2 bums, and KO'd within 3 rounds against an over the hill Tyson who just came out of prison. Also, let's not forget the Lewis fight in 1993. Yes, Bruno was ahead on points but let's not forget that Lennox hadn't reached his peak yet and the fact that Bruno couldn't take a punch very well. But tbh, I had that fight a draw on my scorecard before the stoppage. Bruno couldn't even hold a major belt. The only time he did was in the Oliver McCall fight, and tbh, he was nearly KO'd in the 11th or 12th round and I bet on any money if it was a 15th rounder, he would of been TKO'd in the 14th round. Even when he managed to beat McCall for the WBC belt, he couldn't even defend it not even once when he fought an over the hill Tyson. In all fairness, Bruno was a brilliant fighter and possibly an elite journeyman and a B level fighter, but was extremely overrated by the British public. He was a paper champion and nothing more. Maybe if he worked on his defence, fought in spurts and paces and was more betterly disciplined, he could of been great for his era, but in the end, he was nothing but a lost talent. The only British Heavyweight that managed to accomplish things and to be underrated is probably Lennox Lewis. In fact he is my favourite fighter and always will be.

@hannibalbeats24

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobh7188 world champion not anything to be embarrassed about. I thought Frank was one of those characters who was good for the sport. Of Lennox was the absolute best but frank was cool. The press conference with him and lewis was the first time I had ever heard British people talk with slang and insult each other. He wasn't the best but he was good.

@Infern0121

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobh7188 naw man Bruno was a good dude and a good fighter he represented the UK well

@guanjun1178

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobh7188 Haha, you called Bruno 'brilliant fighter' then 'elite journeyman' and then 'B level' all in the same sentence. 😂😂

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

He was a great fighter and man! We are friends still to this day. Come join my new KZread Channel!

even after all this time i still can't get my head round what bruno is trying to achieve with those tippy-tappy punches he throws when in close.

@hannibalbeats24

4 жыл бұрын

Shit I don't wanna feel em

@sirjohnmandeville7488

3 жыл бұрын

Keeping your opponent guessing so you can land a big bomb i imagine

@redflag8970

3 жыл бұрын

Ye I always thought that

@brianmorecombe2726

2 жыл бұрын

Tippy tappy punches score points if they land on the head and body.

@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893

2 жыл бұрын

Did the same against lewis it was a technic they taught him to stay busy I guess.

It could have been Bruno v Tubbs if Witherspoon had been disqualified for having Marijuana in his body

that weight increase, blood doping they do it with racehorses too. take some blood store it keep highly oxygenated then inject it back in the body just before the race/fight. more stamina

@bigdaddy4069

3 жыл бұрын

Utter crap fella, total and complete CRAP !!

damn these comentators acting like they could just the enter ring and take the fighters out.

TERRIBLE TIM was Closing The DOOR. Good call by the Bruno corner.

@serenityinside1

2 жыл бұрын

Ref waved the fight off dufus 🙄

@serenityinside1

Жыл бұрын

😆

Sending a shout out playboy Roy

Im not even sure crack cocaine would give you much of an edge.

Witherspoon was a really good fighter when motivated. He'd of beaten the tyson that faced smith instead of him.

@davidrees7059

2 жыл бұрын

@Boris The Blade Witherspoon would indeed have had every chance of beating Tyson. Tyson had his limitations against big athletic heavyweights who could take a shot.

@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893

2 жыл бұрын

The tyson team kept mike away from witherspoon in the early days as tim wasnt afraid of mike, it is widely regarded he threw the smith fight just to escape don king.

@bigdaddy4069

2 жыл бұрын

@@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893 Exactly right. The witherspoon that faced Holmes and Bruno would've ended the myth of 'iron Mike' before it started.

@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigdaddy4069 mike was brilliant to watch but he had flaws such as he stood square on and could be knocked off balance as he lept from the crouch throwing hooks. smith tucker and bruno all proved this with good counter punches.witherspoon being savvy and fast would of tested mike to the limit and may of worn him out over a long tedious fight.

@bigdaddy4069

2 жыл бұрын

@@alarmactionukalarmactionuk893 plus its a proven fact that Tyson NEVER overcame adversity in the ring and if you stood up to him, he lost. Classic bully, regardless of his physical ability.

Looks like the commentators wanted Tim to lose. Merchant has always been a very bad commentator anyway. Great fight

@torinowens6103

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! He always have Sucked! 1love

@charleslowe522

2 жыл бұрын

Merchant definitely wasn't shy about what he was feeling. I disagree with your comment when it comes to Barry Thompkins and SRL. Especially Thompkins, he is one of the best ever and didn't show bias.

