Bugner was much under-appreciated here in Britain - and given a really hard time by the media - an excellent fighter and not given the credit he deserved!

I like how Bugner's style and Ali's style mirror eachother. Ali uses head movement more and Bugner catches more shots on his arms but their footwork is majestic. It's nice seeing two boxers actually box.

I went to Muhammad Ali's funeral in Louisville one of the best days of my life and said goodbye to the Greatest of all time.

Bugner had good skills, a hard head and a lot of heart.

Going to the distance with the greatest heavyweight of all time is quite the accomplishment.

You hear the commentator “not too bad for a first round” that round was better than most heavyweight boxing matches nowadays. Where has the skill gone. The golden era of boxing. True fighters that would walk through this current generation.

I just love the way he boxes, he can hit you from the most unorthodox angles, circling the ring while keeping you at distance with that flying jab and just when you think you've got him, he makes you back off.. I enjoy watching legends from different eras, but no one like him. RIP GOAT.

A very underated fighter and performance from Joe bugner he was only 23 here.He fought brilliantly up there with the best

One of Ali's most brutally efficient bouts. He was like a lion stalking a buffalo throughout. Love Howard's commentary.

Very good job by Bugner stayin in there.Ali never missed .he was in the best shape ever.Great thing was their friendship .What a man Ali was.incredible..

Untypical Ali fight and Fun Fact: Co-Movie Star Bugner was often a villian in Bud Spencer movies who sometimes changed his mind through the story and fought for the good on Buddys side. And then seeing him Fight here so good outlasting all 12 rounds with the G.O.A.T was very exiting. I am proud of him 😎👍

bugner had good foot work and he can dance too

If Bugner would have been more aggressive and a better finisher he could have been one of the greats in his prime.

Bugner was so close to being up there with the greats. Never much liked in Britain, he settled in Aus. Bugner fought Bruno in 1987, 14 years after this fight, and was still game as hell.

The Last Fight of Ali's career where he displayed the skills he had in the 60's

DUDE! Bugner was fast to be that tall....just didn't have the accuracy of Ali in his punches. 👊 also, Howard Cosell....Ali's biggest hype man. 😊

2 leyendas grandiosas, físicos increibles, cualidades técnicas y coordinativas, solo aprendamos de boxeo: estuvieron en la época dorada.

Joe Bugner deserves more credit. He was one of the top challengers of the 70s- not an all time great for sure, but tough as nails, brave, and game. He fought a lot of big names.

This was a good fight. Bugner was competitive- because he had sparred a lot of rounds with Ali, but Ali took him apart. Cosell could call a fight better than most commentators, but his expertise was mixed with a lot of bullshit. Ali was hitting Bugner with a lot of short right hands, over right hands- and one-twos, that Cosell rarely mentioned. He was a head case when it came to Ali- criticizing and praising him at the same time. Ali was beautiful in this fight. It may as well have been an exhibition.

Bugner double jab is so quick very underated

A lot of good footwork from Bugner to move around the ring. Problem was that he didn't punch on the move like Ali did. Joe danced then stopped to mix it up.

I didn't realise Bugner was that quick.

Bugner was Ali's sparring partner So he knew how to fight him. They were also close friends.

Bugner is actor in 3 movie....with bud spencer 😂😂💪❤

Great Fight . Thank you for this Video .

Ali..the best dancer of all time

Bugner never got the recognition he deserved because he beat the UK darling, Henry Cooper

Joe was a great fighter, as Ali said

I remember this as I was 11 at the time; great era of boxing.

Can’t believe this guy Joe Bugner kept fighting up until 1999

Bugner a really good boxer, very good on his feet for such a tall man

And to think that Muhammad Ali trained hard for this Joe Bugner guy and he didn't hardly train for a more serious Ken Norton in March of 73 a month later...

Muhammad Ali's sparring partners find out the hard way there's a big difference in being a sparring partner and fighting him in the ring.

Them criticising bugner ,huh only one in millions could stand up to ali like bugner had.the guy was underrated.

