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  Frank Bruno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bruno got back into title contention with wins over the likes of former WBA world champion Gerrie Coetzee (by knockout in round one), and, in July of 1986, he challenged Tim Witherspoon for the WBA world Heavyweight championship.
Frank Bruno kept winning fights and he kept his spot as one of the world's leading Heavyweights, and in 1993, he had a third chance, against young Lennox Lewis, who was making his second defense of his first of two championship reigns.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Bruno   (1001 words)

  
 Bruno Frank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bruno Frank (Stuttgart, June 13, 1878 - Beverly Hills, June 20, 1945) was a German author, poet, dramatist and a humanist.
Frank studied law and philosophy in Munich where he later worked as a dramatist and novelist until the Reichstag fire in 1933.
On his passing in 1945, Bruno Frank was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bruno_Frank   (163 words)

  
 The Observer | Sport | Totally Frank
Bruno does a lot of charity work and his visit to Camberwell is part of his commitment to Sport Relief, for whom he will run one mile, along with fellow celebrities, on 10 July.
Bruno was often derided for his oak-tree stiffness in the ring, but he worked on his movement and few who were on the end of them would deny that his jab and right-cross were as lethal as any in the heavyweight division.
Bruno and Tyson first met as teenagers in the Catskills in upstate New York, where the wild kid from Brooklyn was being handled by Cus D'Amato, a friend of Duff's.
observer.guardian.co.uk /osm/story/0,6903,1229681,00.html   (3300 words)

  
 Boxing News : Frank Bruno: From the Zenith to the Nadir of Despair
Although Bruno had at times been lampooned by the boxing press and regular media, and had even been the butt of insinuations about his racial insecurity from the likes of Lennox Lewis, there won't be many who won't have sympathy for the sad descent into mental illness that has befallen the former champion.
Bruno had a crafted image of a jovial but ponderous giant, whose booming laugh, affable and sometimes deliberately oafish persona and towering physical presence, allowed him to cast himself in a comedic light.
In Bruno's case, he appeared to be coping well with life after boxing at first, but problems in his domestic life began to appear in the tabloids, along with rumours that there might be domestic abuse involved.
www.maxboxing.com /News/mcdonnell092603.asp   (1913 words)

  
 Frank Bruno - Caribbean Hall of Fame
Bio: Franklyn Roy Bruno was born at Hammersmith Hospital in London.
Frank attended schools at Swaffield Primary and Oak Hill schools in Sussex where he excelled in football and athletics.
Frank was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990, is a member of Equity.
caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com /Frank_Bruno.html   (358 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Boxing | Bruno and me
The title Frank had held for a mere six months was ripped from his grasp and, because he had damaged his right eye a third time, he was forced to retire.
Frank still doesn't realise how lucky he was to have landed up in such an accommodating place, staffed by understanding experts in the management and treatment of mental illness.
Frank bowed back, as did the manager behind the counter and two customers on their way in, as well as people at the other tables.
sport.guardian.co.uk /boxing/osm/story/0,10541,1636290,00.html?...   (2486 words)

  
 Boxing: RSR Looks Back at the Career of Frank Bruno Part I
Bruno was born in 1961 in London, a son of Caribbean immigrants.
Frank needed seasoning and rounds, but his management were also wary of pitching him in too deeply too quickly.
Bruno was muscular and had a powerful right, but there was something ponderous and mechanical in his style.
ringsidereport.com /Hulse03142006.htm   (1610 words)

  
 German Exiles: Feuchtwanger Memorial Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bruno Frank was born in Stuttgart where his father worked as a banker.
Liesl Frank's childhood was noteworthy because her mother was the well-known operetta diva, Fritzi Massary, and her father, Max Pallenberg, was the leading comic actor of German theater.
Bruno Frank was one of the fortunate German writers whose works had been translated into English in the 1920s, so that his name and reputation was already established outside Germany by 1933.
www.usc.edu /isd/archives/arc/libraries/feuchtwanger/exiles/brunofrank.html   (295 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Frank Bruno - Bruno taken to psychiatric hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
FRANK Bruno, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, was last night receiving treatment at a psychiatric hospital after being taken from his home by medics.
Bruno, who won the WBC crown when he out-pointed Oliver McCall at Wembley Stadium in September 1995, has spoken recently of making a comeback despite the eye injury which appeared to have ended his career.
Bruno has admitted being treated at the Priory Clinic, but said it was not because of a problem with depression.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1015&id=1055572003   (813 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Profile: Frank Bruno
Bruno's parents came to England from the Caribbean and settled in south London, where he grew up with five brothers and sisters in a terraced house.
Bruno's time at the very top was short-lived and was brought to an abrupt end by a rampant Mike Tyson a year later.
Bruno was also moderately successful outside the boxing ring.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3130780.stm   (307 words)

