Hungarian-born British-Australian boxer and actor
Joe Bugner
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Bugner (left) during a boxing match
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Born
| Jozsef Kreul Bugner
(
1950-03-13
)
13 March 1950
(age 74)
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Nationality
| Hungarian
British
Australian
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Other names
| Aussie Joe
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Statistics
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Weight(s)
| Heavyweight
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Height
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
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Reach
| 82 in (208 cm)
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Stance
| Orthodox
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Boxing record
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Total fights
| 83
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Wins
| 69
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Wins by KO
| 43
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Losses
| 13
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Draws
| 1
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Jozsef Kreul Bugner
(born 13 March 1950) is a
Hungarian
born
British
-
Australian
former
professional boxer
who competed in the
heavyweight
division and actor. He holds
triple nationality
, originally being a
citizen
of
Hungary
and a
naturalised citizen
of both
Australia
and the
United Kingdom
. He unsuccessfully challenged
Muhammad Ali
for the
heavyweight championship in 1975
, losing by a unanimous decision. As an actor, he is best known for his role in the 1994 action film
Street Fighter
alongside
Jean-Claude Van Damme
and
Raul Julia
.
[
citation needed
]
Born in
Sz?reg
, a southeastern suburb of
Szeged
in southern Hungary, Bugner and his family fled after the
1956 Soviet invasion
and settled in Britain. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) with a prime weight of 225 pounds (102 kg),
[1]
Bugner twice held the
British
and
British Commonwealth
heavyweight titles and was a three-time
European
heavyweight champion.
[2]
He was ranked among the world's top ten heavyweights of the 1970s, fighting such opponents as
Muhammad Ali
,
Joe Frazier
,
Ron Lyle
,
Jimmy Ellis
,
Manuel Ramos
,
Chuck Wepner
,
Earnie Shavers
,
Henry Cooper
,
Brian London
,
Mac Foster
,
Rudie Lubbers
,
Eduardo Corletti
,
Jurgen Blin
and
George Johnson
.
[3]
The Telegraph
also ranked him among the top ten British heavyweight boxers of all time.
[4]
Bugner retired from boxing in 1976 but made sporadic comebacks over the next two decades with varying success. He moved to Australia in 1986, adopting the nickname "Aussie Joe," beating fighters such as
Greg Page
,
David Bey
,
Anders Eklund
and
James Tillis
before retiring again after a TKO loss to
Frank Bruno
in 1987.
[
citation needed
]
He made a final comeback during the 1990s, winning the Australian heavyweight title in 1995 and the lightly regarded World Boxing Federation (WBF) heavyweight championship in 1998 at the age of 48 against
James "Bonecrusher" Smith
. He retired for the last time in 1999 with a final record of 69?13?1, including 43 wins by knockout.
[
citation needed
]
Early years
[
edit
]
Bugner 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
of that year.
[5]
Initially, he was one of about 80 refugees housed in the students' Hostel at Smedley's factory in
Wisbech
.
[6]
They settled in the
Huntingdonshire
town of
St Ives
near the
Fens
. So, as local custom dictated, he was known as a
Fen Tiger
. Bugner excelled in sports at school and was the national junior discus champion in 1964.
[7]
He lived and trained in
Bedford
during his early boxing years; he was a regular at Bedford Boys Club under the training of Paul King
[8]
and attended Goldington Road School in Bedford.
[
citation needed
]
Boxing career
[
edit
]
1960s
[
edit
]
Throughout his brief amateur career, Bugner competed sixteen times, winning thirteen matches. On the recommendation of his then-trainer and buddy, Andy Smith, he became a professional in 1967 (at the very young age of 17). Smith was unhappy with the choice of Bugner's opponents and believed that he could better control the quality of his opponents if Bugner turned professional.
[9]
He had a losing debut against Paul Brown on 20 December 1967 at the
London Hilton
, where he suffered a TKO in the third round. Showing gritty determination after his debut, the teenage Bugner went on to win a remarkable 18 consecutive fights in under two years during 1968 and 1969 (including 13 stoppage victories) before narrowly losing to the older and vastly more experienced Dick Hall.
[10]
He bounced back and rounded off the 1960s with three further stoppage victories.
