MALAYSIA: MUHAMMAD ALI AND JOE BUGNER DISCUSS BUGNER'S DEFEAT IN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
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MALAYSIA: MUHAMMAD ALI AND JOE BUGNER DISCUSS BUGNER'S DEFEAT IN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
- Title: MALAYSIA: MUHAMMAD ALI AND JOE BUGNER DISCUSS BUGNER'S DEFEAT IN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH
- Date: 2nd July 1975
- Summary: 1. LV PAN Crowd outside stadium 0.15 2. CU Bugner commenting after fight 0.56 3. CU Ali speaking 2.05 TRANSCRIPT: BUGNER: "He kept saying to me, 'Come on let's hear you working.' I knew, I knew he was trying to wear me out quicker... predicting he was going to knock me out in ten. But what I wanted to do mainly was to try to wear him down. But he clicked on quite soon and he played around. Unfortunately, he had the experience on me and the edge, but it won't happen the next time." QUESTION: "Would you say you underestimated Muhammad Ali?" BUGNER: "Well, no, I didn't underestimate anything, I knew that Muhammad was very strong and for because a man that spars 15-rounds three days before the fight must be taking the fight very seriously. I knew he was in top condition whatever the press said." ALI: "When I retire I want it to be said there weren't nobody around to beat me. Now there's three men around Norton, Foreman and Frazier and they still think might win, so I'm not going to be considered yellow o hang around. Joe Bugner will be the next Champ as soon as I retire. I knew he can do it. I couldn't hurt him and only hit him during the last of the rounds when I got a few openings. But he's strong. He's young. That's right, Joe, you are the greatest next to me. Joe Frazier didn't give me as rough a time as you, Ken Norton didn't give me as rough a time as you, George Foreman didn't give me as rough a time as you and you are the next man in line. I'm 33. You've got 8 long years before you're this age. I'm going to be gone very soon. I'm barely hanging on the ropes now. So just lay dead, stay in shape, because this is your world. You have the complexion, the connections, the complexion, and you have the skills and the will to do the job." Initials BB/0015 DSD/MR/BB/0025 This film includes interviews with Joe Bugner and Muhammad Ali. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 16th July 1975 13:00
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- Location: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
- Country: Malaysia
- Reuters ID: LVA69IBTP6FQK29V4KF68NQRMKQL
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