Frank Bruno FIGHT WORN (left foot) boxing boot from his WBC heavyweight title fight billed, "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" against Lennox Lewis, 1st October 1993, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales.

Magnificently displayed and mounted in this one of a kind STUNNING presentation measuring 34 1/2" x 22 1/2" x 4."

Also included in the presentation case is an original full onsite £75.00 ticket, a signed (faded) Frank Bruno promotional photo and 2 stunning action shot fight photo's.

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Lewis W TKO 7

The Build Up
The fight was the first time that two British-born boxers had fought for the World heavyweight title, although Bruno had questioned how British Lewis really was, as he had won a gold medal for Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games as an amateur. Bruno described Lewis as "...not British", but said "It's about boxing. I'm sick and tired of his pretences. He calls himself champion. He acts like he's a Sugar Ray Leonard or a Willie Pep or a Joe Louis", and that "Nobody cares about Lennox Lewis in Britain."

To counter the Bruno claim that he was "not British", Lewis said, "What was I supposed to do? Not follow my mother to Canada?", "Look, I've fought more British fighters than that guy has. He makes a fool of himself, dressing up in girls' clothing on television". Lewis called Bruno an "Uncle Tom".

Bruno weighed in at 238 pounds (108 kg), and Lewis at 229 pounds (104 kg).

The fight was promoted by Frank Maloney Panix Promotions and by Main Events. It was a pay-per-view event with HBO in the United States and on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.

The Fight
The fight was staged at the now demolished National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, which was used primarily as a rugby union stadium by the Welsh Rugby Union. In total 25,784 spectators watched the fight. The Referee for the fight was Mickey Vann from Britain and the Judges were Tony Castellano and Jerry Roth, both from the USA and Adrian Morgan from Britain.

Bruno took the fight to Lewis, but Lewis won the first round. Bruno then went on the offensive and took the second round, with Lewis trying to use his left jab to win points. Bruno then hit Lewis on the right of his head in the third round, which shook him. Lewis later said that "It didn't hurt me". The punch concentrated Lewis' efforts to the job in hand. At the end of the sixth round, both Castellano and Roth had the fight level at 57-57, with Morgan scoring the fight 59-55 in favour of Bruno. At the start of the seventh round Bruno hit Lewis with a left jab and continued with a series of short punches. Lewis said "He thought he had me...but actually I just lost my footing. I saw every punch coming". Lewis then hit Bruno with a left hook, which had Bruno stagger and he continued with a series of head punches. Lewis said "I saw him drop his right hand and just came out with my left hook". Vann then warned Lewis of holding, before Lewis finished off Bruno, who by then wobbling and unable to defend himself. Vann then stopped the fight one minute 12 seconds into the seventh round.

Post Fight
Lewis said after the fight "Bruno did his homework and kept me from throwing my right hand early...but he must have forgotten I have a terrific left hook. I said to myself 'I'm going to let him see my hook'". Bruno's manager, Mickey Duff, said "Frank has no chin...once he gets hit clean on the button he goes".

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Frank Bruno vs Lennox Lewis - Highlights (WORN Boots can be clearly seen).

Franklin Roy Bruno (born 16 November 1961) Former WBC Heavyweight champion in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests. Like Henry Cooper before him, Bruno has remained a popular celebrity with the British public since his ring career ended, and still appears regularly in pantomime.

Boxing Career
Bruno became a professional boxer in 1980, quickly racking up a streak of twenty-one consecutive wins by knockout. This streak caught the attention of many international boxing magazines, such as Ring Magazine, KO Magazine, Boxing Illustrated, The Ring En Espanol and many others. In March 1984, however, future world Heavyweight champion, American James 'Bonecrusher' Smith, then a boxing journeyman, halted that streak when he defeated Bruno by knockout in the tenth and final round of their bout, with Bruno leading on all three judges' cards. This would not be the last time Bruno went on to lose a contest he had been clearly winning and would have emerged victorious from had he survived until the final bell.

Bruno got back into title contention with wins over the likes of former WBA champion Gerrie Coetzee (by knockout in round one), and, in July 1986, he challenged Tim Witherspoon for the WBA world Heavyweight championship. After once again leading on the cards for most of the fight, he ran out of steam and was defeated by knockout, in round eleven. A comment often made was that Bruno, a fine physical specimen, had a bodybuilder's musculature rather than a boxer's, and carrying the extra weight of so much muscle sapped his energy and stamina over a long contest. The contrast between Bruno and the seemingly lard-laden Witherspoon was particularly marked, but the difference was that Witherspoon worked when he had to, and did enough over the course of the fight, whereas Bruno lacked the nous and the killer-instinct to press on when he had the initiative.

In 1989, Bruno challenged Mike Tyson for the unified world Heavyweight title. After being shaken in the opening minute, Bruno finished the first round by rocking Tyson with a left hook. However, Tyson recovered and beat Bruno when the referee stopped the contest in round five with the British boxer taking heavy punishment on the ropes.

Bruno kept winning fights, helping him to retain his spot as one of the world's leading Heavyweights. In 1993 he had a third world title chance against young Lennox Lewis, who was making the second defence of the belt (his first of three championship reigns). The Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno fight was the first time that two British-born boxers had fought for the world heavyweight title. Lewis beat Bruno on a stoppage in round seven, Bruno again failing to take his title chance after leading the contest on points up until what proved the final round.

