Cooper vs Bugner.

I can only remember the reviews of the time in the different boxing mags as I didn't see the fight and they all had it close to even with either fighter winning as you did by one point. Maybe in his prime Enery would have caught Joe like Frazier did with the big left hook and it would have erased any doubts.

 

Its just the whole of the uk had a love thing for cooper,whikle bugner was never loved as much,he was pretty stand offish at times,and was seen as the outsider by many,which probaly blinded them.

 

Unfortunately I have never seen the footage to score, was this the root of dislike for (I am Hungarian, I am English, No I am an Austrialian) Bugner

 

It was very close:

It just that Cooper was that popular, he could get away with sulking about it. Apperently he never forgave Harry Gibbs...

It did not help Bugner's career either, Cooper was a very poor sport about that fight.

 

i'm sure i saw this a few years ago with carpenter doing the commentary.the fight could have gone either way but harry was saying at the end something like "how can they take a mans title away like this" and tbh these sort of comments helped fuel the fire.

 

hahahaa thats funny,yegh ol aussie joe,now or what ever countrys hes in now,,

 

"Aussie" Joe has been an Australian citizen for over twenty years now and we're proud to have him.
How dare you guys question his patriotism.:twisted:

 

it was a very close fight which could have gone either way.it was just because "good ole enery" was a national institution and harry carpenters totally over the top reaction made people think he was robbed.

 

Close call could have gone either way ,I gave it to Cooper, but Harry Carpenter's commentary was misleading,[as it so often was,he re did the Ali Foreman one ,so badly did he misread the fight,"Ali can hardly hold his hands up"etc].The Cooper Bugner fight was too close for all the furore it provoked ,imo , rather like Hagler v Leonard.

 

He also had bruno winning against tyson to if i remember,one good shot does not win you a fight,unless it puts the guy over:good

 

Saw this fight over twenty years ago and from what I remember I had Cooper winning by a mile. Long time ago though.

 

Bugner was a clown, he was fortunate that 'Enery was over the hill by that stage (and yet he still arguably won the contest). Cooper should forever be regarded as the superior of these two fighters. :good