Billam-Smith’s first defence
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
As Chris Billam-Smith prepares to defend his WBO cruiserweight world title this weekend, Buncey heads to his gym in East London for a chat. They discuss how preparations are going and why it's so special to fight in his hometown of Bournemouth. English cruiserweight champion Viddal Riley is also on the pod to look back at Jordan Gill’s win at the weekend against Mick Conlan, and Ryan Garcia's return to winning ways in Houston. As well as looking ahead to CBS’s fight, they also chat about the big one in San Francisco between Devin Haney and Regis Prograis.
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| 0:35.0 | It's December and I'm on the road. |
| 0:37.0 | Sure, it's cold, it's icy in parks and even snow on the heels, |
| 0:41.0 | but the journey never ends. Well, seems they'll wait. Today it's two |
| 0:45.0 | venues in East London. First the West Ham gym in Plasto with Cruiserate Prospect |
| 0:50.8 | Vidal Riley and then a quick mile and a half journey a little bit further |
| 0:54.7 | east to McGriggin's gym in Leighton's gym in Leighton for current world champion |
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| 1:20.0 | So the West Ham gym is in the shadow of a train line. Most good gyms are in the shadow of a train light to be honest |
| 1:23.0 | if it as others discovered over the years there even railway arches are actually next to |
| 1:26.6 | a chain this one's next to plaster station used to be in a pub across the road |
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