Ali, Cosell, Bundini, Sammy, Angelo.....all gone, only Joe Bugner is left.

Just stop through to watch some classic Ali footage.

They fought again about 2 years later and for some reason Bugner looked like 10 years older

Joe Bugner was good as hell

Ali looked like an anime character and moved like a hunting panther here - the speed and explosiveness was unbelievable in this fight

Joe Bugner was surprisingly good. I don't understand why I haven't heard more about him.

We never got to see Ali in his prime, what a shame.

Bugner had good, solid skills. He was not out of his league here at all. He fought pretty well against the Legend.

One must admit Ali was a amazing fighter, the very best heavyweight in my opinion.

Saw this live back when you could (sometimes) see a good fight on television.

Is it just me.. or does Ali look stronger here than in other fights?

Ali the greatest of all time 👍

ALI gave everybody and there 👵 a shot at his title ....

I don't know why but when I watched him fight Joe Bugner (both in 1973 and in 1975), I hoped Ali would win, even though I am English. I had nothing against Bugner but Ali had such a terrific personality. It's the same with the darts player, Eric Bristol. He was so cocky but I wanted him to win.

What a great fight.

Joe was a great fighter. What a shame the UK pubic held a grudge cause he beat Cooper

i never thought that joe bugner is a professional boxer, first i saw him in bud spencer movie. i thought he is only an actor.

bugner was hard to catch early on , and he was also fast...look how ali used speed and timeing in round 1 to take him apart.....bugner had to be taken seriously by ali...he couldnt have bugner knocking him out.

Immortal boxer Ali

Ali was a best boxer.

A lot to learned about Ali in this bout:To fight effectively against Ali,one must move to his right or Alis left.Also move Ali backwards behind the double,triple jab short right cross.Ali was great but not invulnerable.

We missed the best years of Ali , because of all that Vietnam troubled. We really did, sad, terrible and disgusting. As Cassius Clay he was untouchable, too fast and he pulled you into punches. We missed out big time.

Imagine fighting Ali and Frazier within 2 months of each other at 23 years old and going the distance against both? He was more than just decent and had some real skill.

Let's hear it for Ali. The GECOAT! (greatest eye cutter of all time)

No se cómo entrenabas, Alí,pero eras excelente...QEPDescanses

Muhammad Ali was so good he often appears to play with his opponents, not just the obvious clowning moments, i mean in terms of actual commitment to do maximum damage and get rid of his opponents as quickly as possible....he beats EVERYONE without exception past and present, to the punch....no-one matches his hand speed, skills, speed of foot, balance, neither did anyone display a better ability to absorb a good punch, perhaps only Joe Frazier was equal in that regard....no-one, displayed more confidence, self belief, in, and, out of the ring. My initial and central point was especially true before his three and a half year absence from the ring.....three and a half years where it's fair to speculate would have been his prime years, certainly physically.

33:45 awesome glove touch

If you pay attention to any Ali fight, you'll see he had a tactic of softening up his opponents left eye socket! lol He was a head hunter meaning he rarely shot for the body. But whoever he fought with had a sore left eye at the end.

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It's remarkable how often Ali managed to cut his opponent's eye open. You'd almost think that it was a deliberate part of his tacttics

Bugner was solid for sure a good fighter.

