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January 9, 1980
Joe Bugner, England, debut vs. Richard Dunn, England, 1-3-0 (1)
Earls Court, London, England. A sold-out crowd of 18,000 have come to witness the debut of the another fighter that fights under the UK Boxing Group banner, Joe Bugner. Bugner is sort of an oddity, a citizen in three countries, Hungary, Australia and England. He was born in Hungary, resides in Australia, actually going by the nickname ‘Aussie Joe’, and fighting here in England. Nobody confuses Bugner with a DWTS contestant, but he is effective in the style that he implements under the expert boxing tutelage of Whitey Bimstein. The cameras have captured a beautiful actress here tonight, Kate Beckinsale, along with the beautiful couple of Victoria and David Beckham in the stands. David Beckham is recovering from surgery to his Achilles tendon that will keep him out of the World Cup this year. The tale of the tape shows Bradford, England’s, Richard Dunn standing 6’4” and weighing 206lbs compared to Bugner at 6’4” and 230lbs. Dunn brings the fight to Bugner as the beginning of the fight gets underway. Dunn lands a lead left, but Bugner counters with a nice combination of his own. A nice, action-packed first round ends in favor of Bugner. A straight right, followed by a left uppercut puts Dunn down for a count of seven in the 2nd round. Dunn shakes off the affect of the last round and rebounds with a solid third round of his own. Both men take the 4th off with Bugner landing a few more shots than Dunn. Dunn is completely unable to get away from anything that Bugner throws and is looking a little worse for the wear. Bugner lands a brutal combination in the eighth that has Dunn on the seat of his pants for a count of 3. Completely drained and fatigued, Dunn walks into a right hook that puts him down. Dunn is incredibly courageous and survives two knockdowns in the 9th to make it to his corner for the last and final round. Dunn does wonders to survive the one-sided affair tonight here at Earls Court. We go to the scorecards.
Winner: Bugner
Result: (UD10)
Cards: 98-88, on all three cards in favor of Bugner
Punch stats: Bugner 281-680, 41.3% - Dunn 120-643, 18.7%
TPE: 0.25
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