Joe Bugner
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Aussie Joe Bugner born (March 13 1950) in Hungary, was a British heavyweight boxer. His family arrived in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s.
He later moved to Australia, where he acquired the name Aussie Joe Bugner and where he now lives on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
He had a losing debut in 1967 at the London Hilton.
Alienated the majority of British boxing fans by his defensive boxing style and by winning the British, Empire and European titles from the national favourite, Henry Cooper in a controversial victory in 1971.
His critics argue that his heart was never in boxing after an early opponent (Ulric Regis) died with brain injuries soon after being out pointed by Bugner.
Joe twice went the distance with Muhammad Ali:
- first on February 14th, 1973 in Las Vegas
- then again on June 30th, 1975 in Kuala Lumpur
Both times he lost on points.
His record for 83 professional fights is 69 wins, 41 on knockouts
He last fought in June 1999 beating Levi Billups.