Dunn was knocked down five times in five rounds. After the fight, Muhammad Ali promised the gloves he had used in the fight to British promoter Mickey Duff, who was raising funds for Chris Finnegan, a terrific fighter who had lost sight in one eye. When he passed his gloves to Duff in the ring, Ali told Duff to look inside. In one it was written ‘Ali wins’ and in the other ‘round five’.
After winning the European Heavyweight title with a third round TKO OF Bernd August in April 1976, Dunn was given the chance of fighting for the WBC and WBA titles against Muhammad Ali in Munich, for which he received £52,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £472,500 in 2011).
Dunn is also notable as the only Yorkshireman ever to fight Ali, who knocked him out 2:05 minutes into the fifth round; this was to be the last knockout Ali ever achieved in his professional career. Although he was seriously overmatched, many British fans have said that Dunn made one of the most courageous showings of any British fighter when he faced Ali.
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