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5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

Bish, Bosh, Bam! Rodriguez beats Edwards

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Barry Jones joins Steve to look back at one of the fights of the year. They discuss why Jesse Rodriguez was just too good for Sunny Edwards. We hear from Sunny in the ring afterwards and why an early injury to his eye hampered his fight. And with next weekend’s “Day of Reckoning” card in Saudi looming, the guys cast their eyes over some of the fights.

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0:39.7

This is five live boxing.

0:44.7

It was the fight of sunny Edwards's life.

0:47.2

One of the fights of the year.

0:49.2

Edwards lost his world title.

0:51.1

Jesse Van Rodriguez was brilliant in victory. It was an unforgettable event and

0:56.7

an unforgettable night in Phoenix. And the boxing's not finished for the year. We're off

1:02.4

to Saudi Arabia this week,

1:03.7

pods all week and it's the day of reckoning. Heavyweights, world champions. What a

1:09.4

day, what a night it will be. I'm Steve Bunz and this is five live boxing.

1:20.0

So the sun is still out in Arizona, not for Sunny Edwards, it's out for us.

1:25.2

I'm in the car park again. The 49ers are in town, they're going to play the

1:29.7

Cardinals, means nothing to me. I'm not an NFL fan, but some people are inside this giant arena just off to my left. It's glistening in the sun. The state farm arena. 63,000 people will be inside there. Most of them seem to be queuing up to buy food over this busy

1:45.7

weekend and less than half a mile from that arena is the Desert Diamond Arena

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