On 24 September 1994, Oliver McCall beat Lewis with a shock second round knockout victory at Wembley Arena, and, after outpointing Larry Holmes, he came to England to defend the WBC title against Bruno. On 2 September 1995, Bruno finally became world champion by outpointing McCall over twelve rounds. McCall was an emotional mess, and cried on his way into the ring. Bruno did not last long as champion: his first defence was a rematch with Tyson. Tyson beat Bruno on a stoppage in round three, in what turned out to be Bruno's last bout as a professional.

Bruno's publicist throughout most of his career was sports historian Norman Giller, who wrote three books in harness with Frank: Know What I mean, Eye of the Tiger and From Zero to Hero His manager for all but his last five fights was Terry Lawless, who signed him as a professional shortly after he had become ABA heavyweight champion at the age of eighteen.

Outside Boxing
Bruno grew up with five siblings in a terraced house in south London, where his parents had settled after moving to England from the Caribbean. In 1990, he married his partner Laura at a small church in Hornchurch, an area of Greater London near the border with Essex. They had three children. However, their relationship deteriorated, and they divorced in 2001.

Bruno has remained a popular figure with the British public. His image was enhanced by his relationship with the BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter, his appearances on the early Comic Relief programmes in the 1980s and his frequent appearances thereafter on television and on stage (in pantomime).

In December 2005, Bruno announced that he was to become a father for the fourth time since finding new romance with old friend Yvonne Clydesdale. The pair, who first met five years ago at a health resort, began dating months after bumping into each other at a wine bar near his home. Yvonne gave birth to baby Freya on 10 May 2006.

In 1995, the year of his world championship, he released a cover version of "Eye of the Tiger", the theme song of the movie Rocky III. It reached #28 in the UK charts.

In January 2001, Bruno announced that he wanted to stand as the Conservative candidate in the traditionally safe Tory seat of Brentwood and Ongar against the independent Member of Parliament, Martin Bell. His proposed slogan was "Don't be a plank, vote for Frank!" However, this idea was quickly dismissed by Conservative Central Office.

On 15th August 2009 he appeard on the weakest link beating Duke Mckenzie in the final for £12,800

On 22 September 2003, Bruno was taken from his home near Brentwood in Essex by medical staff assisted by police officers, under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. He was taken to Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford, where he underwent psychological and psychiatric tests. He had been suffering from depression for several months beforehand. He was later diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. The psychologist Professor Cary Cooper expressed the opinion that the end of Bruno's boxing career, the breakdown of his marriage, and the suicide of his former trainer George Francis in 2002 all contributed to his condition. On 9 October 2005 he admitted that his cocaine use, which began in 2000, contributed to his mental health problems. Media coverage of Bruno's problems raised controversy, the principal accusations were gross intrusion and insensitivity. Particular criticism was aimed at The Sun, whose headline in the first editions the next day read "Bonkers Bruno Locked Up". Second editions retracted the headline and attempted to portray a more sympathetic attitude towards Bruno and mental health in general. As an attempt at atonement, the paper established a charity fund for the victims of mental illness, although some mental health charities condemned The Sun's latter action that day as being grossly cynical in the light of the former. On 24 February 2008 Frank Bruno offered his support to former footballer Paul Gascoigne, who on 21 February had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act Bruno also spoke on his own personal experiences in the mental heath system at a conference run by Hari Sewell, on the 22nd June 2009.

On 10 October 2006, Bruno and his partner Yvonne Clydesdale were jointly awarded £50,000 damages for libel against The People newspaper and publishers MGN in respect of false claims made about the pair's relationship.

By 2005 Bruno was able to appear on BBC Radio as a guest expert at a boxing match, as well as appearing on television again. Bruno now regularly makes personal appearances and he also sells autographed items of memorabilia.

Frank now lives with one of his sons in the village of Little Billington, on the outskirts of the town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.

Movie Appearances
Bruno has a cameo appearance in Cass, the subject of which is a friend of Frank Bruno's who was a football hooligan. He is standing next to the pub doors in the last few minutes of the movie. His only prior movie appearance would have been as the bus driver in Spice World, but he walked out due to a dispute with the producers.










Born Lennox Claudius Lewis in West Ham, England on September 2, 1965. The 6' 5” Lewis registered an 85-9 amateur record and capped his amateur career by defeating Riddick Bowe for the 1988 Olympic super heavyweight gold medal.

After turning pro in 1989, he won the EBU heavyweight title in 1990 and scored wins over Gary Mason, Mike Weaver, Tyrell Biggs, and Levi Billups before TKO'ing Donovan (Razor) Ruddock in two rounds in 1992 for the vacant WBC title. Lewis successfully defended three times (Tony Tucker, Frank Bruno and Phil Jackson) before being upset by Oliver McCall (TKO by 2). Wins over Tommy Morrison (TKO 6) and Ray Mercer (W 10) set up a successful WBC title rematch with McCall (TKO 5). Four successful defences followed, including wins over Andrew Golota (KO 1) and Shannon Briggs (TKO 5).

On March 13, 1999 he met WBA / IBF champ Evander Holyfield in a highly anticipated unification bout. The bout, the highest grossing fight at Madison Square Garden, was ruled a controversial draw. However, Lewis scored a 12-round win in the rematch eight months later. Defences over Michael Grant (KO 2), Frans Botha (TKO 2) and David Tua (W 12) preceded a 5th round KO loss to Hasim Rahman in 2001. Lewis avenged the loss with an emphatic 4th round KO and concluded his career with an 8th round KO over Mike Tyson (2002) and a 6th round TKO over Vitali Klitschko (2003). His pro record reads 41-2-1 (32 KOs).

Lewis now serves as expert commentator for HBO's Boxing After Dark telecasts.