Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Bugner, who twice fought Muhammad Ali, dies aged 75

Joe Bugner practices for a fight against title challenger Jurgen Blin at the Craven Arms Gym, London, May 1971. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images

British boxer Joe Bugner with his Rolls Royce, with the number plate 'UGT 1' in 1973. Photo: Robert Stiggins/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Muhammad Ali fights Joe Bugner on February 14, 1973 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images

British boxer Joe Bugner was known as 'Harmless Hercules'. Photo: Express/Getty Images

Joe Bugner and Henry Cooper who was beaten after 15 rounds on points alone. Photo: Monte Fresco/Mirrorpix via Getty Images

Joe Bugner, the former British, European and Commonwealth heav

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