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József Kreul "Joe" Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a British
United Kingdom

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/Australian former heavyweight boxer
Boxing

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.

Born in Szoreg
Szoreg

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, Hungary
Hungary

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, Bugner and his family fled after the 1956 Soviet invasion and settled in England
England

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. During the 1970s, Bugner twice held the British
List of British heavyweight boxing champions

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 and British Commonwealth heavyweight titles and he was a three time European
European Boxing Union

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 heavyweight champion. He was a top-ranked contender during the 1970s, fighting such opponents as Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

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, Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
, Ron Lyle
Ron Lyle

Ron Lyle was a professional boxing....
, Jimmy Ellis
Jimmy Ellis

James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis is a boxing from Louisville, Kentucky. He held the World Boxing Association Heavyweight title from 1968 to 1970.As an amateur, he was trained by Joe Elsby Martin, Sr., at Louisville's Columbia Gym....
 and Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper (boxer)

Sir Henry Cooper Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great in South East London, is a retired England heavyweight boxing and was the British, European and Commonwealth of Nations heavyweight champion in 1970....
.






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József Kreul "Joe" Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
/Australian former heavyweight boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
.

Born in Szoreg
Szoreg

Szoreg is a settlement which forms a part of Szeged in Csongr?d County, Banat , Hungary.There are some Serbs living there besides Hungarians....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, Bugner and his family fled after the 1956 Soviet invasion and settled in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. During the 1970s, Bugner twice held the British
List of British heavyweight boxing champions

List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the Boxing who have won the United Kingdom heavyweight championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929....
 and British Commonwealth heavyweight titles and he was a three time European
European Boxing Union

The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe....
 heavyweight champion. He was a top-ranked contender during the 1970s, fighting such opponents as Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
, Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
, Ron Lyle
Ron Lyle

Ron Lyle was a professional boxing....
, Jimmy Ellis
Jimmy Ellis

James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis is a boxing from Louisville, Kentucky. He held the World Boxing Association Heavyweight title from 1968 to 1970.As an amateur, he was trained by Joe Elsby Martin, Sr., at Louisville's Columbia Gym....
 and Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper (boxer)

Sir Henry Cooper Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great in South East London, is a retired England heavyweight boxing and was the British, European and Commonwealth of Nations heavyweight champion in 1970....
. He fought for the world heavyweight championship in 1975, losing on points in a second bout with Ali.

Bugner retired in 1977 and moved to Australia. Over the next two decades he made sporadic comebacks with variable success, winning the Australian heavyweight title in 1995. At the age of 49 he won the WBF heavyweight championship. He retired in 1999 with a final record of 69-13-1, including 41 wins by knockout.

Early years

Joe and his family fled to the United Kingdom in the late 1950s because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary in 1956 after the Hungarian uprising
Hungarian Uprising

Hungarian Uprising can refer to:*Hungarian Revolution of 1848 *Hungarian Revolution of 1956...
 of that year. They settled in the Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire

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 town of St Ives
St Ives, Cambridgeshire

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. At school Bugner excelled in sports and was the national junior discus champion in 1964.

Boxing career


Professional debut


Bugner fought sixteen times as an amateur boxer, winning thirteen bouts. He turned professional in 1967 (at the age of seventeen) on the advice of his then trainer and friend Andy Smith. Smith was unhappy with the choice of Bugner's opponents and Smith believed that he could better control the quality of Bugner's opponents in the professional game. He had a losing debut against Paul Brown on the 20 December 1967 at the London Hilton, where he was knocked out in the third round. After his debut he went on to stop twelve of his next thirteen opponents. This included four one-round wins, and two knockouts over Brown in rematches.

