Joe Bugner set to announce ring return at age 63

[IamInuit]

Best thing we ever did was send him to Australia. Never forgive the fat git for beating our Henry. I hope they feed him to Wilder!

Harry Gibbs and Henry Cooper, both sadly deceased, true quote after the Cooper fight.

Henry - 'I thought I nicked it Harry'
Harry - 'Henry - Champions don't nick fights'

My Joe Bugner memorabilia collection has now doubled in value! Bring it on Joe! (and I think 63 is a bit kind, he's one month younger than me, and I am 64)

Who knows eh? I mean look what Foreman did after 7 years. Consider the state of this soft division. He's probably coming out of retirement out of frustration having been witness to it.

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Good article here about Bruno v Bugner, didn't realise it was Barry Hearns first night of boxing promoting.


http://that1980ssportsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/1987-frank-bruno-v-joe-bugner.html?m=1

[Fenster]

Blimey, it wasn't even shown live. An hours delay which was only made public two days before the fight, as Hearn had said it wont be broadcast live on TV all along.

They offically announced it in September, the fight took place in October.

It was only 25 years ago. Are we even on the same planet?

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Blimey, it wasn't even shown live. An hours delay which was only made public two days before the fight, as Hearn had said it wont be broadcast live on TV all along.

They offically announced it in September, the fight took place in October.

It was only 25 years ago. Are we even on the same planet?

Its amazing really, Bruno was a huge huge star and anyone with a tv knew who he was fight fan or not.

Those were the days..

I used to LOVE midweek sports special and still remember the music

Boxing used to feature heavily on that and Grandstand.

I saw Haye v Thompson on grandstand and think it was one of the last fights they showed?

Maybe satellite tv killed off boxings popularity and not the dodgy matchups

Mad thing is the fight game in the UK is easily as good as I've ever known it right now .... probably better in depth of talent.

I wonder if BBC/ITV will ever screen live fights again.

Im actually surprised ITV didnt jump on Joshua and try and do a deal but I guess sky and matchrooms marriage fucked any chance of that happening.

Wonder if their were ever talks etc?

[Fenster]

Thank fuck those aren't still the days. Imagine being told Froch-Groves II isn't being shown live anywhere.

Bruno was a huge star at the same time snooker players could get top ten singles in the charts. Obviously due to only having four channels. Back then we "watched" virtually every international fight through print. Fuck that. These days are fantastic for boxing.

Terrestrial TV wont make any difference to how huge Joshua will be if he goes to the top. They couldn't afford him anyway.

[Britkid]

Thank fuck those aren't still the days. Imagine being told Froch-Groves II isn't being shown live anywhere.

Bruno was a huge star at the same time snooker players could get top ten singles in the charts. Obviously due to only having four channels. Back then we "watched" virtually every international fight through print. Fuck that. These days are fantastic for boxing.

There is another upside to boxing then. Because it was not all on TV (even as you mention, some very big fights), it made you as a fan go to more fights. Also back then you had some mystery in the sport. You read about some of these exceptional fighters, but you rarely got to see them, so when you did it was a special moment. I do miss that part of the sport...

[Fenster]

Thank fuck those aren't still the days. Imagine being told Froch-Groves II isn't being shown live anywhere.

Bruno was a huge star at the same time snooker players could get top ten singles in the charts. Obviously due to only having four channels. Back then we "watched" virtually every international fight through print. Fuck that. These days are fantastic for boxing.

There is another upside to boxing then. Because it was not all on TV (even as you mention, some very big fights), it made you as a fan go to more fights. Also back then you had some mystery in the sport. You read about some of these exceptional fighters, but you rarely got to see them, so when you did it was a special moment. I do miss that part of the sport...

I can understand that. However, I would much rather give an opinion on something that i've actually witnessed than "repeat" someone elses view.

Just 10 years ago, when I joined this site, I would wax lyrical about fighters I'd hardly ever actually seen. I now think that is embarrassing. These days I watch videos of "great" fighters, my heroes, but don't see them as the supermen I once thought.

I see boxing as a horrible cynical business. I have no heroes. Yet I love it more than I ever have.

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Thank fuck those aren't still the days. Imagine being told Froch-Groves II isn't being shown live anywhere.

Bruno was a huge star at the same time snooker players could get top ten singles in the charts. Obviously due to only having four channels. Back then we "watched" virtually every international fight through print. Fuck that. These days are fantastic for boxing.

There is another upside to boxing then. Because it was not all on TV (even as you mention, some very big fights), it made you as a fan go to more fights. Also back then you had some mystery in the sport. You read about some of these exceptional fighters, but you rarely got to see them, so when you did it was a special moment. I do miss that part of the sport...

I remember my mum waking me up at silly o clock to listen to the radio commentary of Bruno/Tyson live.

With the I internet stream sites these days and of course youtube we can access pretty much any fight live so thats brilliant for us lot.

I do miss those terrestrial tv days though whete every man on the street would know about the next big fight and it was openly discussed on the same popularity level as a big footy match

Even though I dont need to pay for boxnation they (Warren) deserve props for what they've created.

They go hd with a slight price hike on the Fury/ Chisora bill on Sat for those that didnt know.

[beenKOed]

Thank fuck those aren't still the days. Imagine being told Froch-Groves II isn't being shown live anywhere.

Bruno was a huge star at the same time snooker players could get top ten singles in the charts. Obviously due to only having four channels. Back then we "watched" virtually every international fight through print. Fuck that. These days are fantastic for boxing.

Terrestrial TV wont make any difference to how huge Joshua will be if he goes to the top. They couldn't afford him anyway.

Not with HBO and SHOWTIME around. HBO seemed like a great idea when it first came out.
When the airways were taken private everyone knew how things were going to turn out, eventually.