On February 14, 1973 Elvis Presley presented Muhammad Ali with an 'Elvis Style' robe emblazoned with the words, 'People's Choice' on the back in rhinestones and jewels. The wording was a mistake as Ali was known as the 'The Peoples Champion'. Elvis was very upset about this but it too late. Ali thanked Elvis for the robe then went directly to the Las Vegas Convention Center for his fight that night against Joe Bugner where he wore Elvis' robe for the first time. Often the story is told he did not wear it this night, but as you can see in the video clip below, he sure did, and he won the fight too! As an aside Sammy Davis Jr was ringside for the fight and bought into the ring post fight by Ali. Al wore the robe a second time, entering the ring on March 31, 1974 at the Sports Arena in San Diego California, for his first fight with Ken Norton. The television commentator can be heard to say 'That robe was given by Elvis Presley at his last fight in Las Vegas. It cost around $3000.00 and it's Ali's pride and joy. On the back it says 'The People's Choice' in rhinestones and jewels and he loves it'. Ali lost the fight (only trhe second professional fight he had ever lost) and never again wore the robe considering it bad luck. 'Elvis was my close personal friend. He came to my Deer Lake training camp about two years before he died. He told us he didn't want nobody to bother us. He wanted peace and quiet and I gave him a cabin in my camp and nobody even knew it. When the cameras started watching me train, he was up on the hill sleeping in the cabin. Elvis had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.' - Muhammad Ali Source: ElvisPresleyPhotos.com

Very good fight. They would not give him a rematch. In usa you have to knock him out for a draw, comentator so biasd. Joe was a fantastic fighter. He never unleashed his true fury, as he had killed a man in an early boxing bout. UK media were terrible to him, disgusting how he was treated. He finally went to Oz.

Greatest fighter of all time ✍️

Float like a butterfly

Cosell: "Ali the black man, Bugner the white man. That's a more direct to say it." This is the stuff of legend.

Bugner's Strategy I know Ali is going to kick the shit out of me, but he's not going to knock me out.🤕✌️

Say what u want Bugner was tough as nails. Getting cut in the first round but he keeps going like a boss

I want to see what Jim McKay was doing at Daytona Beach

Joe put up a stalwart performance against the greatest heavyweight that will likely ever grace this planet.

Ali was a head hunter...!

I wonder if there's a way to digitally remove and replace Howard Cosell in these fights??

Bugner had more style than I thought. The British press just laid into him more than Ali ever did, Bugner was a big mouth but this was part boxing then & now. People didn't think he was British with his accent unlike our 'Enry Cooper cor blimey. Bugner was brave & went the distance twice with Ali but his eyes got cut easy by Round 3.

You know you are good Joe bows his head to ya

you never see ali being aggresive like he was here. it's cool to see

Round 10. How did Bugner ever take those punches straight to the face? It was tough to watch.

The Greatest!

Ali was miracle

رحمةالله على روحك الطاهرة البطل النبيل الأسطورة محمدعلي

the Joes are tough guys..

Mohammed could had put him away hardly any body shots too much looking for the head shot. Bugner took a lot of punishment and gave a massive effort great fight. Old joe would had made a good champion in 2010. But in his day it was an golden age for the big boys of boxing

Fighter full of humanity

I sometimes look at these fights and wonder what scoring system was in place for fights like these. I guess in this case that Nevada didn't have a must-10 rule at the time.

At :20 I just Frazier Foreman fight on you tube and saw what Cosell was describing take place.

That long hair of bugnars.... All you see is ali constantly going upside his head making his mullet jump in pain. But atleast he made it to a decision cause that left eye got cut in the middle of the first round from a two piece with no biscuit.

This is how heavyweights, and all boxing weights, should contest a bout... with boxing and not one moment of clinching, grabbing, wrestling...etc.

It was funny at 22.29 when drew brown budini was like there u go there he is there you go 😂

I'd like to think that after the fight Ali said " Joe you're a tough young kid"

Both are fighting the same style.

Sonny west Elvis bodyguard. Was Muhammad Ali's bodyguard at this fight. Ali ask Elvis if He could use him...

38:50 Ali gives shoutout to Sammy Davis Jr.

I really thought, Joe Bugner would of win that fight! Good to watch,MADD fight.

Buddy has knocked hin out in 2 seconds🤷🏻‍♂️ juz kiddin, great fight 🙏

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i don't know if its true but i heard that joe boxed one guy that died and he seemed to loose that killer instinct boxers have just not enough power in the gloves to really do damage i know he could take a lot of punishment but never found out if it was true that a guy died

Moving like a welterweight. Made Bigner look avrage. And he was a good fighter in his own right