Let Me Be Frank

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Frank suffered from retirement of his sport and struggling with the present and the great times he had in the ring. I suppose it is the latter Frank I saw when I was younger in those dreadful shows and thinking what a waste all he seemed to be able to do was be on these shows or be in pantomime. amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p> Eskenazi, Gerald (10 August 1993). "Bruno vs. Lewis: A Personal Battle of Britain". The New York Times . Retrieved 10 January 2014. Frank started boxing professionally in 1982, his ring record to date is 44 contests with 40 victories. His only defeats have been by James 'Bonecrusher' Smith and in the World Title fights against Tim Witherspoon, Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis. Bruno won his next six bouts against respected opposition. He won the European heavyweight title with a KO over Sweden's Anders Eklund, KO'd former European champion and world title contender Lucien Rodriguez in one round, was taken the distance for the first time by the useful world rated Phil Brown, and beat fringe fighters Larry Frazier and Jeff Jordan.

His charity The Frank Bruno Foundation is holding a fund-raising ball in November in a bid to help others. Bruno: 60 Years A Fighter, is the most definitive account of Frank’s life to date. In it he also opens up on how his boxing career was nearly derailed before it began – due to Colombian drug-dealers. And he details the bullying and racist abuse he overcame to emerge a World Champion.Frank also reveals details of the emotional reconciliation he has had with his daughter Freya, aged 15 which, he says, has been like a new beginning. Although Frank won the WBC Heavyweight Champions belt in 1995, this being his dream since he started boxing at 16, he is almost better know just as the decent bloke 'Frank Bruno' who is famous for saying 'Know what I mean Harry'. Now 60 years old, in this book Frank opens up about the challenges he has experienced, and most of what he has to say is about mental illness, in particular being diagnosed as 'bi-polar'. Ex-boxer Bruno admits cocaine use BBC 9 October 2005". BBC News. 9 October 2005 . Retrieved 10 January 2014. FURY FUMBLE Tommy Fury snubs Molly Mae on return to UK after partying with women in Dubai 'Face up to the fact my illness had returned'

Last year Frank appeared at the ‘Up Close and Personal’ standing-room-only event at the Town Hall, where he relieved tales of growing up in the borough. Is he still on medication? “I take some tablets here and there. I don’t believe in the tablets but I take them to keep people happy.” He walks as easily with lords of the realm as with the British people for whom he remains one of their most loved sporting icons.” Jeff Powell, Daily Mail FORMER WBC heavyweight champion Frank Bruno will be returning to Wandsworth, his former stomping ground on Saturday 14 thOctober, to sign copies of his book 60 Years A Fighter, at Southside Shopping Centre.

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Frank Bruno lands a left on Mike Tyson during their first world heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas in 1989. Photograph: David Ashdown/Getty Images He was a brave fighter, and good enough to win the WBC world heavyweight title and 40 of his 45 bouts. The very last of these was that fateful night against Tyson when, for the second time, he was battered into submission. Those encounters with Tyson, another lonely man with an even more complicated character, underpin a new Sky Sports documentary about a pair of contrasting heavyweights who, all these years later, have such affection for each other. His visit to Southside coincides with World Mental Health Day, which takes place on Tuesday October 10 th.

In it Frank opens up on his journey to becoming a World Champion and the fight which has come after retirement with mental ill health.In 2017 Launch of a new book “Let me be Frank” with national media coverage plus many TV’s including “The One show” Lorraine, Good Morning Britain. An extensive Mental Health campaign talking to large businesses across the UK I remember seeing Frank in his early days out jogging in the early hour in the Romford area. He was alway happy and jovial and would shout a hello in his deep voice to anyone he passed. I along with colleagues at that time believed that he would become a champion but never dreamt that it would be world champion. Later, I would see him on occasions as I we about my job in Havering and on a oneoccasion had the honour to be invited in for a cup of tea to his wonderful house that also had a swimming pool. He was a very devoted father and as he stated in this book and numerous times elsewhere, he was besotted and devoted to his kids. In 1994 Oliver McCall, after beating Lennox Lewis and Larry Holmes, came to England to defend the WBC title against Frank. Staines, Richard (20 June 2009). "Frank Bruno to discuss BME mental health services | News". Nursing Times . Retrieved 5 May 2012. Bruno's publicist throughout most of his career was sports historian Norman Giller, who wrote three books with Bruno: 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.

How Frank has now made a full recovery and is launching a new campaign via his charity, the Frank Bruno Foundation, to combat a pandemic in mental health which he fears Covid-19 has created. Boxing hero Frank Bruno has spoken out about his time in St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton". Northampton Chronicle. 14 October 2012 . Retrieved 28 March 2019. Frank Bruno, will be signing copies of his book 60 Years A Fighter, on Saturday 14 th October at Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth, London, SW18 4TF, outside Waitrose from 12pm It is a testament to Frank that he looked despair firmly in the face a number of times but he carried on fighting, just like he had fought in the ring. Not only did he overcome and learn to tame his own issues, but he made a point to use his celebrity status to pull important influencers such as senior doctors and politicians to the cause of improving mental health facilities in Britain. He also worked continuously to raise money for many different types of charity.this is an insightful book warts and all and I am so glad I now have a very different perspective on Frank. this is incredibly emotional and it gives a whole new perspective on this man, it is no holds barred and the good thing is despite many sectioning he appears to be on the road to recovery, managing the illness and I wish him well. Sport is something we can watch and judge because we get thrill of 'feeling' we are there. But the reality of fighting is something very distant from the casual observer who feels the thrill but doesn't notice the pain. For the fighter the pain continues, and in many cases leaves permanent damage. Between 2004 – 2012 Frank worked all over Europe making personal appearances, TV shows, and voice over adverts. Notable TV appearances include The Sooty Show, The Royal Variety Show, Piers Morgan, and Sports Relief. Frank Bruno is many different things to many different people. Now, in his own words, as he turns 60, Frank delivers the full, explosive story of his remarkable life so far.