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Boxing legend ‘Aussie Joe’ Bugner, known for taking on Muhammad Ali, dies aged 75

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Former heavyweight boxer Joe Bugner is being remembered as a formidable fighter, but also for his kindness and humility. At his professional peak in the 1970s, the Hungarian-born boxer, who lived more than half his life on the Gold Coast, fought Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier during a remarkable 32-year professional career.
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