In 1970 Bugner emerged internationally as an outstanding young prospect, and by the end of the year he was on the fringe of the world ratings. He won nine consecutive bouts this year, including victories over well known boxers such as Chuck Wepner
Chuck Wepner

Chuck Wepner is a former heavyweight boxing from Bayonne, New Jersey. As an obscure boxer who went 15 rounds with world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 fight, Wepner has often been credited as the inspiration for Rocky Balboa....
, and Brian London
Brian London

Brian London He was an orthodox fighter, who was 6ft tall and fought at about 205 lbs. His nicknames in the ring were "The British Bulldog" and "The Blackpool Rock"....
. Bugner was now positioned to challenge world rated Englishman Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper (boxer)

Sir Henry Cooper Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great in South East London, is a retired England heavyweight boxing and was the British, European and Commonwealth of Nations heavyweight champion in 1970....
 for Cooper's British, British Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

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 and European titles. However, because Bugner was still too young to fight for the British Commonwealth title (the minimum age was twenty-one years old at the time), this much anticipated bout had to be postponed until the next year.

Starting in his early years as a professional and continuing for the rest of his career, Bugner earned a reputation as an exceptionally defensive and cautious boxer. He was criticized often for lacking natural aggression in the ring. Some observers argued that Bugner's heart was never in boxing after an early opponent, Ulric Regis, died from brain injuries
Traumatic brain injury

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 soon after being outpointed by Bugner at London
London

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's Shoreditch Town Hall.

Defeat of Henry Cooper


In March 1971, Bugner finally met Cooper, and defeated him by a fifteen round decision. This bout was very closely contested, and the outcome remains one of the most controversial decisions in British boxing history. There were no judges and the fight was scored by the referee, Harry Gibbs
Harry Gibbs (referee)

Harry Gibbs Order of the British Empire was an England boxing Referee and judge.In a career spanning four decades, Gibbs took charge of numerous world title fights, and officiated in bouts involving Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns, Mike Tyson, Barry McGuigan and Joe Frazier....
. Bugner won by ¼ point. The British sporting public and press were deeply divided as to which boxer deserved the verdict.

Nonetheless, Bugner was now the British
List of British heavyweight boxing champions

List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the Boxing who have won the United Kingdom heavyweight championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929....
, British Commonwealth, and European champion, and for the first time he was ranked among the world's top ten heavyweights. Bugner would remain in the world ratings for most of the rest of the decade.

Later in 1971, Bugner lost decisions to underdogs Jack Bodell
Jack Bodell

Jack Bodell is a retired England professional Boxing who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.Bodell started out as a Light heavyweight, winning the 1961 Amateur Boxing Association of England championships and a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships the same year....
 and Larry Middleton. The Bodell fight was particularly costly, depriving Bugner of his British, British Commonwealth and European championships. Bugner's relative inexperience (his youth and lack of an extensive amateur background) was the chief cause of these defeats.

In 1972 Bugner won eight consecutive fights, including a knockout over Jurgen Blin for the European championship. By the end of this year Bugner had acquired sufficient seasoning as a boxer that his manager began seeking matches against the world's very best heavyweights.

Prime years


In 1973 Bugner lost twelve round decisions to Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
 and Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
. Although the scorecards in these fights were lopsided, Bugner fought well in both bouts and he won the respect of the boxing media and public alike. After their bout, Ali declared that Bugner was capable of being world champion. The fight with Smokin' Joe in July 1973 at Earls Court
Earls Court

Earls Court is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It is an inner-city district centered on Earl's Court Road and surrounding streets, located 3.1 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
 in London was deemed a classic. After being knocked down by a tremendous left hook in the tenth round, Bugner arose and hurt Frazier to close the round. Many regard the Frazier bout as being Bugner's best career performance. [10]

After the Ali and Frazier fights, Bugner won eight matches in a row, his most notable victories being over Jimmy Ellis
Jimmy Ellis

James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis is a boxing from Louisville, Kentucky. He held the World Boxing Association Heavyweight title from 1968 to 1970.As an amateur, he was trained by Joe Elsby Martin, Sr., at Louisville's Columbia Gym....
, Mac Foster
Mac Foster

MacArthur 'Mac' Foster is a retired United States heavyweight Boxing.Foster made his professional debut in 1966, winning his first 24 fights by knockout, and was named Ring Magazine progress of the year in the 1969....
, and Jose Luis Garcia
José Luis García

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. By the end of 1974 Bugner was rated among the top five heavyweight contenders in the world.

