Editing Joe Bugner (section)

==Early years==
Bugner and his family fled to the [[United Kingdom]] in the late 1950s because of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet Union's]] invasion of Hungary in 1956 after the [[Hungarian Uprising of 1956|Hungarian Uprising]] of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Joe_Bugner |title=Joe Bugner - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia |publisher=Boxrec.com |date=28 March 2012 |access-date=25 October 2012}}</ref> Initially, he was one of about 80 refugees housed in the students' Hostel at Smedley's factory in [[Wisbech]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Smedley|first=Michael|title=Smedley's in Wisbech|journal=Annual Report|volume=52|pages=7–11|year=1991|publisher=Wisbech Society}}</ref> They settled in the [[Huntingdonshire]]<!-- Do not change to Cambridgeshire; St Ives was part of Huntingdonshire at the time --> town of [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]] near the [[The Fens|Fens]]. So, as local custom dictated, he was known as a [[Fen Tiger (disambiguation)|Fen Tiger]].{{cn|date=March 2025}} Bugner excelled in sports at school and was the national junior discus champion in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ruff|first1=David|title=Joe Bugner Keeps on Coming Back - Interview|url=http://www.doghouseboxing.com/DHB/Ruff092110.htm|website=doghouseboxing.com|access-date=5 July 2014}}</ref> He lived and trained in [[Bedford]] during his early boxing years; he was a regular at Bedford Boys Club under the training of Paul King<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960714/ai_n14057582 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095146/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960714/ai_n14057582 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> and attended Goldington Road School in Bedford.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}