After announcing plans for a comeback, former heavyweight champion Frank Bruno hasn’t got a prayer of being licensed to box in the United Kingdom or hopefully anywhere else.
Bruno seemed to be rambling and unaware of what he was saying. On Monday morning, the 54-year-old spoke to ITV’s This Morning program hosts, Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
Frank Bruno comeback at 54
Stating that ‘he had no choice but to come back to boxing’ and that ‘he would end up in Broadmoor Hospital’ sent alarm bells ringing. Those words cemented that a 25 x 16-foot ring is the last place Bruno should be.
Being a former world champion and a highly likable sporting personality doesn’t seem enough for Bruno. The Londoner continually battles living an everyday life after being put on a pedestal as a champion.
Bruno can’t seem to cope with the demons that present themselves to him regularly. He has a lot of people around him who care for him and are worried about the future.
Famous for his endearing chuckle and catchphrase to the late great Harry Carpenter, Bruno is a well-loved figure in boxing. However, he needs support from a network of mental powers that he thinks have failed him badly.
It’s a sad situation when Bruno’s appearance on TV to promote mental health aftercare has been overshadowed by outlandish claims of an unreachable fight twenty years on from his last, which are just another sign of what the veteran struggles to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
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