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Muhammad Ali's Joe Bugner clip has viewers questioning the billing

Florid Miston's archive upload draws fresh attention to the heavyweight bout, but some viewers dispute its “most hated” description.

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Why this story? The video is running at 25,396 views a day, 19 times its usual pace (1,319).

When Muhammad Ali Fought Britain's Most Hated Champion

Joe Bugner went the distance with Muhammad Ali. Whether he deserves the label in Florid Miston's title is another matter, and viewers are making that distinction beneath the archive clip.

“When Muhammad Ali Fought Britain's Most Hated Champion” revisits their 1973 heavyweight meeting. Posted five days ago, it added about 25,000 views in a day, roughly nineteen times its usual daily pace. That is a sharp change from its modest first-day audience.

There is history behind the provocative billing. Bugner's disputed points victory over Henry Cooper in 1971 made him a contentious figure in British boxing. But that is not the same as universal dislike: one viewer pushes back on the idea that everyone hated him, while another remembers harsh treatment by the British press.

The boxing gets attention too, with comments focusing on Bugner's jab and how the two heavyweights matched up. Ali won their first meeting by unanimous decision in Las Vegas; Bugner lasted all twelve rounds. The clip sits alongside Florid Miston's other Ali archive uploads featuring Mac Foster and Alvin Lewis, giving the channel's recent run of Butterbean footage a different heavyweight chapter.

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What viewers say

I like the way Ali and Bugner size up together.
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Bugner gets about 1/4 of his jabs in there.
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