Bugner challenged Muhammad Ali for the world championship in June 1975, the bout being held in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

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. This fight has been described as one of the most boring championship bouts of all time, with Ali winning a one-sided 15 round decision. Bugner maintained a strictly defensive posture throughout this fight, and as a result he was widely scorned by the media and public. . In an interview during an April 2008 reunion with Henry Cooper, Bugner defended his tactics in the Ali fight as having been necessary due to the extreme temperature and humidity of the outside venue.

Early in 1976, Bugner announced his retirement from boxing, stating that he no longer felt motivated to fight professionally. Within months however he returned to the ring, and in October he knocked out Richard Dunn
Richard Dunn

Richard Dunn is an England boxing who unsuccessfully fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976. Dunn is the only Yorkshireman ever to fight Ali who knocked him out in the fifth round, the last knockout Ali ever scored....
 to reclaim the British, British Commonwealth, and European championships.

In 1977, Bugner lost a close 12 round decision to top contender Ron Lyle
Ron Lyle

Ron Lyle was a professional boxing....
. After this bout, Bugner again retired, making only sporadic comebacks to the ring over the next decades.

Comebacks

Bugner returned to the ring for brief periods in the '80s and '90s, but due to the effects of age and inactivity, he was never again as effective as he had been during his prime.

In 1982, Bugner lost by technical knockout
Knockout

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 to Earnie Shavers
Earnie Shavers

Earnie Dee Shaver , better known as Earnie Shavers, is an American former professional boxing. Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle and Ken Norton all credited Shavers as being the hardest puncher they had ever faced in the ring....
. He also lost a decision to Joe Frazier's son Marvis Frazier
Marvis Frazier

Marvis Frazier was a professional boxing of the heavyweight division....
 two years later.

In 1986 he moved to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, where he acquired the name Aussie Joe Bugner. In Australia, Bugner launched a moderately successful comeback, winning victories over James Tillis, David Bey
David Bey

David Bey is a retired United States Boxing who competed as a heavyweight in the 1980s.Bey made his professional debut in 1981, defeating future heavyweight champion James Douglas in his first fight....
, and Greg Page
Greg Page

Gregory John Page is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as the original lead vocalist and founding member of the children's band The Wiggles....
. In 1987 however he was stopped in the eighth round in London by Frank Bruno
Frank Bruno

Franklin Roy Bruno is an English former Boxing whose career highlight was winning the World Boxing Council Heavyweight championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests....
 for the British Commonwealth championship.

Bugner won the Australian heavyweight title in 1996 by a points victory over Vince Cervi.

He won the lightly regarded 'WBF' version of the heavyweight crown in 1998, by defeating James "Bonecrusher" Smith. At the age of 49 years and a 110 days, it made him the oldest ever boxer to hold a world championship belt
Championship belt

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Fight record

His record for 83 professional fights is 69 wins (41 on knockouts), 13 Losses and 1 Draw. He last fought in June 1999 beating Charlie Gergan trained Levi Billups, who was disqualified for low blow
Low Blow

...
s.

In an interview in 2004, Bugner said that the hardest puncher he had ever faced was Earnie Shavers and the biggest beating he took was from Ron Lyle.

Life outside of boxing

On his move to Australia, Bugner and his wife Marlene opened a vineyard. It failed in 1989, and he estimated to having lost some one and a half million Australian dollars.

He now lives on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland

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, Queensland
Queensland

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.

Bugner has started to carve a career in the film industry
Film industry

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, working with Bud Spencer
Bud Spencer

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 in his movies in the eighties.