[
citation needed
]
1970s
[
edit
]
In 1970 Bugner emerged internationally as an outstanding young prospect and was world-rated by the end of the year. He won nine consecutive bouts that year, including victories over well-known boxers such as
Chuck Wepner
,
Manuel Ramos
,
Johnny Prescott
,
Brian London
,
Eduardo Corletti
, Charley Polite, and
George Johnson
.
[
citation needed
]
Bugner was now positioned to challenge world-rated Englishman
Henry Cooper
, who had nearly knocked out
Muhammad Ali
a few years previously, for Cooper's
British
,
British Commonwealth
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 following year. While waiting to come of age, in 1971, he defeated Carl Gizzi and drew with Bill Drover just weeks later and weeks before facing Cooper.
Bugner earned a reputation early in his professional years as a tough, durable but often exceptionally defensive and cautious boxer; he retained that image for the rest of his career. He was often criticised 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
soon after being outpointed by Bugner at
London
's
Shoreditch Town Hall
. Many
[
who?
]
said that Bugner never punched his full weight after that.
[
opinion
]
Defeat of Henry Cooper
[
edit
]
In March 1971, Bugner met veteran Cooper and won a fifteen-round decision. Bugner won the bout by the slimmest of margins, 1/4 point, on the card of the lone official,
Harry Gibbs
. The British sporting public and press were deeply divided about the verdict. Many felt that Cooper deserved the decision due to his steady aggression. But Bugner fought effectively on the defense and often scored with his left jab, and in the opinion of many
[
who?
]
, was the rightful winner of the bout.
The Times
, among others, scored the fight in favor of Bugner. Still, the outcome of the bout is regarded as one of the most controversial in British boxing history.
[
citation needed
]
Nonetheless, Bugner was now the
British
, 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 1970s.
[
citation needed
]
Bugner retained his European title with a decision over tough German heavyweight
Jurgen Blin
.
[
citation needed
]
However, later in 1971, Bugner surprisingly lost decisions to underdogs
Jack Bodell
and Larry Middleton; sandwiched between these losses was a victory over Mike Boswell. 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 were the chief causes of these defeats.
[
citation needed
]
In 1972 Bugner won eight consecutive fights, including a knockout over
Jurgen Blin
for the European championship. By the end of this, Bugner demonstrated much-improved ring ability and acquired enough experience that his manager began seeking matches against the world's best heavyweights.
[
citation needed
]
Prime years
[
edit
]
Bugner began 1973 by retaining his European belt with a victory over the capable Dutchman
Rudie Lubbers
. The 23-year-old Bugner then lost twelve-round decisions to
Muhammad Ali
and
Joe Frazier
. Despite being clearly defeated, Bugner fought well and won the respect of the boxing media and the public alike. After their bout, Ali declared that Bugner was capable of being world champion.
[11]
Ali's trainer
Angelo Dundee
later echoed that sentiment.
[12]
The fight with Frazier in July 1973 at
Earls Court
in London was deemed a classic. After being knocked down by a tremendous left hook in the tenth round, Bugner arose and staggered Frazier to close the round. Frazier took the decision, but only narrowly, and arguably only
George Foreman
and
Muhammad Ali
ever gave Frazier a harder fight. Many regard the Frazier bout as being Bugner's best career performance.
After the Ali and Frazier fights, Bugner won a further 8 bouts in a row, his most notable victories being over ex-WBA World Heavyweight Champion
Jimmy Ellis
, and
Mac Foster
. 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
, with Ali winning a relatively one-sided fifteen-round decision. Bugner performed fairly well but maintained a strictly defensive posture throughout most of this fight, perhaps due to the blistering tropical heat, 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.
[
citation needed
]
Regains British, European & Commonwealth titles
[
edit
]
Early in 1976, Bugner announced his retirement from boxing, stating that he no longer felt motivated to fight professionally.
[
citation needed
]
Within months however he returned to the ring, expressing disgust at Richard Dunn's performance against Ali and in October, he blasted out
Richard Dunn
in the first round to reclaim the British, British Commonwealth and European championships. Onlookers state that they had never seen Bugner angry before and that while Dunn's supporters had waged a quite unsportsmanlike campaign against Bugner, if he had fought like that in his earlier career, he could have gone further.
