Heavyweight · Australia
Joe Bugner 68-12-1 40 KO · 1968–1999
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Joe Bugner was a heavyweight boxer from Australia, born Mar 13, 1950. Record 68-12-1 with 40 knockouts over 1968–1999. Joe Bugner last fought Levi Billups on Jun 13, 1999 and won by DQ in round 9.
Also: Џо Бугнер · Джо Багнер · جو باگنر +10 more جو بوجنر · ジョー・バグナー · 乔·布格纳 · 喬·巴格能 · Bugner · Bugner József · József Kreul Bugner · Багнер · Багнер Д. · Багнер Джо
Born Mar 13, 1950
Died Sep 1, 2025
Country 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇭🇺 Hungary
Stance Orthodox
Height 193 cm
Reach 208.5 cm
Nickname Aussie Joe
Debut Jan 30, 1968
Career 1968–1999
Rounds boxed 565
KO share 59%
Born in Szőreg, Hungary
Titles WBF heavyweight title 1998
Boxerbook rating 1903 ± 231 · inactive since Jun 1999Why here › Confirmed bouts 20 of 81
Career record Record
68-12-1, 40 KOs · 1968–1999
Last result W
Levi Billups
DQ 9 · Broadbeach, 🇦🇺
The record 81 bouts, 1968–1999, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 81, Wikipedia (es) · 4, Wikipedia (ja) · 3, Wikipedia (ru) · 1
W
Levi Billups
DQ 9 · Broadbeach, 🇦🇺
Bugner 67-12-1 · Billups —
W
For vacant WBF heavyweight title RTD 1/12 · Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast, 🇦🇺
Bugner 66-12-1 · Smith 43-18-1
W
Retained Australian heavyweight title SD 12/12 · Carrara, 🇦🇺
Bugner 65-12-1 · Mirovic —
W
Won Australian heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Broadbeach, 🇦🇺
Bugner 64-12-1 · Wilson —
W
Waisiki Ligaloa
Retained PABA heavyweight title TKO 7 · Southport, 🇦🇺
Bugner 63-12-1 · Ligaloa —
W
Young Haumona
Won vacant PABA heavyweight title KO 5 · Carrara, 🇦🇺
Bugner 62-12-1 · Haumona —
L
For vacant WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title TKO 6/12 · Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Bugner 62-11-1 · Welch 16-2-0
W
West Turner
KO 3 · Perth, 🇦🇺
Bugner 61-11-1 · Turner —
W
Won Australian heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Carrara, 🇦🇺
Bugner 60-11-1 · Cervi —
L
TKO 8/10 · White Hart Lane, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 60-10-1 · Bruno 31-2-0
W
UD 10/10 · Entertainment Centre, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Bugner 59-10-1 · Page 27-7-0
W
UD 10/10 · Sydney, 🇦🇺
Bugner 58-10-1 · Bey —
W
PTS 10/10 · Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Bugner 57-10-1 · Tillis 33-9-0
L
SD 10/10 · Osterbro Stadium, Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
Bugner 57-9-1 · Tangstad 18-0-2
W
MD 10/10 · Randers, 🇩🇰
Bugner 56-9-1 · Eklund —
L
UD 10/10 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Bugner 56-8-1 · Frazier 10-0-0
W
Danny Sutton
TKO 9 · Muswell Hill, London
Bugner 55-8-1 · Sutton —
W
John Dino Denis
TKO 3 · Wood Green, London
Bugner 54-8-1 · Denis —
W
Eddie Neilson
TKO 5 · Bloomsbury, London
Bugner 53-8-1 · Neilson —
W
Winston Allen
KO 3 · Bloomsbury, London
Bugner 52-8-1 · Allen —
Show all 81 bouts L
TKO 2/10 · Reunion Arena, Dallas, 🇺🇸
Bugner 52-7-1 · Shavers 65-10-1
W
Gilberto Acuna
TKO 6 · Inglewood, California
Bugner 51-7-1 · Acuna —
L
SD 12/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Bugner 51-6-1 · Lyle 32-6-1
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, 🇲🇾
Bugner 51-5-1 · Ali 47-2-0
W
Retained European heavyweight title TKO 5 · Bologna, 🇮🇹
Bugner 50-5-1 · Cané —
W
Santiago Alberto Lovell
TKO 2 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 49-5-1 · Lovell —
W
PTS 10/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 48-5-1 · Ellis 39-10-1
W
KO 2/10 · Wembley, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 47-5-1 · García 28-6-1
W
Retained European heavyweight title TKO 10 · Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
Bugner 46-5-1 · Baruzzi —
W
Pat Duncan
PTS 10/10 · Wembley, London
Bugner 45-5-1 · Duncan —
W
PTS 10/10 · Wembley, London
Bugner 44-5-1 · Foster —
W
Retained European heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 43-5-1 · Ros —
L
PTS 12/12 · Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 43-4-1 · Frazier 29-1-0
L
UD 12/12 · Las Vegas Convention Center, Winchester, 🇺🇸
Bugner 43-3-1 · Ali 40-1-0
W
