Oliver McCall vs. Frank Bruno lost his first defence against Mike Tyson and retired shortly afterwards. McCall returned to the ring 6 months later when he beat future WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev. In 1997 he fought a rematch again Lennox Lewis for the now vacant WBC title, which he lost in bizarre fashion as he refused to fight and started crying. Confirmed bouts: Oliver McCall vs. Frank Bruno 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. After Oliver McCall narrowly beat former champion Larry Holmes in
Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno 'I'm going to let him see my hook'". Bruno's manager, Mickey Duff, said "Frank (Bruno) has no chin... once he gets hit clean on the button, he goes". The undercard of the main fight was made up of Joe Calzaghe making his first professional fight in front of barely 300 spectators. Calzaghe would later become the undefeated WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, "The Ring Magazine" and British super middleweight champion. Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno was a boxing match that took place at the then National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, in Wales on 1 October 1993.