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Sat 2nd September 1995 Local
Sat 2nd September 1995 12:00am UTC
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Oliver McCall vs Frank Bruno
Started 11265 days, 18 hours, 52 minutes agoDate & Time
Sat 2nd September 1995 Local
Sat 2nd September 1995 12:00am UTC
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Oliver McCall vs. Frank Bruno, billed as "The Empire Strikes Back", was a professional boxing match contested on 2 September 1995 for the WBC Heavyweight Championship.
Background
McCall first wrested the WBC championship by knocking out Lennox Lewis on 24 September 1994 in London. Since then he had made one defence of his title, a hotly contested and closely fought decision against former world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes on 8 April 1995.
This was Bruno's fourth attempt at winning a world title. WBA Champion Tim Witherspoon knocked him out in 11 rounds in 1986, undisputed champion Mike Tyson stopped him in five rounds in 1989, and WBC champion Lennox Lewis finished his fellow Brit in seven rounds in 1993.
The winner of the bout was contractually obligated to defend his belt against the returning Tyson in his next fight.
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Result List
 01 |
|  |  Frank Bruno |
 _Retired Boxing |  WIN |
| 01 |
| |  Oliver McCall |
_Retired Boxing |  LOSS |
Result Description
In the opening rounds, Bruno unloaded a barrage of left jabs and a right hand that knocked Mccall onto the ropes and left him stunned. However, McCall absorbed the punishment, put up little defense and waited until the fifth round to throw a meaningful punch. But by then, Bruno was boxing well and ahead on points.
As the fight wore on, it became apparent that McCall's hope was to retain the title by winning by stoppage or knockout in the hope Bruno would tire.
McCall hurt Bruno with an uppercut in the 11th, and in the 12th, McCall shoved the local hero around the ring and unloaded a hard right to Bruno's head. McCall banged Bruno with another body shot and a left-right combination. Bruno, bleeding from the mouth, hanging on and desperately tired, used his ring experience to survive the onslaught.
Judge Malcolm Bulner gave Bruno a 115-113 victory. Newton Campos and Fay Solis each had Bruno the winner by 117-111. Bruno became only the third British-born boxer to win a world heavyweight title along with Bob Fitzsimmons and Lennox Lewis—and he was the first to win it on British soil.
As the fight wore on, it became apparent that McCall's hope was to retain the title by winning by stoppage or knockout in the hope Bruno would tire.
McCall hurt Bruno with an uppercut in the 11th, and in the 12th, McCall shoved the local hero around the ring and unloaded a hard right to Bruno's head. McCall banged Bruno with another body shot and a left-right combination. Bruno, bleeding from the mouth, hanging on and desperately tired, used his ring experience to survive the onslaught.
Judge Malcolm Bulner gave Bruno a 115-113 victory. Newton Campos and Fay Solis each had Bruno the winner by 117-111. Bruno became only the third British-born boxer to win a world heavyweight title along with Bob Fitzsimmons and Lennox Lewis—and he was the first to win it on British soil.
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