Joe Bugner

József Kreul Bugner (13 March 1950 – 1 September 2025), also known as Joe Bugner, was a Hungarian-born Australian-British heavyweight professional boxer and actor. He unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight championship in 1975.

As an actor, he was best known for his role in the 1994 action movie Street Fighter.

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.

He was seen among the top ten British heavyweight boxers of all time.

Bugner died at a care home in Brisbane, Australia from problems caused by dementia on 1 September 2025, at the age of 75.

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