He was the expert adviser on the Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper....
 film, Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man

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, which was a film about the heavyweight boxer James J. Braddock
James J. Braddock

James Walter Braddock was an Irish-American List of heavyweight boxing champions.Fighting under the name James J. Braddock , he was known for his powerful right hand punch, strong chin, and his amazing comeback from a floundering career, which saw him lose several bouts before struggling to support his family by working on the docks...
. Bugner was dropped part way through the project, which prompted him to call Crowe, "a gutless worm and fucking girl"

Joe suffers from a serious back injury which sustained from training for fights in his middle years. He also has financial problems. It was these financial problems which forced him back into the ring at such advanced age. A benefit was held for Joe in 2008 by Kevin Lueshing.

Career record


|- |align="center" colspan=8|69 Wins (41 knockouts, 26 decisions, 2 disqualifications), 13 Losses (4 knockouts, 9 decisions), 1 Draw |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Win |align=left| Levi Billups |Disqualification |9 |1999-06-13 |align=left|Broadbeach, Australia | |-align=center |Win |align=left| James Smith
James Smith (boxer)

James "Bonecrusher" Smith is a former United States boxing who was briefly World Boxing Association heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. He is the first heavyweight champion with a college degree....
 |TKO |1 |1998-07-04 |align=left|Carrara, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Bob Mirovic
Bob Mirovic

Bob "The Big Bear" Mirovic is an Australian boxer. Standing at 6 ft 5 in and with a reach of 80 inches, he started boxing at the age of 22 in 1987....
 |Decision |12 |1998-04-20 |align=left|Carrara, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Colin Wilson |Decision |12 |1998-01-13 |align=left|Broadbeach, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Waisiki Ligaloa |TKO |7 |1997-06-03 |align=left|Southport, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Young Haumona |KO |5 |1996-07-05 |align=left|Carrara, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Scott Welch |TKO |6 |1996-03-16 |align=left|Berlin
Berlin

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, Germany
Germany

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 |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| West Turner |KO |3 , 2:36 |1996-02-02 |align=left|Perth
Perth, Western Australia

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, Australia | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Vince Cervi |Decision |12 |1995-09-22 |align=left|Carrara
Carrara, Queensland

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, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Frank Bruno
Frank Bruno

Franklin Roy Bruno is an English former Boxing whose career highlight was winning the World Boxing Council Heavyweight championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests....
 |TKO |8 |1987-10-24 |align=left|White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane

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, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Greg Page
Greg Page

Gregory John Page is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as the original lead vocalist and founding member of the children's band The Wiggles....
 |Decision |10 |1987-07-24 |align=left|Sydney, Australia | |-align=center |Win |align=left| David Bey
David Bey

David Bey is a retired United States Boxing who competed as a heavyweight in the 1980s.Bey made his professional debut in 1981, defeating future heavyweight champion James Douglas in his first fight....
 |Decision |10 |1986-11-14 |align=left|Sydney, Australia | |-align=center |Win |align=left| James Tillis |Decision |10 |1986-09-15 |align=left|Sydney
Sydney

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, Australia
Australia

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 | |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Steffen Tangstad
Steffen Tangstad

Steffen Tangstad was a Norway professional boxing who fought Michael Spinks for the International Boxing Federation Heavyweight title on September 6, 1986....
 |Decision |10 |1984-02-18 |align=left|Copenhagen, Denmark | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Anders Eklund
Anders Eklund

Anders Eklund is a former Boxing from Sweden. He was nicknamed Lillen , but later chose the nickname "Viking".Eklund competed in the Heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow....
 |Decision |10 |1984-01-13 |align=left|Randers
Randers

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, Denmark | |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Marvis Frazier
Marvis Frazier

Marvis Frazier was a professional boxing of the heavyweight division....
 |Decision |10 |1983-06-04 |align=left|Atlantic City, New Jersey
New Jersey

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 | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Danny Sutton |TKO |9 |1983-04-20 |align=left|Muswell Hill
Muswell Hill

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, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| John Dino Denis
John Dino Denis

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 |TKO |3 |1983-02-16 |align=left|Wood Green
Wood Green

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, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Eddie Neilson |TKO |5 |1982-12-09 |align=left|Bloomsbury, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Winston Allen |KO |3 |1982-10-28 |align=left|Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury

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, London | |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Earnie Shavers
Earnie Shavers

