Joe Bugner

Joe Bugner gives an interview in Boxing Monthly. I have never liked the guy as I saw him as the bad guy against Bruno, which all originally started when he beat Cooper. However in the interview he came across as a genuine, hard talking and realistic person.

He states that he was in good shape when he fought Bruno, for a 37 year old and did come to win but fought the wrong tactics of engaging with Bruno instead of boxing.

He said he is on pain killers and that Scott Welsh broke a couple of his ribs.

He hated the fact that he had to leave England.

He offered Russell Crowe out because he was not man enough to tell him that Dundee was going to train him for the film about Braddock.

He said he won the WBF against Bonecrusher but it meant nothing at all.

At the end of the interview I definitely liked the guy. He was genuine and not bitter.

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Originally Posted by Master

Joe Bugner gives an interview in Boxing Monthly. I have never liked the guy as I saw him as the bad guy against Bruno, which all originally started when he beat Cooper. However in the interview he came across as a genuine, hard talking and realistic person.

He states that he was in good shape when he fought Bruno, for a 37 year old and did come to win but fought the wrong tactics of engaging with Bruno instead of boxing.

He said he is on pain killers and that Scott Welsh broke a couple of his ribs.

He hated the fact that he had to leave England.

He offered Russell Crowe out because he was not man enough to tell him that Dundee was going to train him for the film about Braddock.

He said he won the WBF against Bonecrusher but it meant nothing at all.

At the end of the interview I definitely liked the guy. He was genuine and not bitter.

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Bugner wasnt even British he was Hungarian.

i always felt sorry for joe;

he was a very very good talent

he career went to shit when he killed that belgiun fella.

We started at the same time but never met, nearly did once early doors. Joe is a fantastic guy with a great sense of humour and would always have fun putting himself down. One of the good guys and very underated top fella.

Joe Bugner was often too defensive minded and i do question how much his heart was actually in boxing. But when he was at his best he could be a handful as Joe Frazier found out. I remember Frazier decking Bugner in round 9 or 10 with a massive left hook, then Bugner actually got up and wobbled Frazier at the end of the round, and he wobbled Frazier quite a few times in the fight as well. That was probably Bugner's finest performance and it was a great fight and often overlooked classic IMO. I haven't seen Cooper vs Bugner but i heard to ref was biased and that Bugner won a very controversial decision maybe Scrap can tell us about that fight. But Bugner was tough and gave some of the elite fighters of the 70s a good fight he fought Lyle to a SD loss he also went the distance with Ali x2. He also outboxed good fighters like Greg Page, Jimmy Ellis, James Tillis, etc. Overall i think Bugner could of been better had his heart really been in boxing but still a good tough fighter who done very well in 70's considering how strong the Heavyweight division was at the time.

On his best day, I cant think of any British Heavy Id pick to beat him if Im honest :)

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Originally Posted by Scrap

On his best day, I cant think of any British Heavy Id pick to beat him if Im honest :)

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Lennox Lewis ;)

;D Forgot him, but it wouldnt be easy.

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Originally Posted by Scrap

;D Forgot him, but it wouldnt be easy.

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LOL but hes canadian.












Or was it jamaican ? ;D

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Originally Posted by snakey

LOL but hes canadian.





Or was it jamaican ? ;D

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DEPENDED ON WHO WAS PAYING THE MOST MONEY , OR WERE HE WAS VISITING ;D;D;D;D

was never going to be liked since he beat Cooper.

I allways like Bugner

He did imply in the interview that he could beat all the British fighter except Lennox, and he did mention the death of the fighter but cannot remember if he said it affected him.

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Bugner wasnt even British he was Hungarian.

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He boxed for Britain as did Llyod Honeygan.

Bugners a legend. In my opinion the greatest white heavyweight ever. He could have beat most boxers in history if he'd gave it a bit more effort.

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Originally Posted by SEANIE

He boxed for Britain as did Llyod Honeygan.

Bugners a legend. In my opinion the greatest white heavyweight ever. He could have beat most boxers in history if he'd gave it a bit more effort.

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Rocky Marciano, John L Sullivan, The Klitschko Brothers, James Corbett and all the eastern heavies would all dispute that.



As for greatest British Heavy, do you put him before Tommy Farr Scrap?

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Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Rocky Marciano, John L Sullivan, The Klitschko Brothers, James Corbett and all the eastern heavies would all dispute that.



As for greatest English Heavy, do you put him before Tommy Farr Scrap?

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Yeah hed beat all them and Tommy Farr was Welsh.

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Originally Posted by SEANIE

Yeah hed beat all them and Tommy Farr was Welsh.

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Joe Bugner would be stopped by the Klitschko's, the two old legends would kill him bare knuckle and even Marciano would stand a shout of knocking him out.

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Originally Posted by SEANIE

Yeah hed beat all them and Tommy Farr was Welsh.

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If he beat Louis he would have been British.