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Joe Bugner Dead: British Boxer, who fought Muhammad Ali, dies twice at the age of 75
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Former British boxing master in massive weight, Joe Bugner, unfortunately died at the age of 75. Bugner, who entered the ring professionally 83 times, met with boxing legends, such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Frank Bruno during his great career. His last fight took place in 1999, when he disconnected his gloves with a record of 69-13-1.
Born in Hungary, Bugner moved to Great Britain in 1956, when his family escaped after the Soviet invasion of his hometown. Despite losing his debut fight with Paul Brown in 1967, the Bugner returned to defeat Henry Cooper and win British titles, community and European heavyweight in 1971.
In 1973, Bugner went to Las Vegas to challenge Ali, suffering on a 12-round loss of decisions before he faced Frazers in London only five months later. Bugner was knocked down on his way to another loss of decision.
However, the Bugner managed to gather another eight subsequent wins before he set off against Ali again, this time in the title of heavyweight master in Kuala Lumpur in 1975. Once again, Bugner was defeated at points, this time over 15 rounds.
Then the Bugner announced a boxing pension, but a quick return to the national stage within a few months, regaining the British championship, defeating Richard Dunn. Then he suffered losses for two other boxing masters, Ron Lyle and Earnie Shavers.
In 1987 he faced Bruno in the Battle of Great Britain, but he was detained in the 10th round at White Hart Lane.
Bugner ended his career with six wins, briefly maintaining the title of Australian heavyweight master after moving to the country in 1986 and obtaining citizenship.
The British Boxing Control Council expressed her sadness in the statement: “With great sadness the heavyweight master of the British, Europe, massive community and a pretender for the world championship, Joe Bugner, died in his care home in Brisbane in Australia.
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Dillian Whyte CALLS Derek Chisora for a trilogy
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17 hours agoon
April 30, 2026
Dillian Whyte has called for a third fight with Derek Chisora.
Whyte and Chisora had two crazy battles, with “The Body Snatcher” winning both fights, the last of which took place in 2018.
The 38-year-old has not fought since a first-round loss to Moses Itauma, but is looking forward to meeting Chisora again, who is coming off a loss to Deontay Wilder earlier this month.
At the end of last year, both teams were linked with each other, but they failed to reach an agreement.
“He says he wants to fight me and he’s not going to retire,” he said Sky Sports News.
“Not many boxers have trilogies in their career.
“I would love to fight him again.
“I think a trilogy would be great because we’re both at a stage in our careers where there won’t be a lot of running, a lot of moving around.
“We will stand there and trade.
“He doesn’t like me, I don’t like him.

“He doesn’t want to lose to me, I don’t want to lose to him.
“I would like to wear this.
“If Derek is earnest, he knows where I am. I will fight Derek Chisora tomorrow.”
Chisora fought until his 50th fight and, he claimed, it was the last time in his professional career against Wilder.
The 42-year-old fell twice after losing a split decision at the O2 Arena and has not fully confirmed his retirement since.
Had Whyte not secured a fight against his British rival, he claims he would have been open to fighting either Wilder or Andy Ruiz Jr.

“I would like to fight Andy Ruiz, Deontay Wilder and another guy called Nelson Hysa, he is number 1 in Albania,” he added.
“I would like to fight such fighters because of their good position in the rankings, and they are top fighters.”
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David Benavidez reacts to Canelo’s presence during Zurdo Ramirez fight
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21 hours agoon
April 30, 2026
David Benavidez believes that Canelo Alvarez will come to see how he will perform in Saturday’s match against Zurdo Ramirez.
Canelo has long been accused of avoiding a fight with Benavidez and has consistently distanced himself from a potential fight with him.
Alvarez is set to presence on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to support stablemate Jaime Munguia, who will face WBA super middleweight champion Armando Resendiz on the fight card.
Benavidez, however, believes the Mexican champion will actually come to see how he will do in his cruiserweight debut against Zurdo.
“It’s a large event,” the 29-year-old told reporters on Wednesday.
“You can judge the scale of the event because Canelo wasn’t even at Jaime Munguia’s last fight.
– He says yes [coming] for Munguia.
“He won’t come to see Munguia, he will come to see me up close.
“I don’t know if it’s about looking forward to the next fight, but you can see how everything turned out.
“I went to his fights, now he comes to my fights.
“I don’t need to say anything more.”
This will be the first time in six years that Alvarez has not fought on the Cinco De Mayo weekend, and his return from his loss to Terence Crawford will likely take place on September 12 in Riyad.

The 35-year-old was sidelined after elbow surgery.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBA and WBO cruiserweight world titles, live on DAZN and Amazon Prime pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” remains the WBC delicate heavyweight champion and defended his title for the first time with a seventh round stoppage over Anthony Yard in November in Riyad.

The Arizona native will become a three-division world champion if he defeats Ramirez, but he later vowed to return to delicate heavyweight to face Dmitry Bivol in an undisputed title bout.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the delicate heavyweight division,” he further said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
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Adam Azim’s fight was announced, date and place revealed
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2 days agoon
April 29, 2026
Adam Azim returns to action next month.
Azim will face Canadian Steve Claggett live at the OVO Arena in Wembley BBC TwoBOXXER announced on Wednesday.
The undefeated super lightweight was forced to withdraw from his scheduled January fight with Gustavo Lemos due to an injury.
Instead, “The Assassin” will face 50-fight veteran Claggett, who unsuccessfully fought Teofimo Lopez for his then-WBO super lightweight title in 2024.
“This is another substantial step forward for me on my path to the world title,” said the 24-year-old.
“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to appear live on the BBC in front of a huge audience.
“I have always wanted to take part in entertaining fights, and on May 30 I intend to provide fans with an unforgettable evening.
“Steve Claggett is a tough, experienced fighter, he gave Teofimo Lopez his toughest fight and that’s the challenge I want.
“I’m ready to put on a great performance and show everyone why I’m destined to be at the top.”

Azim defeated Kurt Scoby in the last round to win the WBO Intercontinental super lightweight title in November.
Claggett is two wins in a row since losing to Lopez in his native Canada.
“I’ve worked my whole life to get this opportunity,” said the 36-year-old.
“I’m grateful and excited to come to the UK to fight Adam Azim.

“I know Adam is a good youthful boxer and I will be preparing to fight to be the best version of him this evening.
“I put in strenuous work, I’m already in great shape and I’m ready for the fight tonight.
“I’ll be ready to show the British fans what I’m about.”
BOXXER Founder and CEO Ben Shalom said: “This is a really crucial fight for Adam Azim as he gets closer to winning the world title.
“Steve Claggett is a proven, world-class operator who will bring out the best in him.
“Fighting on free-to-air TV on the BBC gives Adam a huge platform.
“Millions of fans across the UK will be able to watch him in action and this is exactly the type of fight that will showcase his talent and take him to the next level.”
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