Eubank v Benn II: The First Face-Off

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Will it be repeat or revenge? Buncey speaks to Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn ahead of their November rematch at the Tottenham Hostpsur Stadium. He also hears from their respective promoters, Ben Shalom and Eddie Hearn. Plus, fresh from winning his first world title, Lewis Crocker pops over for a chat.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	He scored goals, lifted trophies and broken records along the way.
0:11.4	And now he's got a podcast.
0:13.2	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:15.2	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kay Kerrude and me, Kelly Summers,
0:18.6	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond. As much as you'd like to say it
0:22.9	loyalty in football now is there's no existence
0:24.7	whether that's fun players or managers.
0:26.5	Plus we'll hear the funniest, wildest and most
0:28.8	outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
0:31.2	The Wayne Rooney Show. It's what
0:32.7	everybody's talking about. Watch a night
0:34.7	player, listen on Towns.
0:38.3	This is 5 Live Boxing.
0:40.3	The first fight was sensational. Conor Ben, Chris Eubank Jr.
0:44.3	Nothing in it. Ubank Jr. left with the win. They can do it all again at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
0:49.3	I went along to the conference spoke to both the fighters, both their promoters and a few other voices.
0:55.5	I'm Steve Bunce and this is Five Live Boxing.
1:00.8	Now the press conference has just finished and you're going to probably read and hear an awful lot
1:05.7	about some of the things that were said and some of the accusations that were made at the press comments.
1:10.5	We're not going to go in to them now because I can assure you now that most of it's already
1:14.9	libelous and it's going to be legal.
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