Is Opetaia the best cruiserweight in the division?

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Barry Jones is with Buncey this week to pick through the bones of a busy weekend. They start at Wembley as Jai Opetaia was too good for Jordan Thompson. We hear from Opetaia, Eddie Hearn and WBO cruiserweight world champion Chris Billam-Smith, who hopes to make a fight with the Australian. They also look back at the ever-impressive Caroline Dubois who fought at York Hall, and the lacklustre fight in Las Vegas between Canelo Alvarez and Jermell Charlo. And Barry gives his reaction to the news that the Fury-Usyk fight has been signed.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.5	I'm Sasha Johansson, I'm an Assistant Commissioner for the BBC and I work on making podcasts.
0:11.1	My real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest
0:16.9	stars who can really bring those stories to life.
0:20.1	I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final
0:26.0	edit.
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0:37.0	So if you like this BBC podcast, there's so much more to discover.
0:40.6	Have a listen on BBC Sounds.
0:58.0	Friday night boxing, boxing, boxing.
1:01.7	This is just about to become the busiest three months that I can remember.
1:06.6	I'm Steve Bunts and this is Five Live Boxing.
1:16.1	There's only one person on Planet Boxing that can sit with me and analyse fights from
1:21.9	Wembley, Yulkaw and Las Vegas and announcements from all over the world and that man is of course
1:27.7	Barry Jones.
1:28.7	First of all, Barry, how are you doing this morning?
1:29.7	Can I just clarify what you really meant to say was, there's only one person I can find
1:35.6	that this late notice on a Sunday morning and that's the one doing Welshman.
1:40.5	Well, that would be cynical of you, but I do appreciate that you've done five or six
1:44.9	hours of live-to-zone.
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