Benn Bolts and Wood Wins
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Will there be a bigger boxing story in 2026 than Conor Benn leaving Matchroom? Richie Woodhall joins Buncey to reflect on Benn’s decision to sign with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing, while Eddie Hearn gives his immediate reaction. Plus, they ask what’s next for Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington after their Nottingham rematch, with Wood the clear winner. We hear from both fighters.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | Oh, hello. You have chosen a BBC podcast, but before you listen to it, we thought you might like our podcast too. |
| 0:12.1 | You might. You might. It is called Sightraught with me, Nick Grimshaw. |
| 0:15.2 | And me, Annie Mack. And we talk about the week in music. |
| 0:18.2 | All the news, all the cultural happenings in the UK and beyond. |
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| 0:27.1 | playlists, music mixes and live radio. Everything from my six music breakfast show to Radio |
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| 0:44.8 | This is Five Live Boxing. |
| 0:50.5 | Capacity crowd, great rivalry, rematch, repeat a revenge, what a night. |
| 0:52.7 | Lee Wood beat Josh Warrington again. |
| 0:56.4 | But that was not the biggest boxing story of the weekend. |
| 0:58.7 | Oh no, not even close. |
| 1:04.9 | Connor Ben walked out on Eddie Hearn and Matrim to sign for Dana White and Zuffa Boxing. |
| 1:06.6 | What a story. |
| 1:11.6 | I talked to Ben's former promoter and former friend Eddie. This, my friend, is a very special edition. |
| 1:15.6 | I'm Steve Bunce and this is Five Live Boxing. |
| 1:22.6 | So there was not a seat available in Nottingham and it felt that way when the two of them made their way to the ring. |
| 1:29.3 | It felt big. It felt grand. It felt historic. But the fight very quickly didn't feel |
| 1:37.2 | didn't feel like it had an edge. It was something may be missing. You couldn't take your |
| 1:41.4 | eyes over it. There was something maybe missing. And we will talk about Connor Ben. We'll hear from Eddie Hearn a bit later on. But I'm with Richie Woodard who was working with me for Five Live. And Rich, I'm not being too harsh, am I. It was just, it was, it was, it was, it couldn't take your eyes off it, but it wasn't the first fight, was it? No, it certainly wasn't. I was more impressed with Lee Wood early on in the |
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