Ben Shalom and the BBC

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of his first promoted fight on the BBC, Boxxer CEO Ben Shalom joins Buncey for an in-depth conversation about the new partnership. He explains how the landmark deal with the BBC was reached, what it means for the sport to return to free-to-air television, and how he sees the next chapter for British boxing.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.2	The Traitors is back, and this time with celebrities.
0:11.4	Hang on, why wasn't I asked?
0:13.3	Betrayals and mind games.
0:15.0	Behaviour that's usually reserved for backstage is now on national telly.
0:18.7	I hope someone's told them.
0:20.3	And once you've watched the latest action,
0:21.7	join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised podcast.
0:25.1	We'll spill secrets and get to see the celebs react to discovering who the traitors really were.
0:30.5	And this time, I was in the castle too.
0:34.2	The Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked.
0:36.3	Watch on EyePlay, listen for more on BBC Sounds.
0:41.4	This is Five Live Boxing.
0:44.2	Now, some of you, I know, will have seen the brilliant film of Maradonna, yet a footballer warming up in the wet with his boots undone.
0:51.2	You know the clip where he flicks the ball up in the air and it lands on his head, his neck, his knee,
0:56.4	shoulder, chest, thigh, breast, wing, other knee, cheek, hand, toe and his mighty eyebrow.
1:02.7	Well, that's a bit like heavyweight boxing right now.
1:06.2	All the heavyweights and their plans are up in the air.
1:09.7	Tyson Fury is back in the gym.
1:11.6	He wants to fight Usik, but he doesn't want to fight AJ.
1:14.6	That's the rumor.
1:15.6	AJ might fight in Ghana in December.
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