Earnie Dee Shaver , better known as Earnie Shavers, is an American former professional boxing. Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Ron Lyle and Ken Norton all credited Shavers as being the hardest puncher they had ever faced in the ring....
 |TKO |2 , 2:14 |1982-05-08 |align=left|Reunion Arena
Reunion Arena

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, Dallas |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Gilberto Acuna |TKO |6 |1980-08-23 |align=left|Inglewood, California
Inglewood, California

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 |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Ron Lyle
Ron Lyle

Ron Lyle was a professional boxing....
 |Decision |12 |1977-03-20 |align=left|Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace

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, Nevada
Nevada

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 |align=left| |-align=center |Won |align=left| Richard Dunn
Richard Dunn

Richard Dunn is an England boxing who unsuccessfully fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976. Dunn is the only Yorkshireman ever to fight Ali who knocked him out in the fifth round, the last knockout Ali ever scored....
 |KO |1 |1976-10-12 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

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 |Decision |15 |1975-06-30 |align=left|Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Dante Cane |TKO |5 |1975-02-28 |align=left|Bologna
Bologna

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, Italy
Italy

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 |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Santiago Alberto Lovell |TKO |2 , 2:15 |1974-12-03 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall
Albert Hall

Albert P. Hall is an American actor.Born in Brighton, Alabama, Alabama, Hall graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1971....
, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Jimmy Ellis
Jimmy Ellis

James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis is a boxing from Louisville, Kentucky. He held the World Boxing Association Heavyweight title from 1968 to 1970.As an amateur, he was trained by Joe Elsby Martin, Sr., at Louisville's Columbia Gym....
 |Decision |10 |1974-11-12 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Jose Luis Garcia |KO |2 |1974-10-01 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Piermario Baruzzi |TKO |10 |1974-05-29 |align=left|Copenhagen
Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....
, Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Pat Duncan |Decision |10 |1974-03-12 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Mac Foster |Decision |10 |1973-11-13 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Giuseppe Ros |Decision |15 |1973-10-02 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier

Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
 |Decision |12 |1973-07-02 |align=left|Earls Court
Earls Court

Earls Court is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It is an inner-city district centered on Earl's Court Road and surrounding streets, located 3.1 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
, London |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
 |Decision |12 |1973-02-14 |align=left|Las Vegas
Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4 mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A small portion of The Strip lies in Las Vegas, Nevada, but most of it is in the unincorporated area areas of Paradise, Nevada and Winchester, Nevada....
, Nevada
Nevada

Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Rudi Lubbers |Decision |15 |1973-01-16 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Dante Cane |TKO |6 |1972-11-28 |align=left|Ice Rink, Nottingham |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Tony Doyle |TKO |8 |1972-11-14 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Jürgen Blin
Jürgen Blin

J?rgen Blin was a German people boxing who on 26 December 1971 was knocked out in the seventh round by Muhammad Ali. Blin's record in the ring was 31-11-6 with nine knockouts....
 |KO |8 |1972-10-10 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Paul Nielsen |TKO |6 |1972-07-19 |align=left|Croke Park
Croke Park

Croke Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland is the largest sports stadium in Ireland and the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association , Ireland's biggest sporting organisation....
, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Doug Kirk |TKO |5 |1972-06-06 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Marc Hans |TKO |3 |1972-05-09 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Leroy Caldwell |Disqualification |5 |1972-04-25 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Brian O'Melia |TKO |2 , 1:39 |1972-03-28 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Larry Middleton |Decision |10 |1971-11-24 |align=left|Ice Rink, Nottingham | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Mike Boswell |Decision |10 |1971-11-17 |align=left|Houston, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 |align=left| |-align=center |Lost |align=left| Jack Bodell
Jack Bodell

Jack Bodell is a retired England professional Boxing who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.Bodell started out as a Light heavyweight, winning the 1961 Amateur Boxing Association of England championships and a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships the same year....
 |Decision |15 |1971-09-27 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Jürgen Blin
Jürgen Blin

