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Watch: On This Day In 1971 American Batters Hungarian In Nottingham

Joe Bugner will be remembered by many for his defeat to England’s Frank Bruno as well as to Muhammad Ali.

Bugner born in Szőreg, a southeastern suburb of Szeged in southern Hungary also had dual citizenship in Australia and England.

On this day in 1971 in England another American was to deliver a beating to the Hungarian that many might not be aware of.

In the form of Larry Middleton in Nottingham:

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