@charleslowe522

2 жыл бұрын

@@torinowens6103 If he sucks for speaking his mind, then yes he sucks. Talking about Tim's shape and his state of mind, doesn't make him suck. It how he phrases it in such a condescending manner that most people take offensive with. As a commentator, he isn't that great. As boxing personality, he was great at that.

Watched this fight on ITV, u was 15,commentor Reggie Gutteridge had it 96/94 Bruno

@brianmorecombe2726

3 жыл бұрын

Bruno boxed really good until he was knocked out.

Love this fight. Terrible throwing bombs hanging in there... that short left hook hurt Bruno a lot, or it woke him up, hard to tell...

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Bruno could take punch! Come join my KZread Channel!

@dsimon33871

2 жыл бұрын

@@timwitherspoon1378 I'm with you champ... on boxing scene and here.

@joanmjames2495

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Larry Merchant was wrong.

I heard Don King fleeced Tim Witherspoon terribly out of his fight purse. Apparently Tim Witherspoon only made ninety thousand out of this fight and Frank Bruno the loser made Nine hundred thousand.

What year ?

@kristinaking4680

Жыл бұрын

1986

Frank .... COME ON!!!!

There wasn't too many questions about lennox lewis mr merchant..

Hail Mary,...full of grace....... get me out of this stinking place..

So a few years before this Cooney, who was a challenger was introduced after Holmes who was the Champ and it was racism but notice this never gets talked about, Witherspoon the champ being introduced before Bruno?. And they came into Bruno's Backyard also.

tim witherspoon got 500k for this fight. he said don king took 30 percent as his promoter than don made his brother tim his "manager" who got 20 percent. then don charged him 75 grand for "training expenses" including 15 thousand on towels alone tim said he walked away with only 75 grand don king was a real pos

Larry is immortal

Larry Merchant rarely knew what to say. He's not a boxing person

I wish he would put the dates

I dlive to see that smartass fight Tyson if he hasn't already

Larry Merchant doesn’t know shit about boxing. He proved it again today.

The man "Treacherous" Tim Witherspoon! I knew he was gonna get him, it was just a matter of time. I knew Tim would catch him and i knew Bruno could not take Witherspoon's power. I do think Witherspoon could have come in a little better shape but that's history. Bruno is a good boxer for the UK he is the typical stand straightup fighter that is the British fighting style. Bruno really has little power with basic boxing skills and a semi-glass jaw. Bruno should stick to the UK boxing scene where he could become the heavyweight champion but against good world class United States heavyweight contenders he is mince meat. Anyways congratulations to the man "Treacherous" Tim Witherspoon for a well fought victory!!! As for myself I'm Dj Flare Saying Goodnight KZread Boxing Fans!!!

@aarondigby9859

Жыл бұрын

I thougjt it was "Terrible" Tim Witherspoon, not treacherous Tim Witherspoon, maybe I'm on the wrong side of the pond.

@djflarethecreator9261

Жыл бұрын

@@aarondigby9859 If you are "in the know" as they say you will know that Tim Witherspoon prefers the name "Treacherous" over "Terrible" because being called 'Terrible" in Tim's train of thought could make the word "terrible" mean that he is a terrible fighter. Witherspoon got that nickname years ago in the early 1980's so he sort of got stuck with it you see. Friends and fighters call him treacherous but when the ring announcer gets ready to announce the fighters names it's Terrible Tim Witherspooon!!! Get it? Yes? No.

@redredbostonelecelec

Жыл бұрын

for a guy with a semi class as you say, he sure took a lot of solid rights to the jaw. every boxer can only take so many punch's

I remember the press conference. 'Show us your muscles!' shouted the press: Witherspoon flexed his biceps. 'Show us your stomach!': Terrible Tim sat down 🤣

@johnulmer1622

5 жыл бұрын

Spoon was built like a professional wrestler from the 60's.

@zguy-cz8zi

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnulmer1622 dude why are they see through look at 1:10:29

@MarcusTDM

4 жыл бұрын

z06guy 04 I don’t no why this happens with old video, but I’ve seen it in old Morecambe and Wise videos too.

1:34 the little English graphics are cute aw.

Frank bruno j. Savile and Peter Sutcliffe... strange alliance ..

At 1:29:34 "Trevor Berbeck will have to fight somebody, who knows who that might be." Really Barry!? As a boxing expert, you had no idea about the upcoming hurricane that would dominate boxing!? That "somebody" was Mike Tyson and nothing was ever the same again!!!