  
 Dilettante Press
Frank Bruno was born March 22, 1925 on a ranch fifty miles south of Tombstone, Arizona.
Bruno views the war years as the only time in his life when he felt truly alive.
Bruno feels he was called back into the wilderness by God to fulfill his destiny, to be a modern-day watchman.
www.dilettantepress.com /artists/bruno.html   (657 words)

  
 YESHUA WANTS FRANK BRUNO...
Frank, there is still alot you can do, you can smile, be happy about you, and your 3 children, and retire and enjoy what God has given you.
Frank, you need a friend, you need to face yourself and come to the realization that boxing is over and now FRANK BRUNO has to win.
Frank, remember the "Hurricane?" He too had to climb the walls of injustice and his mind, imprisoned, and guess what, he fought the evils of this world, and his four walls of mind and ruled WITHIN.
www.webspawner.com /users/pbransonjesusanswer/jesuswantsfrank5.html   (768 words)

  
 Artist Frank Bruno to Exhibit Modern Impressionistic Work at MCCC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mixed with and complementing Bruno’s well-known figural art is a selection of a strong face series that invokes emotion and expression in his painterly fashion.
Bruno describes the exhibit by stating: “The Alternative Convention is a form of figural work torn from the conventional or traditional styles of post modern painting.
Bruno had exhibited extensively in the New York and Philadelphia areas and is represented by various galleries.
www.mc3.edu /cr/mc3news/2003/sept/bruno.htm   (312 words)

  
 IHO Order barring Bruno, Leo, Frank Caruso from Laborers Union
Bruno Caruso and Leo Caruso appeared at the conference and the hearing and were represented by counsel.
Bruno Caruso and Leo Caruso objected to the testimony given by Michael Corbitt because he could not be placed under oath since the court reporter could not administer the oath by telephone.
Frank "Skids" Caruso is the father of Respondents Frank Caruso and Bruno Caruso, and the uncle of Respondent Leo Caruso.
www.ipsn.org /d99-12_caruso.htm   (7836 words)

  
 Frank Bruno & WT
Bruno's visit was prompted by the fact that Lee had once trained alongside the gymnasium founder sifu Leung Ting and Cheng as a disciple of WingTsun grandmaster Yip Man.
And, dispite towering over Cheng, it was obvious Bruno regarded the wiry martial arts master as by far the bigger man. Bruno then copied Cheng's fluid movements as he was taken through the graceful motion of the Siu-Nim-Tao.
Following the short lesson Bruno earnestly apologised for disturbing the class and bowed repeatedly as he thanked the master and his students for their time.
www.wingtsun.nl /FBrunoWT.htm   (565 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Frank Bruno - Seconds out, round two
FRANK Bruno was once Britain’s most curious and beloved athletic hero - a one-time brass polisher, sales assistant and labourer who became a world heavyweight champion.
Bruno, always one to look on the bright side, said his father was only trying to keep him on the straight and narrow.
Bruno had a powerful punch but tended to run out of breath at the same rate as he ran out of ideas.After a string of undemanding "rope-a-dope" opponents, Bruno was out of his depth with Terrible Tim, who gave him such a battering the referee stopped the fight.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1015&id=453772003   (1737 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Boxing | The Emma Brockes interview: Frank Bruno
It was loneliness, says Bruno, which was his undoing, even though his career had been one long lesson in it.
In Bruno's case the "other guy" tended to win, or at least that was the impression one always had.
Bruno has described himself as an angry young man, frustrated by his poor performance at school and by his home life, where throughout his early teens his father was bed-ridden with cancer.
sport.guardian.co.uk /boxing/story/0,10146,1599229,00.html   (2098 words)

  
 PaintingsDIRECT.com - Interview
Frank Bruno: I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.
Frank Bruno: I was taught from the strict old schools of painting and color harmony, but believe it or not, color is not important to me. Strong line quality, composition and form are more crucial although even this is loosely done.
Frank Bruno: The most important thing taught to my students is to not be so photo realist in what they depict.
www.paintingsdirect.com /interview/interview30/interview.html   (505 words)

