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Joe with Blocker Roach Alan Jones & Max Markson |
Boxer Big
Joe Bugner (he's 6'4" but seems taller) has finally written the story of his life.
Joe became the heavyweight champion in 1998 at the age of 45. And along the way he fought the world's greats including
Frank Bruno, Henry Cooper and
Joe Frazier. He's probably best remembered for being one who went 30 rounds with the greatest of them all,
Muhammad Ali who predicted after that fight that Joe would be world champion one day.
Born in Hungary, Bugner and his family fled when Joe was aged 6 by walking to then Yugoslavia and eventually settled in the UK. At school he was bullied before he learned to fight back.

Broadcaster
Alan Jones launched Bugner's book -
Joe Bugner, My Story- at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel (which found fame as the pub where
Prince Frederick of Denmark met his future bride Mary). Jones gave us a potted history of Bugner's life which has been really quite adventurous. Joe also became a movie star appearing opposite
Jean Claude Van Damme in the action flick
Street Fighter. These days he lives on Queensland's Gold Coast with beloved wife
Marlene Bugner, a former
News Ltd journalist, making personal appearances at Jupiter's Casino.
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One guest at Joe Bugner's book launch was the Porsche racing driver and boss of
Fiji Water,
Aaron Zerefos. Zerefos bid farewell to other guests at the bash and said he was popping over to the Finger Wharf for a bite to eat.
Taking in the evening air the
Shuttle spotted him at
Otto's deep in conversation with
Khloe Kardashian.
left
: a Kardashian heads to Otto's for a meeting with Aaron Zerefos (right)