Rocky marciano number 1👊👊👊👊

So many hangers on in Witherspoon's entourage, is that why Don King cut his purse?

Tim let the politics of boxing throw him off his focus. Guys like Smith and Thomas kept getting shots at the champs but not Tim? That's because all the champs and high ranked contenders knew the deal. Tim had a 5 fight losing streak and still couldn't get Holyfield, Tyson, George, Riddick, Lenox etc to get in the ring. You'd think a guy losing 5 in a row would be considered shot. Those guys all knew the deal. A motivated Tim would've kicked a whole lot of azz.

The mercy that Joe Frazier showed to bugner. If it was a black man, Frazier would took his head clean off, just like Ruddock against dokes.

Witherspoon had championship ability...What happened?

@BrooklynAvenue

4 жыл бұрын

Don King.

@rogerzotti1

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrooklynAvenue Duly noted...

@hannibalbeats24

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrooklynAvenue LMAO

@SPIDERM0OSE

Жыл бұрын

Mike Tyson happened n wise men plotted a career course that avoided him.

At the beginning they get the trunks wrong of each boxer

Frank loveable but sadly he was a weight lifter not boxer

@entertainingsportshighligh7525

4 жыл бұрын

He beat OLIVER MCCALL for the HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP of the WORLD...

@hannibalbeats24

4 жыл бұрын

He was a world champion pal

@hannibalbeats24

4 жыл бұрын

@@entertainingsportshighligh7525 exactly

Love how they play Madonna's song " Live To Tell " during the pre-fight promo when Carl King discusses Witherspoon overcoming drug addiction. So glad he beat Bruno even though I got much respect for the him as well. Tim needed this victory at this point in his career. Thank you coachstrout's classic fights!!!!!

@miahsaint-georges

2 жыл бұрын

"drug addiction" lol! Responsible adult cannabis use for a pro athlete who brutalizes his body for a living. Give me a break! All the white guys just got drunk afterwards no prob, except during prohibition. Tim was waaay ahead of his time. LEGALIZE IT!

We were all very proud in England of Frank's performance. Witherspoon's experience told in the end, he knew how to pace himself and worked out Frank's style. Also good to see Witherspoon, King and all the entourage waving US flags showing their patriotism to America.

@cozycool3505

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Wiley Frank Bruno was a boring dull fighter without killer instinct /heart and guts , never threw hard double jabs / uppercut /flurries or power punches in bunches...he was a scared fighter against tough competition , such a letdown !

@CliSwe

4 жыл бұрын

@@cozycool3505 I disagree. Bruno fought some roundheels & despatched them quickly enough. But he could never be accused of lacking guts when he fought the big contenders. So he lost - big deal! He never lost without making the fight a real contest. I hark back to the days of Henry Cooper, who was never gonna be World Champion. But when he put Ali on the canvas, he achieved fame for all time.

@Shovelhook

4 жыл бұрын

@@cozycool3505 Undoubtedly Frank Bruno was limited from a technical point of view but his right was very heavy, Whiterspoon himself said that he was the hardest puncher I face during his career.

37:00 Fight start.

@serenityinside1

Жыл бұрын

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Would Joshua beat Bruno ? Im not so sure. I rekon Big Frank gets to him n gets him outa there, he gave prime Lennox Lewis hell for 7 or 8 rounds when at that stage in his career he had no right to, then he went on to win a World title. Bruno had heart.

TERRIBLE TIM!!! So underrated!!!

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

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Frank Bruno is my guy idgaf

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

Bruno was an amazing fighter and truly tested my ability! I was told before the fight he couldn't take a punch. Man we they wrong! I hit him with everything I had and he took it!! Come join my new KZread Channel lots of great old school boxing content coming!

1:19:40 "Spoono"

The ref done all he could in favor of bruno he didn't stop the fight the bell rang and when have you seen a ref help a fighter back to his feet

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

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King ripped off Tim weatherspoon

@Zoroaster1996

4 жыл бұрын

I find that hard to believe.

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

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Toda la vida Frank Bruno resultó ser tremendo paquete

Bruno in my opinion could have built up a much better boxing CV. After this loss he fought mediocrities and half decent fighters in between unsuccessful title shots against Lewis and twice against Tyson. Clearly he was being "well managed" but it would have been nice to be able to look back on a career with a few more top wins than Gerrie Coetzee and Oliver McCall as there were other top contenders around against whom Bruno could and should have won. But then again we all know what can happen when a fighter takes one too many punches. Gerry Quarry and James Toney spring to mind.

