How would a prime Joe Bugner in this era?

He would beat Wilder and have a 50/50 chance against both Joshua and Fury

 

He'd do as well as he did back then I think. Never enough to get to the top but at his best a extreme tough fella to beat.

 

He’d do good enough to have more than a couple of title chances but with bugner at title fight level it would depend on his mood for he could beat wilder and Joshua but he’s not a shoe in

 

He wouldn't be a ranked contender today, all the top guys hit way too hard for the Bug, and he wouldn't be able to peck and poke his way to decisions.

 

He would probably do well. His jab alone would present problems. He might fit in perfectly.

 

he'd do just fine and he'd probably be fighting at Cruiserweight!

Bugnar is a legit Contender, so little to worry about there, he'd hold his own with most of his peers in any era.

 

Bugner was a tough, durable fighter. He came up short against the elite of his day, but anybody that defeated him usually did not look good in doing so. Would have liked to seen him against Quarry and Foreman. While they were overall better fighters, Joe had the style to frustrate both, and I would not feel confident in picking either over him. But to answer the question posed in the thread, I think Bugner would do about the same today as in his actual career. He was a big, durable fellow with decent boxing skills in an era of quality heavyweights and I believe that would make him a solid contender in any era.

 

I think a prime Joe Bugner had the potential to match anything Tyson Fury has done. If he really wanted to.

 

He'd hold a belt

 

And that tells you EXACTLY how terrible heavyweight boxing has become. Lazy non throwing paciFIST Joe Bugner. Pathetic

 

Joe Bugner was 6' 4 w an 82" reach and weighed 225 without touching a weight or PED's .. he had a terrific chin , was fast, could box and move .. he'd be very competitive ..

 

As EVERY heavyweight great was up to the Tyson era. They never lifted weights. Weights ruin fighters bodybuilder fighters get kayod and destroyed everytime.

 

I don't have really anything to add but I did examine his record and saw that he was only 6 months away from fighting 5 decades!

 

This thread reminds me of when Joe copped a lot of flak, for going swimming in the pool after the Ali fight in Kuala Lumpur.
Ali used to stick up for Joe.
Like someone said, If Ali was so great, then how did Bugner go the distance twice with him, if he was that bad?