  
 News Release, Frank Bruno, Fort Collins, accepts City Manager post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Frank Bruno today accepted the position of Boulder City Manager.
Frank was a perfect fit for Boulder, and has a unique combination of experience in economic redevelopment and environmental protection, as well as a strong leadership style that will serve the city well."
Bruno, 45, is currently the Assistant City Manager in Fort Collins, a post he has held since 1989.
www.ci.boulder.co.us /comm/pressrelease/2002/1209.html   (357 words)

  
 Frank, Bruno on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The flooring of Frank It was a scene of immense tragedy: the former heavyweight champion of the world in tears, banging his head against a wall and wailing.
Albert Hall, Stewart Lithgo delivers a solid right punch to Frank Bruno, though the fight was to be stopped in the 4th in favour of Bruno.
Bruno was born in Hammersmith (London) to Jamaican parents.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/Frank-B1r.asp   (1017 words)

  
 Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno: What If In Cardiff | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Bruno's reputation as a fighter took another dip when he retired briefly four years ago to concentrate on a stage career in pantomime.
Bruno came in wearing large plastic bags over his shoes, with The Real Brit stitched across the rear of his boxing trunks, and to the tune of Land of Hope and Glory, an English patriotic song that excludes the Scots, Irish and Welsh.
While Bruno's crushing jab turned the left side of his face swollen and bloody, Lewis operated in retreat behind a pushing jab and an occasionally thrown overhand right, most of which followed a Western Union message announcing their departure.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1569/lennox-lewis-frank-bruno-cardiff   (2476 words)

  
 Alibris: Frank Bruno
Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple, Barnsdall House and Johnson Wax Administration Building and Research Tower are flagship designs in American architectural history.
Bruno provides a detailed description of 27 symptom groups and offers over 150 specific, self-directed strategies for dealing with an array of...
Frank J. Bruno holds a Ph.D. in psychology and ahs worked as a counselor, therapist, and teacher.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Bruno,Frank   (814 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Frank: Fighting Back: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At the age of eleven, Frank Bruno was sent to reform school.
Now, for the first time, Frank Bruno tells his real story: how the tearaway kid became one of Britain's best-loved sports stars; how he was written off, but came back to win the world championship - at the fourth attempt; his descent into mental illness; and his painful journey back to health.
Frank Bruno is a man who has been right to the top and right to the very bottom.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0224077767   (631 words)

  
 Frank Bruno Home Page
Dr Frank Bruno attained his mechanical engineering degree with first class honours at the University of Adelaide in 1991.
Bruno F. & Saman W., Development of a PCM energy storage unit for solar air heating systems, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of ANZSES, 2004.
Bruno F., Simultaneous storage of heating and cooling from a heat pump.
www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au /staff/Homepage.asp?Name=Frank.Bruno   (939 words)

  
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 eBay - frank bruno, Fan Apparel Souvenirs, Autographs items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Frank Bruno interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Boulder's Municipal Channel 8 will cablecast incoming City Manager Frank Bruno's interview with city council on Monday and Thursday evenings at 8 p.m., with the exception of Monday, Jan. 20.
Frank Bruno, who currently serves as assistant city manager in Fort Collins, was chosen from six finalists to be Boulder's next city manager.
The interview with city council and the meeting where city council chose Bruno as the next city manager will air together, for a total viewing time of two hours and 31 minutes.
www.ci.boulder.co.us /comm/pressrelease/2003/0115.html   (294 words)

  
 The Spoof - Frank Bruno Still Crazy, Makes Shock Return to Sport
Frank Bruno announced that he is to make a comeback, but not to boxing, instead he will be taking part in the British Superbike championship.
In the interview, Frank Bruno explained why he was entering this very highly competitive and dangerous sport.
Soon after Frank was spotted in Donnington on a scooter getting lessons on Racing Motorcycles, we look forward to seeing Frank race along side his old friend Gary Mason soon.
www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s6i3794&rating=5   (350 words)

  
 Artist Frank Bruno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Frank Bruno is a graduate of The York Academy of Arts, York, PA and attended Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Bruno has exhibited extensively in New York City, Philadelphia and other galleries in the Northeast region.
FRANK BRUNO 710 COLLEGEVILLE RD., COLLEGEVILLE, PA 19426 610-489-4213 fx: 610-489-9467
www.artistfrankbruno.com   (268 words)

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