Let Me Be Frank

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Bruno has joined the Get Close and Personal Platform [16] to raise funds to support The Frank Bruno Foundation, dedicated to improving the mental health of men around the world. [17] Bruno offers one-to-one video calls with anybody wanting to discuss issues related to mental health and Bruno's own journey. One of the busiest years for appearances including Thailand, Spain, Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales. 3 TV ad’s a number of major product endorsements and launches given an honouree Doctorate by Bournemouth University

amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p> Although Frank won the WBC Heavyweight Champions belt in 1995, this being his dream since he started boxing at 16, he is almost better know just as the decent bloke 'Frank Bruno' who is famous for saying 'Know what I mean Harry'. Now 60 years old, in this book Frank opens up about the challenges he has experienced, and most of what he has to say is about mental illness, in particular being diagnosed as 'bi-polar'. His visit to Southside coincides with World Mental Health Day, which takes place on Tuesday October 10 th.Bruno's image was enhanced by his relationship with the BBC boxing commentator Harry Carpenter, which, in their many interviews, was generated Bruno's best-known and most-quoted phrases "Know what I mean, Harry?", his appearances on Comic Relief programmes in the early-1980s and his frequent appearances thereafter on television and on stage (in pantomime). At times harrowing, at times hilarious, but always 100 per cent honest, Frank Bruno: 60 Years A Fighter is the sporting memoir of the year which pulls no punches. The memoir also reflects on Frank’s remarkable showbiz career outside the ring and includes a previously unseen interview with his legendary TV “sparring partner” Harry Carpenter. Bruno admits that, in facing Tyson again in his final fight, with an already damaged eye, he jeopardised his sight. “I took a big risk but I’ve got family to provide for and I couldn’t rob a bank. Sometimes in boxing you think if you’ve lost one eye, you’ve still got the other eye. If you damage one hand, you’ve got the other hand. In the ring you go mind over matter.” Growing up with five brothers and sisters in a terraced London house, Frank started at age 9 at the local Wandsworth Boys Club. He learned to box seriously while at Oak Hall School in Sussex, an establishment for ‘problem’ children.

As one of the UK’s best-loved boxers and personalities, Frank Bruno has seen and done it all when it comes to boxing. amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="https://www.vcita.com/v/punom8fo74n49jjn/online_scheduling?frontage_iframe=true&invite=vr_sched_pb-punom8fo74n49jjn"> Frank grew up in Barmouth Road and started boxing aged 9 at Wandsworth Boys Club .He is many different things to many people – world champion boxer, national treasure, pantomime star, comedic partner to Harry Carpenter. Frank Bruno, will be signing copies of his book 60 Years A Fighter, on Saturday 14 th October at Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth, London, SW18 4TF, outside Waitrose from 12pm Frank will also bring some signed memorabilia with him, with proceeds of all the memorabilia going to the Frank Bruno Foundation.My recollections of Frank was in dreadful game shows late 70s and early 80s and all I could remember was the laugh - was this really what this sports personality was all about - so I was pleased to read this book. Frank Bruno is many different things to many different people. Now, in his own words, as he turns 60, Frank delivers the full, explosive story of his remarkable life so far. Bruno's publicist throughout most of his career was sports historian Norman Giller, who wrote three books with Bruno: Know What I Mean, Eye of the Tiger and From Zero to Hero. His manager for all but his last five fights was Terry Lawless, who signed him as a professional shortly after he had become ABA heavyweight champion at the age of eighteen. Frank suffered from retirement of his sport and struggling with the present and the great times he had in the ring. I suppose it is the latter Frank I saw when I was younger in those dreadful shows and thinking what a waste all he seemed to be able to do was be on these shows or be in pantomime. Great Britain hadn’t produced a World Champion in the Heavyweight division yet in the 20th century, but whispers started suggesting that this big lad from South London could be Britain’s next hopeful. There were a few years to wait yet. Professional Career

The words ‘legend’ and ‘national treasure are thrown around way too freely in this country. But Frank truly is one.” Piers Morgan, TV Presenter Last year Frank appeared at the ‘Up Close and Personal’ standing-room-only event at the Town Hall, where he relieved tales of growing up in the borough. The British public has been so supportive of Frank during this difficult time for him, and he continues to receive a warm reception wherever he goes. Frank never takes this for granted and really appreciates his fans. It is clear that Frank is still one of Britain’s most loved sports personalities.It is a testament to Frank that he looked despair firmly in the face a number of times but he carried on fighting, just like he had fought in the ring. Not only did he overcome and learn to tame his own issues, but he made a point to use his celebrity status to pull important influencers such as senior doctors and politicians to the cause of improving mental health facilities in Britain. He also worked continuously to raise money for many different types of charity. Frank also reveals details of the emotional reconciliation he has had with his daughter Freya, aged 15 which, he says, has been like a new beginning.

In the immediate aftermath of becoming world champion, at Wembley Stadium, Bruno had cried at ringside. “It was tough,” he said, the tears rolling from his swollen eyes, “but I love my brother. I’m not an Uncle Tom. I love my people. I’m not a sellout. I’m not an Uncle Tom.” His laughter sounds the same as it always did. It is deep and resonant and strangely knowing. Bruno is laughing to lighten the mood and to make us both accept the fact that we are nearly old men now, a quarter-of-a-century on. Goodwill messages for Bruno BBC 24 September 2003". BBC News. 24 September 2003 . Retrieved 10 January 2014. FORMER WBC heavyweight champion Frank Bruno will be returning to Wandsworth, his former stomping ground on Saturday 14 thOctober, to sign copies of his book 60 Years A Fighter, at Southside Shopping Centre.

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Bruno: 60 Years A Fighter, is the most definitive account of Frank’s life to date. In it he also opens up on how his boxing career was nearly derailed before it began – due to Colombian drug-dealers. And he details the bullying and racist abuse he overcame to emerge a World Champion. Bruno has suffered in the intervening years. The break-up of his marriage and his enforced retirement after the Tyson rematch left him lost and bereft. He was sectioned in September 2003, and spent some time in Goodmayes, in a hospital for mentally ill people, before he slowly rebuilt his life without boxing. Frank Bruno lands a left on Mike Tyson during their first world heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas in 1989. Photograph: David Ashdown/Getty Images In it Frank opens up on his journey to becoming a World Champion and the fight which has come after retirement with mental ill health. Frank kept winning fights, helping him to retain his spot as one of the world’s leading Heavyweights.