But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

In 1989 Bruno challenged Mike Tyson for the undisputed world heavyweight title. As an attempt at atonement the paper establiFrank Brunod a charity fund for the victims of mental illness although some mental health charities condemned The Sun's latter action that day as being grossly cynical in the light of the former. He had been suffering from depression for several months beforehand.

Like Henry Cooper before him Bruno has remained a popular celebrity with the British public since his ring career ended. Franklin Roy "Frank" Bruno MBE (born 16 November 1961) is a British former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC heavyweight championship in 1995 (which he lost six months later in his first defence).