Frank Bruno - British Boxing Legend

00:00 | Trailer
02:38 Brian’s thoughts on the episode
04:57 Brian’s introduction
05:36 London born countryside lover
06:16 Learning respect for elders, manners, discipline and focus
07:13 Why Frank was sent to borstal aged 12
09:54 Why he decided to get into boxing and how he developed in the sport
11:30 What made Frank a very good boxer
12:06 Frank might have been a Pentecostal priest
13:28 Losing his father at an early age
14:19 Frank won his first 21 fights but with so much still to learn in order to survive
17:16 Memories of winning the 1995 world championship having learnt from the losses
20:06 Blood boxing is a business: who and what helped Frank achieve his ambition
21:52 The unbelievable boxing scene of the 1980s
23:20 Why Frank doesn’t class himself as famous
24:57 Early memories of sparring with Mike Tyson
27:20 In praise of Cus D’Amato
32:00 The two fights with Mike Tyson
35:51 The fight with Lennox Lewis
36:40 Moving on from losing a fight
37:29 How he would have felt if he had not won the world championship
37:58 How difficult it was to retire and deal with life afterwards
41:01 Coping strategies for dealing with his Bipolar disorder
42:50 Being sectioned having a bad experience of medication
45:39 Setting up the Frank Bruno Foundation and the need for investigation into drug use and side effects
52:15 Practising yoga
52:58 Sectioned for the second time ten years later
55:54 What Frank hopes people take from his new book “Let Me Be Frank”
58:59 Frank is looking forward to becoming a grandfather
59:31 What Frank thinks of the game of boxing today with Joshua, Haye, Fury and Chisora1:06:24 The MMA and boxing cross-over fight between Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor
1:09:09 The British public’s love for Frank
1:09:54 Success secrets
1:10:39 Frank has learnt from so many in the past and continues to be open to enlightening and empowering himself
1:11:37 The best day of Frank’s life
1:12:12 What keeps him awake at night question prompts that famous laugh
1:12:41 What scares Frank
1:12:55 Frank reveals a frustrated passion
1:15:46 Frank recalls Donald Trump’s long association with boxing
1:16:50 Don King the boxing promoter was no “puddy cat”
1:17:55 Frank has watched London Real
1:19:11 Phone call to the 20-year old Frank Bruno
1:20:43 Best advice ever received
1:22:08 Advice to young people wanting to improve their life or the world in which they live
1:24:22 Brian’s praise for new book “Let Me Be Frank” and its encouragement for adopting a questioning attitude
1:26:46 Brian’s summing up.