When I was a kid Henry Cooper lived down the road from us on Ledway Drive, near Preston road, Wembley. I used to see him driving past sometimes. I think they moved away from the area around 1976. I later worked at the Empire Pool where this fight took place and also at the stadium when I was a teenager.

I know we are all Cooper fans..but gotta admit Bugner keeps banging that left jab in Henry's face...rather convincingly.

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Cooper in my bar in Tenerife in 1986. He was with another boxer John L. Gardner. John eventually bought a bar himself on the south of the island

It still baffles me how Harry Gibb awarded Bugner the verdict at the end of this fight when Cooper clearly won.

Henry put on the better performance. Bugner may have been called the winner, but it cost him the support of the British public. Referee was either blind or paid off.

Cooper landed the better punches and more punches, that's a win in my book. But it was a close contest, so arguably a draw could have been a fair result. But the subplot here, is that Henry had already been beaten at international level including losses to Ali. The promoters wanted to see if Bugner could bring a world belt home to the UK, and a draw would have seen Henry retain the domestic titles and effectively deny Bugner contention for a world belt. Money talks.

Our Enry Harder than a pitmans hob nail boot! True British gentleman

I supported & followed Henry from his first professional fight. He deserved to win against Bugner but the powers that be decided otherwise!!

Two fine Englishmen in action there. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

Gibbs made a big mistake that night…

Talk about robbed. Even at the end Cooper was catching the lad hard and fast, for very little in return. Sad decision.

It’s so hard to tell if he was robbed or just won fairly since it was only highlights however the crowd were strongly on the coppers side so it’s hard to tell if they were booing because of the result being bad or because they didn’t want “our Enry” to lose. This is why we have judges today and not a referee decisions Boxing was so corrupt, still is to be fair. How can a guy have 50 fights and win them all and still not be a contender and another can have ten and be given a title shot? It’s all about who you have as your promoter. Boxing is and always been controlled by a handful of people and that’s why it’s always had that cloud hanging over it. Cooper got robbed against Ali too, Angelo Dundee talks about it too, he said Ali was out cold, didn’t know where he was, he used illegal smelling salts to help to wake Ali up, Ali only got off the floor through instinct but still would’ve not been able to continue had Angelo not messed with his gloves and used to salts, Ali needed more time to recover and Cooper was never supposed to win, he certainly wasn’t supposed to KO Ali, such a shame. Bugbear never got a fair shake by the mainstream fans either, Parkinson during an interview with Ali described Bugner as no where near the calibre of Ali and suggested the fight was a waste of time for Ali.

I have vague memories of seeing this fight on tv. I was just turned 4 and can recall the feeling Enry was hard done by.

A sad night for our 'enry and for British boxing. Bugner was good (as evidenced in his fights with Muhammed Ali) but Henry Cooper should have won this fight as he was the one who was pressing forward and being the aggressor.

Henry was beloved - had been chosen as BBC Sports Personality twice in 1967 and 1970. The sense of injustice here allowed him to retire on an enormous wave of sentiment and remain a hugely popular figure for the rest of his life. Bugner was never forgiven.

I think Bugner won this fight ,He was in an arena we’re 95% of the fans wanted cooper to win.They just couldn’t accept that he had been beaten.

this is shortened version. Joe looked on top to me.

Unfair! Pitting a youngster against a tired old man.

Great fight

Did Cooper always look in his 60s

Both boys gave my man Ali a hard time when he was still pretty good.

Incredible endurance and conditioning shown by both men, but Cooper should have won the decision.

Henry won this fight. He was robbed

Two very good british boxers

Henry's eyeslet him down again n the fact Buggner stood up to enrys hammer eere always put him next inline

Bugner very underrated and had cooper beat all night long

Henry never when as far as he could because he would cut bleed easy above his eyes it always LOOKED a lot worse than it was.back in the day when boxing seemed so much more than it is today, i remember 15 rounds that took conditioning strength and willpower 15 rounds that was balls deep fek im old,lucky its just on the outside xx

Cooper came on strong late. Those,who think it was a clear victory for either cannot have watched the whole fight. It was close and no robbery.

I just feel entry got cut countless times? Let me know.

When boxing was a clean sport… there were unicorns roaming the Edgeware road

Copper beat Ali glove tampering saved him I will always believe he beat him

How many headbutts did you see?…..

Cooper took it by 2 rounds at least. The referee must have been blind

Ithought bugner nicked it honestly

Cooper clearly won this...Harry Gibbs gave it to Bugner..he never lived it down.

In my opinion, it was evenly matched.

Henry was robbed😢

10/4/1 cooper, i watched the full fight, robbery

It’s jabs n crosses

Cooper won this, no doubt, Gibbs made a terrible decision, I watched it live on BBC TV. Bugner had it all, weight, reach, height, jab, good chin, but no punch, ended up being another punch bag, shame really.

Bugner won this fight. All the furore over the result came from people swayed by the partisan crowd. Turn the sound down and you see the effectiveness of Bugner's double jab right throughout the fight. Even Harry Carpenter said Bugner was getting stronger as the fight went on.

Have watched whole fight, at best it's a draw but for me Cooper won by 1 round.

Bugner not Buckner

Wasn’t joe bugner an Australian?

750 birds like joe bugner

This was a draw if ever ive seen one . Bugner didnt do enough to win but Cooper didnt either .

Arrogant Cooper saunters over to have his hand raised, Gibbs walks past him without a glance and raises Bugner's; the look on Cooper's face was a joy to behold. Now to retire, to pretend that he could have beaten Ali and be a sourpuss re Bugner. Ten men contested the two versions of the world crown after Ali's disgraceful treatment, Cooper avoided eight in his career and fought two; disqualification win versus Mildenberger and a hammering by Patterson. Why do some blinkered people think that he was world class?

This was a fix,,,Hen was in front by miles...see the crowd boooooo,,,,,,good...hen was robbed,,,,

Bugner would have done well in the Italian Army.....

Nowhere near 4k uhd

Hate to say it but was cooper in his right mind giving this fight to bugner, cooper won it easily! bugner was never anything but a journeyman!

The biggest robbery until sugar ray v hagler