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Franklin Roy Horatio Bruno (born 16 November 1961) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1996. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) title from 1995 to 1996. At the regional level, he held the European heavyweight title from 1985 to 1986. As an , he won the heavyweight title in 1980.

During his professional career, Bruno scored 40 wins and 5 losses, scoring 38 by , giving him a 95% knockout-to-win ratio; his overall knockout percentage was 84.44%. Bruno was ranked among 's 10 best heavyweights in the world twelve times, reaching his career-high ranking of world no. 3 at the conclusion of 1984.

Since retirement, Bruno became a television personality and entertainer; He was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 1989 and 1990. He was awarded Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1990 New Years Honours List.

Early life and amateur career
Bruno was born on 16 November 1961, in Hammersmith, London, England, and was the youngest of six children. He took up boxing aged 9 after joining the Wandsworth Boys Club. He attended at Oak Hall Community School in Heathfield, East Sussex, and joined the Sir Philip Game Amateur Boxing Club. He won 20 out of his 21 fights as an amateur, the only defeat by Irish International, Joe Christie. Bruno represented Young England at boxing, and achieved becoming the youngest ever ABA Heavyweight champion when he won the title in 1980 at the age of 18.

Professional career
Early career
Bruno's first fight a professional boxer was a win against Lupe Guerra in March 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, which he won by knock-out. He went on to achieve 21 consecutive wins by . This streak caught the attention of international boxing magazines, such as The Ring, , Boxing Illustrated and Ring En Español. During this period Bruno stopped former world title contender in May 1983, the fringe contender in Oct 1983, Belgian champion , British contenders Tony Moore, and Eddie Nielson, and some strong journeymen such as Bill Sharkey, Walter Santemore and Ken Lakusta. However, in May 1984, that streak ended when Bruno was defeated by knockout in the tenth and final round of the bout, despite Bruno leading clearly on all three judges' cards, when losing to the up-and-coming future world heavyweight champion, American James "Bonecrusher" Smith.

European heavyweight title
To get a shot at the title, Bruno beat fringe fighter Jeff Jordan on 6 November 1984. Bruno was taken the distance for the first time in November 1984, by the useful world rated Phil Brown, He went on to fight former European champion and world title contender Lucien Rodriguez in March 1985, defeating him in one round. and Bruno became the EBU European Heavyweight Champion with a KO over Sweden's Anders Eklund, on 1 October 1985.

First World heavyweight title challenge
Bruno vs. Witherspoon
Bruno got back into title contention with a quick one-round KO win over former WBA champion of South Africa, and, in July 1986, he challenged for the WBA heavyweight title. 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.

Bruno once again got himself back into title contention with wins over former contender and journeymen and Chuck Gardner. In October 1987, Bruno faced the veteran in an all-British match-up. Bugner, although long past his peak, was coming off good wins over Greg Page, and . Bruno won by TKO in the 8th round, the referee stopping the bout.

Second World heavyweight title challenge
Bruno vs. Tyson
In February 1989, Bruno challenged for the undisputed world heavyweight title. In the opening seconds, the fighters came together with huge punches, and Bruno was on the ropes. However, he recovered and continued, then rocked Tyson with a left hook, in the final moments of the first round. However, Tyson recovered and eventually overpowered Bruno, who was taking heavy punishment on the ropes when the referee stopped the contest in round five.

Bruno kept winning fights, helping him to retain his spot as one of the world's leading heavyweights. He defeated journeymen such as , , Dutchman Jan Emmen and then contender Carl Williams,.

Third World heavyweight title challenge
Bruno vs. Lewis
In 1993, he had a third world title chance against , 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 boxers had fought for the world heavyweight title. Bruno failed to secure his title chance after being shaken by Lewis in the seventh round, and despite Bruno leading the contest on points at that time, the fight was stopped by the referee in favour of Lewis.

Bruno again regrouped, in his next fight dispatching in one round, and fringe contenders Rodolfo Marin and Mike Evans early on, in his next two bouts.