[
citation needed
]
In 1977, Bugner lost a close twelve-round decision away from home to top contender
Ron Lyle
. The scores were 57?53 and 56?54 for Lyle against 55?54 for Bugner. After this bout, Bugner again retired, making only sporadic comebacks to the ring over the next decades.
[
citation needed
]
1980s
[
edit
]
Bugner returned to the ring for brief periods in the 1980s and 1990s but was never as effective as he had been during his prime due to his age and inactivity.
[
citation needed
]
After a three-year absence from the ring, Bugner returned in May 1980, knocking out fringe contender Gilberto Acuna, before promptly retiring again. In 1982, a ring-rusty Bugner (having had only one short fight in 5 years and weighing in some 25 lbs above his prime fighting weight) fought the hard-hitting top contender
Earnie Shavers
, but was stopped in the second round due to a badly cut eye. However, Bugner decided to continue his comeback, stopping the useful John Denis and fringe contender Danny Sutton, as well as domestic contenders Winston Allen and Eddie Neilson. In 1983, a subdued and unmotivated Bugner lost to
Marvis Frazier
, showing little ambition throughout the bout. He followed this with a decision over future European champion
Anders Eklund
and a controversial loss to future World Title challenger
Steffen Tangstad
. Bugner appeared to have done enough to win the Tangstad fight, however, like with the Frazier and Eklund bouts, he appeared unmotivated and uninterested throughout.
[
citation needed
]
Comeback in Australia
[
edit
]
In 1986 Bugner moved to
Australia
, where he adopted the nickname
Aussie Joe
after becoming an Australian citizen.
[13]
In Australia, Bugner launched a fairly successful comeback, earning good victories over world title contenders
James Tillis
and
David Bey
and an impressive victory over former
WBA
heavyweight champion
Greg Page
, gaining a world ranking in the process, after which he spoke of challenging reigning heavyweight champion
Mike Tyson
.
[14]
However, there was great clamour for a fight with fellow Briton
Frank Bruno
. The bout was touted as the biggest all-British heavyweight bout since Cooper Vs Bugner in 1971. The bout took place on 24 October 1987, and Bugner suffered an eighth-round TKO loss to the much younger and fresher world title contender for the Commonwealth championship in front of a huge crowd at
White Hart Lane
football stadium. Bugner promptly retired again following this defeat, only his 3rd stoppage defeat in 20 years.
[
citation needed
]
1990s
[
edit
]
Inspired by the 45-year-old
George Foreman
's recapture of the heavyweight title, Bugner made a final comeback in 1995, beating Vince Cervi to win the Australian heavyweight title, followed by a win over West Turner. Bugner then fought fellow Briton and world title contender
Scott Welch
for the WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Title. Welch proved too young and fresh for the now 46-year-old Bugner, handing him a TKO defeat in the 6th round.
[
citation needed
]
Bugner continued to fight on against far younger opponents. In 1996 he defeated the respectable Young Haumona for the Pacific and Australasian Heavyweight title, retained it against Waisiki Ligaloa in 1997, added the Australian title by defeating the tough Colin Wilson and defending both titles against
Bob Mirovic
in 1998.
[
citation needed
]
In 1998 Bugner's long-term tenacity finally gave him a world crown, albeit a lightly regarded title - the WBF version of the heavyweight crown - by defeating former WBA World Heavyweight Champion
James "Bonecrusher" Smith
. At the age of 48 years and 110 days, it made him the oldest ever boxer to hold a minor
championship belt
.
[15]
[16]
Bugner fought just once more. In June 1999, at the age of 49, he defeated the durable fringe contender Levi Billups, who was disqualified for
low blows
.
[17]
Fight record
[
edit
]
His record for 83 professional fights is 69 wins (41 on knockouts), 13 Losses and 1 Draw.
[17]
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
.
[18]
Life outside boxing
[
edit
]
After moving to Australia, Bugner and his wife, Marlene, opened a vineyard. It failed in 1989, and he lost an estimated two million
Australian dollars
.
[13]
He now lives in Brisbane,
Queensland
.
Bugner has worked in the
film industry
. During the 1970s, he appeared in one of several PSAs themed
Be Smart, Be Safe
; these dealt with instructing children on how to safely cross a road or a street. In 1979 Bugner featured in an
Italian
film,
Io sto con gli ippopotami
with
Bud Spencer
and
Terence Hill
, he worked with
Bud Spencer
in his films in the 1980s. He worked as the expert adviser on the
Russell Crowe
film,
Cinderella Man
, which was a film about the heavyweight boxer
James J. Braddock
.
