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5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

An extraordinary weekend of world title fights

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Steve takes the pod to Manchester ahead of Lara-Wood 2. He speaks to both boxers and promoter Eddie Hearn. We are also in Bournemouth to chat to Lawrence Okolie and Chris Billam-Smith, and in Belfast with Michael Conlan.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Jill Scott's coffee glove. We are back. I'm so excited for the second series, Ben.

0:05.6

It's gonna be so exciting, bigger and better this year.

0:08.6

We've got the Lioness's England manager, Sabrina. Wow.

0:12.1

It's if we've got Sabrina. I'm happy that I've seen her a couple of times after the Euros.

0:16.4

But more anti-V done in life. Oh, you're now here. Let's not forget as well, Jill.

0:21.0

We've got to hear about all your antics in the jungle too. Every now and then,

0:24.5

there'd just be a tan I'd gone, Jill, you're not allowed to leave Cali that way.

0:29.1

So I was constantly getting in trouble.

0:31.0

Jill Scott's coffee glove. Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:37.3

This is Five Life Boxing.

0:40.5

Last weekend, it was Dublin and Katie Taylor losing the Shantel Cameron

0:45.2

in an absolutely amazing fight. The atmosphere was ridiculous. Well, this Saturday,

0:51.8

boxing goes to a different level. Three different venues, world title fights in all of them.

0:58.2

Boom. Chris Billips-Mirror challenges Low and Sacoley for the WBO Cruiserweight title.

1:03.8

In Belfast, Michael Conlon challenges Louise Alberta Lopez for the IBF Everweight title.

1:10.9

And in Manchester, one of the world's greatest boxing venues, Lee Wood fights for his old title

1:17.6

against Mauricio Lara, who knocked him out about 90 days ago. And that's on Five Life.

1:24.3

I'm Steve Bunt and this is Five Life Boxing.

1:33.2

Some in Manchester in a hall that's about 50 feet away from the MEN, as I still call it,

1:39.6

a Manchester arena, whatever it's called, I have no idea what it's called. I don't know it's

1:42.8

for the last 25 years. Some of the greatest fights in British boxing history and world history

1:48.1

have taken place inside that arena. On Saturday, it's Lara Wood and several others. But before

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