After Battling Gilbert, Fighting Tyson ‘Will Be a Breeze,’ Bruno Says
British boxer Frank Bruno, the leading contender for Mike Tyson’s heavyweight crown, shielded his family with his body while the 200-m.p.h. winds of hurricane Gilbert hit Jamaica, a Fleet Street newspaper reported Saturday.
Nothing had been heard from the 26-year-old boxer, on vacation in Jamaica with his girlfriend, Laura, and their daughters Nicola, 6, and Rachel, 2, since the hurricane struck the island last Monday.
But the London Daily Mail, which tracked the Brunos to their hotel at the beachside resort of Negril, told how the boxer had protected his family, with his 228-pound body, from the storm that battered the holiday complex.
“Nothing can scare me now,” Bruno said, according to the newspaper. “Tyson will be a breeze after this little lot.”
Bruno’s title fight with Tyson has been postponed twice.
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