WBC heavyweight champion
Bruno vs. McCall
On 2 September 1995, Bruno finally became world champion by outpointing WBC Champion over twelve rounds. After an even start, Bruno built up a strong lead in the middle rounds before appearing to run somewhat out of steam in the last couple. However, unlike Bonecrusher Smith and Tim Witherspoon earlier in Bruno's career, McCall was unable to find a way through Bruno's defences to force the late stoppage he needed. Bruno won unanimously on points, only the second time he had taken an opponent to the judges.

Bruno vs. Tyson II
Bruno's reign as champion was brief: the contract he signed to get McCall meant he had to face Mike Tyson in his first defence. Tyson beat Bruno on a stoppage in round three, Bruno performed unusually poorly in what turned out to be his last bout as a professional due to the recurrence of an eye injury, originally caused during his first fight with Tyson, which had already necessitated experimental surgery to allow him to fight again after that defeat.

Retirement
After the second Tyson fight, Bruno was advised not to fight again to avoid running the risk of causing any more damage to his eye, which could result in permanent blindness. He retired soon afterwards.

During his career, Bruno scored 40 wins and 5 losses. He won 38 by , giving him a 95% knockout-to-win ratio; his overall knockout percentage was 84.44%. Bruno was ranked among 's 10 best heavyweights in the world twelve times, reaching his career-high ranking of world no. 3 at the conclusion of 1984.

He was awarded Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1990 New Years Honours List.

Personal life
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 , where he underwent psychological and psychiatric tests. He had been suffering from depression for several months beforehand. He was later diagnosed as having . On 9 October 2005, Bruno admitted that cocaine use, which began in 2000, had contributed to his mental health problems. Media coverage of Bruno's problems raised controversy, the principal accusations being 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 people suffering from mental illness, although some mental health charities condemned The Sun latter action that day as being grossly hypocritical in the light of the former. On 24 February 2008, Bruno offered his support to former footballer , who on 21 February had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Bruno also spoke on his own personal experiences in the mental health system at a conference run by Hari Sewell, on 22 June 2009. Bruno was sectioned again in 2012 and taken to St Andrew's Hospital in for five weeks. In December 2013, Bruno spoke to the in support of their mental health campaign, stating: "Mental illness is a terrible thing to have to cope with but I've learnt it's a fight you can win if you live your life the right way".

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 couple, who first met five years previously 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. On 10 October 2006, Bruno and Clydesdale were jointly awarded £50,000 damages for against The People newspaper and publishers in respect of false claims made about their relationship. In 2006, Bruno published an autobiography Frank: Fighting Back. It won the Best Autobiography category of the British Sports Book Awards. As of May 2012, Bruno was living in with his new hairdresser girlfriend, Nina Coletta in the area of the city.

After retirement from boxing, Bruno has spent much of his time supporting The Frank Bruno Foundation, dedicated to improving the mental health of men around the world.

In 2025, his daughter Rachel appeared as a contender in the second series of Gladiators, citing her father's sporting success as being the inspiration for her participating.

Media appearances and non-boxing interests
Bruno's image was enhanced by his relationship with the boxing commentator , from which, in their many interviews, his most-quoted phrase, "Know what I mean, Harry?" originated. He appeared on programmes in the early 1980s and made frequent appearances thereafter on television and on stage (in ).

In 1991, he opened "The Ultimate" at Lightwater Valley, which was, at the time, the longest roller coaster in the world. In 1995, the year of his world championship, he released a cover version of "Eye of the Tiger". It reached No. 28 in the UK charts. In 1999, he featured on the celebrity special in the second season of Fort Boyard.

In January 2001, prior to that year's general election, Bruno announced that he wanted to stand as the Conservative candidate for the Conservative seat of Brentwood and Ongar against the independent Member of Parliament, . His proposed slogan was "Don't be a plank, vote for Frank!" However, this idea was quickly dismissed by Conservative Central Office. In 2006, he was one of a number of celebrities including Sir Geoff Hurst and , who recorded the World Cup song, "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?".

