Boxing’s Christmas Day

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports News, Sports

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Will we see a better 24 hours of boxing all year? Buncey and Barry aren’t convinced, as they reflect on a huge weekend in Tokyo, Vegas and Wolverhampton. Plus, reaction from Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn and a look ahead to Wardley v Dubois in Manchester this Saturday.

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0:20.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
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0:27.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:31.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:32.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
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0:37.8	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:42.5	This is Five Live Boxing.
0:45.4	One weekend, three very different cities and three very different fights.
0:50.4	Now, it felt like there was about a dozen world title belts at stake in Las Vegas and Tokyo,
0:56.0	and then of course in Wolverhampton. This was a very special weekend.
1:02.0	And next weekend it's Fabio Wardley against Daniel Dubois. Now you know that's going to be a great heavyweight fight.
1:08.0	What a time, you know the rest of the story. These weekends are relentless.
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