J?rgen Blin was a German people boxing who on 26 December 1971 was knocked out in the seventh round by Muhammad Ali. Blin's record in the ring was 31-11-6 with nine knockouts....
 |Decision |15 |1971-05-11 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper (boxer)

Sir Henry Cooper Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great in South East London, is a retired England heavyweight boxing and was the British, European and Commonwealth of Nations heavyweight champion in 1970....
 |Decision |15 |1971-03-16 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |style="background: #dae2f1"|Draw |align=left| Bill Drover |Decision |10 |1971-02-10 |align=left|Bethnal Green, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Carl Gizzi |Decision |10 |1971-01-19 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Miguel Angel Paez |TKO |3 |1970-12-08 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| George Johnson |Decision |10 |1970-11-03 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Hector Eduardo Corletti |Decision |10 |1970-10-06 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Chuck Wepner
Chuck Wepner

Chuck Wepner is a former heavyweight boxing from Bayonne, New Jersey. As an obscure boxer who went 15 rounds with world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 fight, Wepner has often been credited as the inspiration for Rocky Balboa....
 |TKO |3 |1970-09-08 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Brian London
Brian London

Brian London He was an orthodox fighter, who was 6ft tall and fought at about 205 lbs. His nicknames in the ring were "The British Bulldog" and "The Blackpool Rock"....
 |TKO |5 |1970-05-12 |align=left|Wembley, London |align=left| |-align=center |Win |align=left| Ray Patterson |Decision |8 |1970-04-21 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Manuel Ramos |Decision |4 |1970-03-24 |align=left|Wembley, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Roberto Davila |TKO |4 |1970-02-10 |align=left|Picadilly, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Johnny Prescott |Decision |8 |1970-01-20 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Charley Polite |TKO |3 |1969-12-09 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Eddie Talhami |TKO |4 |1969-11-11 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Phil Smith |TKO |2 |1969-10-14 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Dick Hall |Decision |8 |1969-08-04 |align=left|Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Moses Harrell |Decision |8 |1969-06-09 |align=left|Belle Vue
Belle Vue, Manchester

Belle Vue is an area of Gorton, in the city of Manchester, England. It lies in the eastern part of the city, close to its boundary with Tameside, and is bordered by the Hope Valley Line on the east and the Glossop Line on the west....
, Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
 | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Tony Ventura |Decision |8 |1969-05-20 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Jack O'Halloran
Jack O'Halloran

Jack O'Halloran is an United States boxing and actor....
 |Decision |8 |1969-04-15 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Lion Ven |TKO |5 |1969-03-25 |align=left|Wembley, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Ulric Regis |Decision |8 |1969-03-11 |align=left|Shoreditch, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Terry Feeley |TKO |1 |1969-02-25 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Rudolph Vaughan |TKO |2 |1969-01-21 |align=left|Kensington
Kensington

Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington....
, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| George Dulaire |TKO |4 |1989-12-19 |align=left|Bethnal Green, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Gene Innocent |TKO |3 |1968-11-12 |align=left|Wembley, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Paul Brown |TKO |3 |1968-11-04 |align=left|Connaught Rooms, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Vic Moore |TKO |1 , 2:15 |1968-10-08 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Obe Hepburn |TKO |1 |1968-08-18 |align=left|Wembley, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Paul Brown |TKO |4 |1968-05-28 |align=left|Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Billy Wynter |Decision |6 |1968-05-21 |align=left|Bethnal Green, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Mick Oliver |Retired |3 |1968-05-06 |align=left|Mayfair, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Bert Johnson |KO |3 , 0:40 |1968-03-26 |align=left|Bethnal Green, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Jim McIlvaney |TKO |2 |1968-02-27 |align=left|Bethnal Green, London | |-align=center |Win |align=left| Paul Cassidy |TKO |2 , 2:04 |1968-01-30 |align=left|Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Bethnal Green is located north east of Charing Cross....
, London | |-align=center |Loss |align=left| Paul Brown |KO |3 |1967-12-20 |align=left|Mayfair, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
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