On 15 August 2009, he beat in the final of The Weakest Link - "Boxing Special", competing against the likes of , and . He had a small role in the 2008 British crime drama Cass. Bruno made brief guest appearances in episodes of the ITV comedy show, Harry Hill's TV Burp in February and October 2011. In 2011, he made a guest appearance in Sooty. On 20 April 2012, Bruno was featured in the ITV series Piers Morgan's Life Stories.

He supports West Ham United F.C. whilst also having an affinity for the Scottish team, Aberdeen F.C.

Bruno completed the 2011 , which is the third marathon he has run successfully. He has also run half marathons. Bruno regularly makes personal appearances and also sells autographed items of memorabilia. On 23 July 2013, Bruno was featured in the documentary with his daughter Rachel in Rachel Bruno: My Dad and Me.

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 crisis, Frank Bruno joined a group of celebrities called , which included and X Factor winner 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 on Good Morning Britain the day before release. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEwtQcv24nM&gl=US&hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Wayback Machine:

In 2024, Bruno joined fellow London boxers – , and for Four Kings television mini documentary.

Professional boxing record

TKO3 (12),16 Mar 1996
44Win40–4UD122 Sep 1995
43Win39–4Mike EvansKO2 (10),13 May 1995
42Win38–4Rodolfo MarinKO1 (10),18 Feb 1995
41Win37–4TKO1 (10),16 Mar 1994
40Loss36–4TKO7 (12),1 Oct 1993
39Win36–3Carl WilliamsTKO10 (10),24 Apr 1993
38Win35–3TKO8 (10)17 Oct 1992
37Win34–3KO2 (10),22 Apr 1992
36Win33–3John EmmenTKO1 (10),20 Nov 1991
35Loss32–3TKO5 (12),25 Feb 1989
34Win32–2TKO8 (10),24 Oct 1987
33Win31–2TKO8 (10)30 Aug 1987
32Win30–2Chuck GardnerTKO1 (10),27 Jun 1987
31Win29–2TKO5 (10),24 Mar 1987
30Loss28–2TKO11 (15),19 Jul 1986
29Win28–1KO1 (10),4 Mar 1986
28Win27–1Larry FrazierKO2 (10),4 Dec 1985
27Win26–1Anders EklundKO4 (12),1 Oct 1985
26Win25–1Lucien RodriguezTKO1 (10),26 Mar 1985
25Win24–1Phillip Brown 1027 Nov 1984
24Win23–1Jeff JordanTKO3 (10),6 Nov 1984
23Win22–1Ken LakustaKO2 (10)25 Sep 1984
22Loss21–1James SmithKO10 (10)13 May 1984
21Win21–0Juan Antonio FigueroaTKO1 (10),13 Mar 1984
20Win20–0Walter SantemoreKO4 (10),6 Dec 1983
19Win19–0TKO7 (10),11 Oct 1983
18Win18–0Bill SharkeyKO1 (10),27 Sep 1983
17Win17–0Mike JamesonKO2 (10),9 Jul 1983
16Win16–0Barry FunchesTKO5 (10),31 May 1983
15Win15–0TKO3 (10),3 May 1983
14Win14–0Eddie NeilsonTKO3 (10),5 Apr 1983
13Win13–0Winston AllenTKO2 (10),1 Mar 1983
12Win12–0Peter Mulindwa KozzaKO3 (10),8 Feb 1983
11Win11–0Stewart Lithgo 4 (8),18 Jan 1983
10Win10–0Gilberto AcunaTKO1 (10),7 Dec 1982
9Win9–0George ButzbachTKO1 (8),23 Nov 1982
8Win8–0KO2 (8),9 Nov 1982
7Win7–0Ali LukasaTKO2 (8)23 Oct 1982
6Win6–0George ScottTKO1 (8),14 Sep 1982
5Win5–0Tony MooreTKO2 (8)1 Jun 1982
4Win4–0Ronald GibbsTKO4 (8)4 May 1982
3Win3–0Abdul MuhayminKO1 (8),20 Apr 1982
2Win2–0Harvey Steichen 2 (8),30 Mar 1982
1Win1–0Lupe Guerra 1 (8)17 Mar 1982

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