Editing Joe Bugner (section)

====Regains British, European & Commonwealth titles====

Early in 1976, Bugner announced his retirement from boxing, stating that he no longer felt motivated to fight professionally.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} Within months however he returned to the ring, expressing disgust at Richard Dunn's performance against Ali and in October, he blasted out [[Richard Dunn (boxer)|Richard Dunn]] in the first round to reclaim the British, British Commonwealth and European championships. Onlookers state that they had never seen Bugner angry before and that while Dunn's supporters had waged a quite unsportsmanlike campaign against Bugner, if he had fought like that in his earlier career, he could have gone further.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In 1977, Bugner lost a close twelve-round decision away from home to top contender [[Ron Lyle]]. The scores were 57–53 and 56–54 for Lyle against 55–54 for Bugner. After this bout, Bugner again retired, making only sporadic comebacks to the ring over the next decades.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}