Jürgen Blin was a German boxer

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 who on 26 December 1971 was knocked out in the seventh round by Muhammad Ali

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Blin's record in the ring was 31-11-6 with nine knockouts. He was greatly admired by German boxing fans for his toughness and stamina in the ring. He was briefly heavyweight champion of Germany after beating Gerhard Zech (he had two draws with him previously).

Blin lost a decision to Joe Bugner

Joe Bugner

József Kreul "Joe" Bugner is a Hungarian-born British-Australian former top heavyweight boxer. He holds triple nationality, being a citizen of Hungary and a naturalized citizen of both Australia and the United Kingdom where he learned to box and spent his peak years.Born in Szőreg, a southeastern...

 when he fought for the European Heavyweight title in May 1971. He won the title the following year, his greatest triumph in the ring, when he beat Jose Urtain. However, in October 1972, he once again faced Bugner who retained the title by knocking the German in the eighth round.

In 2002, Blin collaborated with author Stephen Brunt

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on a book called Facing Ali. He said that fighting Ali was the greatest honour of his life.