Sport & Note

Joe Bugner

Male

(Jozsef Kreul Bugner)
(József Kreul Bugner)
Heavyweight, Great Britain
Based in Australia, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Born: 13 March 1950, Szőreg, Hungary
Died: 1 September 2025,
Height: 6ft 4in, mt 1,92
(He obtained British citizenship)

Joe Bugner and his family fled to the Great Britain in the late 1950s
because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary in 1956
after the Hungarian Revolution of that year.
He held a triple nationality originally being a citizen of Hungary
and becoming a naturalised citizen of both the Great Britain and Australia.

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1967
- Dec. 20	Paul Brown	Mayfair, Great Britain	KO by 3
1968
+ Jan. 30	Paul Cassidy	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Feb. 27	Jim McIlvaney	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Mar. 26	Bert Johnson	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 6	Mick Oliver	Mayfair, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ May 21	Billy Wynter	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	W 6
+ May 28	Paul Brown	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Sept. 18	Obe Hepburn	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Oct. 8	Vic Moore	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Nov. 4	Paul Brown	Holborn, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Nov. 12	Gene Innocent	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Dec. 19	George Dulaire	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	TKO 4
1969
+ Jan. 21	Rudolph Vaughan	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Feb. 25	Terry Feeley	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Mar. 11	Ulric Regis	Shoreditch, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 25	Lion Ven	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Apr. 15	Jack O'Halloran	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 20	Tony Ventura	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ June 9	Moses Harrell	Manchester, Great Britain	W 8
- Aug. 4	Dick Hall	Manchester, Great Britain	L 8
+ Oct. 14	Phil Smith	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Nov. 11	Eddie Talhami	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Dec. 9	Charley Polite	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 3
1970
+ Jan. 20	Johnny Prescott	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 10	Roberto Davila	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Mar. 24	Manuel Ramos	Wembley, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 21	Ray Patterson	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 12	Brian London	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ Sept. 8	Chuck Wepner	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Oct. 6	Eduardo Corletti	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 3	George Johnson	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 8	Miguel Angel Paez	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 3
1971
+ Jan. 19	Carl Gizzi	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
= Feb. 10	Bill Drover	Bethnal Green, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Mar. 16	Henry Cooper	Wembley, Great Britain	W 15
European, British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles
+ May 11	Juergen Blin	Wembley, Great Britain	W 15
European Heavyweight Title
- Sept. 27	Jack Bodell	Wembley, Great Britain	L 15
European, British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles
+ Nov. 17	Mike Boswell	Houston, USA	W 10
- Nov. 24	Larry Middleton	Nottingham, Great Britain	L 10
1972
+ Mar. 28	Brian O'Melia	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Apr. 25	Leroy Caldwell	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 5
+ May 9	Marc Hans	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ June 6	Doug Kirk	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ July 19	Paul Nielsen	Dublin, Ireland	TKO 6
+ Oct. 10	Juergen Blin	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 8
European Heavyweight Title
+ Nov. 14	Tony Doyle	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Nov. 28	Dante Canè	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO 6-Rtd
1973
+ Jan. 16	Rudi Lubbers	Kensington, Great Britain	W 15
European Heavyweight Title
- Feb. 14	Muhammad Ali	Las Vegas, USA	L 12
- July 2	Joe Frazier	Kensington, Great Britain	L 12
+ Oct. 2	Bepi Ros	Kensington, Great Britain	W 15
European Heavyweight Title
+ Nov. 13	Mac Foster	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
1974
+ Mar. 12	Pat Duncan	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 29	Mario Baruzzi	Copenhagen, Denmark	TKO 10
European Heavyweight Title
+ Oct. 1	Jose Luis Garcia	Wembley, Great Britain	KO 2
+ Nov. 12	Jimmy Ellis	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 3	Santiago Alberto Lovell	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 2
1975
+ Feb. 28	Dante CANÈ	Bologna, Italy	cTKO 5
European Heavyweight Title
- June 30	Muhammad Ali	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	L 15
World Heavyweight Title
1976
+ Oct. 12	Richard Dunn	Wembley, Great Britain	KO 1
European, British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles
1977
- Mar. 20	Ron Lyle	Las Vegas, USA	L 12
1978-1979 Inactive
1980
+ Aug. 23	Gilberto Acuna	Inglewood, USA	TKO 6
1981 Inactive
1982
- May 8	Earnie Shavers	Dallas, USA	TKO by 2
+ Oct. 28	Winston Allen	Bloomsbury, Great Britain	KO 3
+ Dec. 9	Eddie Neilson	Bloomsbury, Great Britain	TKO 5
1983
+ Feb. 16	John Dino Denis	Wood Green, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Apr. 20	Danny Sutton	Muswell Hill, Great Britain	TKO 9
- June 4	Marvis Frazier	Atlantic City, USA	L 10
1984
+ Jan. 13	Anders Eklund	Randers, Denmark	W 10
- Feb. 18	Steffen Tangstad	Copenhagen, Denmark	L 10
1985 Inactive
1986
+ Sept. 15	James Tillis	Sydney, Australia	W 10
+ Nov. 14	David Bey	Sydney, Australia	W 10
1987
+ July 24	Greg Page	Sydney, Australia	W 10
- Oct. 24	Frank Bruno	Tottenham, Great Britain	TKO by 8
1988-1994 Inactive
1995
+ Sept. 22	Vince Cervi	Carrara, Gold Coast	W 12
Australian Heavyweight Title
1996
+ Feb. 2	West Turner	Perth, Australia	KO 3
- Mar. 16	Scott Welch	Charlottenburg, Germany	TKO by 6
vacant WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title
+ July 5	Young Haumona	Carrara, Gold Coast	KO 5
vacant PABA Heavyweight Title
1997
+ June 3	Waisiki Ligaloa	Southport, Australia	TKO 7
PABA Heavyweight Title
1998
+ Jan. 13	Colin Wilson	Broadbeach, Australia	W 12
Australian Heavyweight Title
+ Apr. 20	Bob Mirovic	Carrara, Gold Coast	W 12
Australian and vacant PABA Heavyweight Titles
+ July 4	James Smith	Gold Coast, Australia	TKO 1
vacant WBF Heavyweight Title
1999
+ June 13	Levi Billups	Broadbeach, Australia	WDQ 9

Summary

Total bouts: 83, Won: 69 (41 inside the limit), Lost: 13 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0