@scottybottybanana

Жыл бұрын

If he was being well managed though, im not sure why he went straight to fight tyson again after getting the title? Unless it was just the payday?

@Kaiserbill99

Жыл бұрын

@@scottybottybanana The payday was important no doubt but many a fighter has been managed to take minimal risk in between title shots. Gerry Cooney springs to mind. I have seen interviews where Cooney laments how his management team became obsessed with the Larry Holmes title fight to the point where Cooney was inactive for a huge period of time and by the time they fought he was not battle hardened against decent top tenners.

@richardbaker3000

9 ай бұрын

Bruno fought Tillis, Gross, Bugner, Ribalta, Pierre Coetzee, Carl Williams and Jesse Ferguson in non title bouts after this loss. Hus record stands up against most heavyweights except for the exceptional world champions.

@Kaiserbill99

9 ай бұрын

@@richardbaker3000 None of those fighters were anywhere near title contenders. The best wins of Bruno's career were against Oliver McCall and Gerry Coetzee neither of whom you mentioned.

Question ( rhetorical) when have you seen a referee help a fighter to his feet with a big hug and lift ? Must be a British referee from that city I guess !

@CliSwe

4 жыл бұрын

I think you'll find that, once a referee puts his arms around a fighter, the ref has formally stopped the fight.

@Kaiserbill99

4 жыл бұрын

And I think you'll find the referee is Venezuelan and was appointed by the WBA. Clearly the fight had been stopped otherwise the ref would not have man handled Bruno. It would have taken you seconds to google for that information.

Eu não sei como pode te ficando no boxe um lutador tão ruim como esse Frank Bruno eu nunca vi tão ruim assim

He keeps saying British when it's English,English soccer team,English cricket team,dozy fuckers.

Don King, biggest crook in sports.

@bigdaddy4069

3 жыл бұрын

Hardly.

@guanjun1178

3 жыл бұрын

A snake of the highest order. I'm glad his empire crumbled to dust, whilst his arch rival Arum is still going strong.

@itsnotme3882

4 ай бұрын

Would you even know who Michael Dokes, Tony Tucker, Buster Douglas, Tim Witherspoon or Pinklon Thomas even were if Don King didn’t give those guys fights? 100% sure King made the names I mentioned title holders, and NONE of them would had careers or made half the money they made. Problem was, none of the names I mention were able to manage themselves or the money they made under King. Those fighters ruined themselves. King just gave them a career to ruin.

Cheesee at best

Why is butch lewis there?

Larry Merchants always hated on African American fighters. So happy he is unemployed now. Anthony Joshua is Bruno 2.0

@nolanknows1401

5 жыл бұрын

LaRay Williams the hell he did... he didn't like the boring black fighter. He liked guys who would actually fight

@laraywilliams6627

5 жыл бұрын

@@nolanknows1401 who gives a damn what he liked. The biggest stars in boxing history have been black.

@solidcake3401

4 жыл бұрын

Tyson fury Is the man

@bababuwibutler256

4 жыл бұрын

A frank bruno 2.0 would've lost to dillion whyte & wlad & wouldn't have won a gold medal let alone make it to the Olympics

@davidpagett8882

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! 👍🏻

Ha, Ha fight several white European nobodies and then lose to every flawed heavyweight contender in the U.S. Joshua is just Bruno 2.0 who beats Europeans in his home country but lose to the very best outside it (and Countryman Fury of course).

How can Bruno be counted out if he went down with 8 seconds left ?

@Apesedits

5 жыл бұрын

He was clearly in no fit state to continue, i'm glad the Ref stepped in between them. Frank could've been seriously hurt otherwise.

@SKa-tt9nm

5 жыл бұрын

woody j the bell can’t save you unless it’s the final round

@CliSwe

4 жыл бұрын

He wasn't counted out. The referee stopped the fight to save Bruno from further punishment. Doesn't matter how much time's left in the round - 8 seconds of punches could see a guy killed.

RIP Geronimo Schnicklepickle

Bruno says you can be anything...well that's bull. Let me see frank get his GED and get admitted to Harvard, never happen

No other country gets knocked out more in title fights than the English.

@solidcake3401

4 жыл бұрын

And America

@NemeanLion-

2 жыл бұрын

Ouch lol

Pretty weak and boring fight. I stopped watching after the 5th. Surprised I hung on that long. Both these guys are bums anyways

@danielcharles7413

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA.... You are call two men who became champions while dedicating themselves to their jobs and conducting themselves well in life "bums"... You sir must be some guy! or not lol

Great fight

@timwitherspoon1378

2 жыл бұрын

It was! Come join my new KZread Channel!