Frank Bruno

Frank Bruno is one of those boxers I think of as a national institution as much as an athlete. Reading that he fought from 1982 to 1996 and finally lifted the WBC heavyweight title in 1995 reminds me how long he chased that crown before getting it. The earlier European heavyweight title and his amateur ABA win show the climb was steady, not lucky. What I admire is the persistence; heavyweight boxing rarely rewards patience, yet he kept coming back. Being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire feels fitting for someone who became a household name well beyond the ring.

Name (English)

Frank Bruno

Name (Japanese)

フランク・ブルーノ

Reading

ふらんく・ぶるーの

Born

November 16, 1961 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Height

192 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• British Sports Book Awards
• WBC World Heavyweight Champion

• Official sitehttps://www.frankbruno.co.uk/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Bruno
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q530220

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.