[19]
Bugner was dropped part way through the project, which prompted him to call Crowe, "a gutless worm and a f*****g girl".
[20]
[21]
Bugner suffers from a serious back injury he sustained from training for fights in his middle years. He also has financial problems. These financial problems prompted him to re-enter the ring at such an advanced age. A benefit was held for Bugner in 2008 by
Kevin Lueshing
.
[22]
In November 2009, Bugner replaced
Camilla Dallerup
on day 4 of the British TV show
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
. He left the show on day 16 after losing a bushtucker trial called 'Jungle Jail' to fellow celebrity
Stuart Manning
.
[
citation needed
]
Bugner has three children, James, Joe Jr., and Amy, from his ex-wife Melody.
[23]
Bugner's
autobiography
,
Joe Bugner - My Story
, was published by
New Holland Publishing (Australia)
in November 2013.
[24]
Professional boxing record
[
edit
]
83 fights
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69 wins
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13 losses
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By knockout
|
43
|
4
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By decision
|
26
|
9
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Draws
|
1
|
69 Wins
(43 knockouts, 26 decisions, 2 disqualifications),
13 Losses
(4 knockouts, 9 decisions),
1 Draw
[25]
|
Res.
|
Record
|
Opponent
|
Type
|
Rd., Time
|
Date
|
Location
|
Notes
|
Win
|
69-13-1
|
Levi Billups
|
DQ
|
9
|
1999-06-13
|
Broadbeach, Australia
|
|
Win
|
68-13-1
|
James Smith
|
TKO
|
1
|
1998-07-04
|
Carrara, Australia
|
Won vacant WBF Heavyweight title
|
Win
|
67-13-1
|
Bob Mirovic
|
SD
|
12
|
1998-04-20
|
Carrara, Australia
|
Retained
Australian Heavyweight title
,
won vacant PABA Heavyweight title.
|
Win
|
66-13-1
|
Colin Wilson
|
UD
|
12
|
1998-01-13
|
Broadbeach, Australia
|
Retained
Australian Heavyweight title
.
|
Win
|
65-13-1
|
Waisiki Ligaloa
|
TKO
|
7
|
1997-06-03
|
Southport, Australia
|
Retained PABA Heavyweight title; Bugner later stripped of title for failing to make
mandatory defence
.
|
Win
|
64-13-1
|
Young Haumona
|
KO
|
5
|
1996-07-05
|
Carrara, Australia
|
Won vacant PABA Heavyweight title.
|
Loss
|
63-13-1
|
Scott Welch
|
TKO
|
6
|
1996-03-16
|
Berlin
,
Germany
|
Fought for inaugural WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight title.
|
Win
|
63-12-1
|
West Turner
|
KO
|
3
|
1996-02-02
|
Perth
, Australia
|
|
Win
|
62-12-1
|
Vince Cervi
|
UD
|
12
|
1995-09-22
|
Carrara
, Australia
|
Won
Australian Heavyweight title
.
|
Loss
|
61-12-1
|
Frank Bruno
|
TKO
|
8
|
1987-10-24
|
White Hart Lane
, London
|
|
Win
|
61-11-1
|
Greg Page
|
UD
|
10
|
1987-07-24
|
Sydney, Australia
|
|
Win
|
60-11-1
|
David Bey
|
UD
|
10
|
1986-11-14
|
Sydney, Australia
|
|
Win
|
59-11-1
|
James Tillis
|
PTS
|
10
|
1986-09-15
|
Sydney
,
Australia
|
|
Loss
|
58-11-1
|
Steffen Tangstad
|
SD
|
10
|
1984-02-18
|
Copenhagen, Denmark
|
|
Win
|
58-10-1
|
Anders Eklund
|
MD
|
10
|
1984-01-13
|
Randers
, Denmark
|
|
Loss
|
57-10-1
|
Marvis Frazier
|
UD
|
10
|
1983-06-04
|
Atlantic City
,
New Jersey
|
|
Win
|
57-9-1
|
Danny Sutton
|
TKO
|
9
|
1983-04-20
|
Muswell Hill
, London
|
|
Win
|
56-9-1
|
John Dino Denis
|
TKO
|
3
|
1983-02-16
|
Wood Green
, London
|
|
Win
|
55-9-1
|
Eddie Neilson
|
TKO
|
5
|
1982-12-09
|
Bloomsbury, London
|
|
Win
|
54-9-1
|
Winston Allen
|
KO
|
3
|
1982-10-28
|
Bloomsbury
, London
|
|
Loss
|
53-9-1
|
Earnie Shavers
|
TKO
|
2
|
1982-05-08
|
Reunion Arena
,
Dallas
|
Bugner stopped on cuts.
