Joe Bugner, a British heavyweight champion known for his resiliency and challenging American greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, has died. He was 75. “It is with great sadness that the Former British ...

CARDIFF, Wales — Joe Bugner, a heavyweight who took boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier the distance in fights in the 1970s, has died. He was 75. The death of the Hungary-born Bugner, who was ...

Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought in the third and final installment of their storied rivalry 50 years ago in the Philippines. The fight was nicknamed the "Thrilla in Manila." In 2005, the Muhammad ...

Muhammad Ali was just barely into his 40s and still pretty freshly retired for good. He was having dinner one evening with a writer who couldn’t help but notice the way the chicken leg trembled in his ...

Joe Bugner, the former British heavyweight boxer who stood toe to toe with Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the 1970s, has died at the age of 75. His death was confirmed on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at ...

As he taunted Joe Frazier, former heavyweight champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, current champ, pointed at the custom black T-shirts he and his entourage sported as they crashed the Aug. 26, 1975, ...

Professionally, it might have been my favorite day. Then-Tulsa World sports editor Bill Connors and I spent several hours with Muhammad Ali and Smokin’ Joe Frazier, who reunited for an appearance at ...

Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier delivered one of the greatest fights boxing has ever seen. They went 14 rounds, trading bludgeonings for nearly 45 minutes before Ali emerged victorious.

Former pro boxer Frank Bruno said it's a "sad day for boxing" after learning of Bugner's death Former heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner died at age 75 at his home in Brisbane, Australia Bugner competed for ...

Boxers live out the marshal creeds of their truths and lies, under the blinding limelight, at the knife edge of death’s tragic enfolding, without recourse martyrdom or public restitutions for the ...

Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier competed in what turned out to be one of the most brutal fights in the history of boxing. The pair met in the ring for “Thrilla in Manilla,” the third ...

Former pro boxer Frank Bruno said it's a "sad day for boxing" after learning of Bugner's death Terry Disney/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Former heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner died at age 75 at his ...