Retained European heavyweight title UD 15/15 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 42-3-1 · Lubbers 21-0-0
W
TKO 6 · Ice Rink, Nottingham
Bugner 41-3-1 · Cané —
W
Tony Doyle
TKO 8 · Wembley, London
Bugner 40-3-1 · Doyle —
W
Won European heavyweight title KO 8 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 39-3-1 · Blin 29-10-6
W
Paul Nielsen
TKO 6 · Croke Park, Dublin
Bugner 38-3-1 · Nielsen —
W
Doug Kirk
TKO 5 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 37-3-1 · Kirk —
W
Marc Hans
TKO 3 · Wembley, London
Bugner 36-3-1 · Hans —
W
DQ 5 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 35-3-1 · Caldwell —
W
Brian O'Melia
TKO 2 · Wembley, London
Bugner 34-3-1 · O'Melia —
L
Larry Middleton
PTS 10/10 · Ice Rink, Nottingham
Bugner 34-2-1 · Middleton —
W
Mike Boswell
UD 10/10 · Houston, Texas
Bugner 33-2-1 · Boswell —
L
BBBofC/Commonwealth/EBU Heavyweight Titles PTS 15/15 · Empire Pool, Wembley, London
Bugner 33-1-1 · Bodell 56-10-0
W
Retained European heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Wembley, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 32-1-1 · Blin 26-8-6
W
Won British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight titles PTS 15/15 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 31-1-1 · Cooper 40-13-1
D
Bill Drover
PTS 10/10 · Bethnal Green, London
Bugner 31-1-0 · Drover —
W
Carl Gizzi
PTS 10/10 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 30-1-0 · Gizzi —
W
Miguel Angel Paez
TKO 3 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 29-1-0 · Paez —
W
PTS 10/10 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 28-1-0 · Johnson —
W
PTS 10/10 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Bugner 27-1-0 · Corletti 32-8-5
W
TKO 3 · Wembley, London
Bugner 26-1-0 · Wepner —
W
TKO 5 · Wembley, London
Bugner 25-1-0 · London —
W
PTS 8/8 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 24-1-0 · Patterson —
W
PTS 4/4 · Wembley, London
Bugner 23-1-0 · Ramos —
W
Roberto Davila
TKO 4 · Picadilly, London
Bugner 22-1-0 · Davila —
W
PTS 8/8 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 21-1-0 · Prescott —
W
Charley Polite
TKO 3 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 20-1-0 · Polite —
W
Eddie Talhami
TKO 4 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 19-1-0 · Talhami —
W
Phil Smith
TKO 2 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 18-1-0 · Smith —
L
Dick Hall
PTS 8/8 · Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester
Bugner 18-0-0 · Hall —
W
Moses Harrell
PTS 8/8 · Belle Vue, Manchester
Bugner 17-0-0 · Harrell —
W
Tony Ventura
PTS 8/8 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 16-0-0 · Ventura —
W
PTS 8/8 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 15-0-0 · O'Halloran —
W
Lion Ven
TKO 5 · Wembley, London
Bugner 14-0-0 · Ven —
W
Ulric Regis
PTS 8/8 · Shoreditch, London
Bugner 13-0-0 · Regis —
W
Terry Feeley
TKO 1 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 12-0-0 · Feeley —
W
Rudolph Vaughan
TKO 2 · Kensington, London
Bugner 11-0-0 · Vaughan —
W
George Dulaire
TKO 4 · Bethnal Green, London
Bugner 10-0-0 · Dulaire —
W
Gene Innocent
TKO 3 · Wembley, London
Bugner 9-0-0 · Innocent —
W
Paul Brown
TKO 3 · Connaught Rooms, London
Bugner 8-0-0 · Brown —
W
Vic Moore
TKO 1 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 7-0-0 · Moore —
W
Obe Hepburn
TKO 1 · Wembley, London
Bugner 6-0-0 · Hepburn —
W
Paul Brown
TKO 4 · Royal Albert Hall, London
Bugner 5-0-0 · Brown —
W
Billy Wynter
PTS 6/6 · Bethnal Green, London
Bugner 4-0-0 · Wynter —
W
Mick Oliver
RTD 3 · Mayfair, London
Bugner 3-0-0 · Oliver —
W
Bert Johnson
KO 3 · Bethnal Green, London
Bugner 2-0-0 · Johnson —
W
Jim McIlvaney
TKO 2 · Bethnal Green, London
Bugner 1-0-0 · McIlvaney —
W
Paul Cassidy
TKO 2 · Bethnal Green, London
Bugner 0-0-0 · Cassidy —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Joe Bugner's record? Joe Bugner's professional record is 68-12-1 with 40 knockouts.
Who did Joe Bugner fight last? Joe Bugner last fought Levi Billups on Jun 13, 1999 and won by DQ in round 9. Sources Boxerbook ID 18615 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/18615 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