|
Win
|
53-8-1
|
Gilberto Acuna
|
TKO
|
6
|
1980-08-23
|
Inglewood
, California
|
|
Loss
|
52-8-1
|
Ron Lyle
|
SD
|
12
|
1977-03-20
|
Caesars Palace
,
Nevada
|
|
Won
|
52-7-1
|
Richard Dunn
|
KO
|
1
|
1976-10-12
|
Wembley, London
|
Retained EBU Heavyweight title, won
British and Commonwealth
Heavyweight titles.
|
Loss
|
51-7-1
|
Muhammad Ali
|
UD
|
15
|
1975-07-01
[26]
|
Merdeka Stadium
,
Kuala Lumpur
|
Fought for WBA/WBC Heavyweight titles.
|
Win
|
51-6-1
|
Dante Cane
|
TKO
|
5
|
1975-02-28
|
Bologna
,
Italy
|
Retained EBU Heavyweight title.
|
Win
|
50-6-1
|
Santiago Alberto Lovell
|
TKO
|
2
|
1974-12-03
|
Royal
Albert Hall
, London
|
|
Win
|
49-6-1
|
Jimmy Ellis
|
PTS
|
10
|
1974-11-12
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
48-6-1
|
Jose Luis Garcia
|
KO
|
2
|
1974-10-01
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
47-6-1
|
Piermario Baruzzi
|
TKO
|
10
|
1974-05-29
|
Copenhagen
,
Denmark
|
Retained EBU Heavyweight title.
|
Win
|
46-6-1
|
Pat Duncan
|
PTS
|
10
|
1974-03-12
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
45-6-1
|
Mac Foster
|
PTS
|
10
|
1973-11-13
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
44-6-1
|
Giuseppe Ros
|
PTS
|
15
|
1973-10-02
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
Retained EBU Heavyweight title.
|
Loss
|
43-6-1
|
Joe Frazier
|
PTS
|
12
|
1973-07-02
|
Earls Court
, London
|
|
Loss
|
43-5-1
|
Muhammad Ali
|
UD
|
12
|
1973-02-14
|
Las Vegas
,
Nevada
|
|
Win
|
43-4-1
|
Rudie Lubbers
|
UD
|
15
|
1973-01-16
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
Retained EBU Heavyweight title.
|
Win
|
42-4-1
|
Dante Cane
|
TKO
|
6
|
1972-11-28
|
Ice Rink, Nottingham
|
|
Win
|
41-4-1
|
Tony Doyle
|
TKO
|
8
|
1972-11-14
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
40-4-1
|
Jurgen Blin
|
KO
|
8
|
1972-10-10
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
Won EBU Heavyweight title.
|
Win
|
39-4-1
|
Paul Nielsen
|
TKO
|
6
|
1972-07-19
|
Croke Park
,
Dublin
|
|
Win
|
38-4-1
|
Doug Kirk
|
TKO
|
5
|
1972-06-06
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
37-4-1
|
Marc Hans
|
TKO
|
3
|
1972-05-09
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
36-4-1
|
Leroy Caldwell
|
DQ
|
5
|
1972-04-25
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
35-4-1
|
Brian O'Melia
|
TKO
|
2
|
1972-03-28
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Loss
|
34-4-1
|
Larry Middleton
|
PTS
|
10
|
1971-11-24
|
Ice Rink, Nottingham
|
|
Win
|
34-3-1
|
Mike Boswell
|
UD
|
10
|
1971-11-17
|
Houston
,
Texas
|
|
Loss
|
33-3-1
|
Jack Bodell
|
PTS
|
15
|
1971-09-27
|
Wembley, London
|
Lost British, Commonwealth and EBU
Heavyweight titles.
