Let Me Be Frank

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Visit Carpet Monster Superstore on April 2, 2022, to get your copy of Frank's new book and meet the man himself. As one of the UK’s best-loved boxers and personalities, Frank Bruno has seen and done it all when it comes to boxing. In 2020 amid the COVID-19 crisis, Frank Bruno joined a supergroup of celebrities called The Celebs which included Kellie Shirley and X Factor winner Sam Bailey to raise money for both Alzheimer's Society and Action for Children. They recorded a new rendition of " Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens and it was released digitally on 11 December 2020, on independent record label Saga Entertainment. The music video debuted exclusively on Good Morning Britain the day before release. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart. [23] [24] Professional boxing record [ edit ] 45fights

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. Bruno kept winning fights, helping him to retain his spot as one of the world's leading heavyweights. He defeated contender Carl Williams, and then journeymen such as Jose Ribalta, Pierre Coetzer, and Dutchman Jan Emmen. His laughter sounds the same as it always did. It is deep and resonant and strangely knowing. Bruno is laughing to lighten the mood and to make us both accept the fact that we are nearly old men now, a quarter-of-a-century on. 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.Bruno has suffered in the intervening years. The break-up of his marriage and his enforced retirement after the Tyson rematch left him lost and bereft. He was sectioned in September 2003, and spent some time in Goodmayes, in a hospital for mentally ill people, before he slowly rebuilt his life without boxing. Ex-boxer Bruno admits cocaine use BBC 9 October 2005". BBC News. 9 October 2005 . Retrieved 10 January 2014. Blow for Bruno's election plan BBC 12 January 2001". BBC News. 12 January 2001 . Retrieved 10 January 2014.

Frank kept winning fights, helping him to retain his spot as one of the world’s leading Heavyweights. Owen Gibson (23 September 2003). "Sun on the ropes over 'Bonkers Bruno' story | Media | MediaGuardian". Guardian . Retrieved 5 May 2012. 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 the immediate aftermath of becoming world champion, at Wembley Stadium, Bruno had cried at ringside. “It was tough,” he said, the tears rolling from his swollen eyes, “but I love my brother. I’m not an Uncle Tom. I love my people. I’m not a sellout. I’m not an Uncle Tom.” 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.

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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. In recent years, Frank, has turned his own struggles into a mission, becoming a champion for mental health with his own charity, the Frank Bruno Foundation. Bruno's image was enhanced by his relationship with the BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter, which, in their many interviews, was generated Bruno's best-known and most-quoted phrases "Know what I mean, Harry?", his appearances on Comic Relief programmes in the early-1980s and his frequent appearances thereafter on television and on stage (in pantomime).