Celebrations, Controversy and a New Champion

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports News, Sports

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Did Brandon Figueroa and his team go too far with their celebrations? And what’s next for Nick Ball? Barry Jones joins Buncey to analyse a lively fight in Liverpool, where Ball lost his world title after hitting the canvas twice in the 12th. Plus, as the fighters gathered at London’s Olympia last week to announce the MVP-promoted all-women’s card on 5 April, Buncey catches up with many of them.

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0:41.2	This is Five Live Boxing.
0:44.0	Now going into last weekend, we had six British male world champions.
0:48.4	Now we're down to five.
0:49.6	Nick Ball lost his WBA featherweight title with a dramatic 12th round stoppage loss to Brandon Figueroa in
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