|
Win
|
33-2-1
|
Jurgen Blin
|
PTS
|
15
|
1971-05-11
|
Wembley, London
|
Retained EBU Heavyweight title.
|
Win
|
32-2-1
|
Henry Cooper
|
PTS
|
15
|
1971-03-16
|
Wembley, London
|
Won British, Commonwealth and EBU
Heavyweight titles.
|
Draw
|
31-2-1
|
Bill Drover
|
PTS
|
10
|
1971-02-10
|
Bethnal Green, London
|
|
Win
|
31-2
|
Carl Gizzi
|
PTS
|
10
|
1971-01-19
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
30-2
|
Miguel Angel Paez
|
TKO
|
3
|
1970-12-08
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
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Win
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29-2
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George Johnson
|
PTS
|
10
|
1970-11-03
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
28-2
|
Hector Eduardo Corletti
|
PTS
|
10
|
1970-10-06
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
27-2
|
Chuck Wepner
|
TKO
|
3
|
1970-09-08
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
26-2
|
Brian London
|
TKO
|
5
|
1970-05-12
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
25-2
|
Ray Patterson
|
PTS
|
8
|
1970-04-21
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
24-2
|
Manuel Ramos
|
PTS
|
4
|
1970-03-24
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
23-2
|
Roberto Davila
|
TKO
|
4
|
1970-02-10
|
Picadilly, London
|
|
Win
|
22-2
|
Johnny Prescott
|
PTS
|
8
|
1970-01-20
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
21-2
|
Charley Polite
|
TKO
|
3
|
1969-12-09
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
20-2
|
Eddie Talhami
|
TKO
|
4
|
1969-11-11
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
19-2
|
Phil Smith
|
TKO
|
2
|
1969-10-14
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Loss
|
18-2
|
Dick Hall
|
PTS
|
8
|
1969-08-04
|
Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester
|
|
Win
|
18-1
|
Moses Harrell
|
PTS
|
8
|
1969-06-09
|
Belle Vue
,
Manchester
|
|
Win
|
17-1
|
Tony Ventura
|
PTS
|
8
|
1969-05-20
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
16-1
|
Jack O'Halloran
|
PTS
|
8
|
1969-04-15
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
15-1
|
Lion Ven
|
TKO
|
5
|
1969-03-25
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
14-1
|
Ulric Regis
|
PTS
|
8
|
1969-03-11
|
Shoreditch, London
|
|
Win
|
13-1
|
Terry Feeley
|
TKO
|
1
|
1969-02-25
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
12-1
|
Rudolph Vaughan
|
TKO
|
2
|
1969-01-21
|
Kensington
, London
|
|
Win
|
11-1
|
George Dulaire
|
TKO
|
4
|
1968-12-19
|
Bethnal Green, London
|
|
Win
|
10-1
|
Gene Innocent
|
TKO
|
3
|
1968-11-12
|
Wembley, London
|
|
Win
|
9-1
|
Paul Brown
|
TKO
|
3
|
1968-11-04
|
Connaught Rooms
, London
|
|
Win
|
8-1
|
Vic Moore
|
TKO
|
1
|
1968-10-08
|
Royal Albert Hall, London
|
|
Win
|
7-1
|
Obe Hepburn
|
TKO
|
1
|
1968-08-18
|
Wembley
, London
|
|
Win
|
6-1
|
Paul Brown
|
TKO
|
4
|
1968-05-28
|
Royal Albert Hall
, London
|
|
Win
|
5-1
|
Billy Wynter
|
PTS
|
6
|
1968-05-21
|
Bethnal Green, London
|
|
Win
|
4-1
|
Mick Oliver
|
RTD
|
3
|
1968-05-06
|
Mayfair, London
|
|
Win
|
3-1
|
Bert Johnson
|
KO
|
3
|
1968-03-26
|
Bethnal Green, London
|
|
Win
|
2-1
|
Jim McIlvaney
|
TKO
|
2
|
1968-02-27
|
Bethnal Green, London
|
|
Win
|
1-1
|
Paul Cassidy
|
TKO
|
2
|
1968-01-30
|
Bethnal Green
, London
|
|
Loss
|
0-1
|
Paul Brown
|
KO
|
3
|
1967-12-20
|
Mayfair
,
London
|
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