Overview

• Bugner died on September 1, 2025, at a care home in Brisbane at age 75, with no cause of death reported.
• He captured the European and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in 1971, defeating British favorite Henry Cooper.
• He went the distance with Muhammad Ali in London in 1973 and lost a world-title bout to Ali in Kuala Lumpur in 1975, and he dropped a narrow points decision to Joe Frazier in 1973.
• Born in Szoreg, Hungary in 1950, he emigrated to the United Kingdom after the 1956 uprising and later became an Australian citizen.
• Beyond boxing, he acted in popular films with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, including Io sto con gli ippopotami, and later appeared in Cinderella Man.