Bradley-Provodnikov comes to mind. Bradley was saved by the bell at the end of the 12th, and had zero left. If there was a 13th round Provo would have stopped him.
Nah, Provo would have fucked it up Still at least he got the part of Johnny Hooker in the remake of The Sting
Oliver McCall-Frank Bruno. Bruno looked like he was going to collapse from exhaustion, although that might have been mental and nerves from knowing it was the last round.
I had to rewatch it real quick cause I haven't seen Bruno-McCall in over 20 years. I think Frank was having an anxiety attack more than hurt. I don't even think he was physically exhausted - just mentally shitting himself because it was the last round and he was scared he'd blow it. A mental midget ole Frank was. Lucky for him, McCall was a headcase too.
It's amazing. For years I associated Bruno with that most 80's of vibes, Michael Jackson, Tyson MTV, New York, Terrestrial TV and Satellite phone calls, old red gloves with no advertising etc {remember you used to buy shit and it would say "New York, London, Paris" on it? For no reason.... } Then he comes out to fight McCall and it's all lazers and pounding dance Music, right in the middle of the E epidemic in England. Shit changed a LOT in under 10 years.
If you listen to the commentary in the link I posted, the commentators are shitting it and I think there were almost a general air or sense that Frank would/could fuck it up and that Frank was absorbing that nervousness and that panic. They were more afraid than he was. Round 12: "People watching this have got butterflies in their stomach, it's almost nerve wracking here....." Thank God Nigel Benn was there roaring him on or he'd have collapsed entirely. Also the sheer irony of Land of Hope and Glory being played. How many of the CLOWNS today knew about that.
