Lawrence, Lyndon and a lot of fighting

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Steve is joined by Joe Gallagher and Anthony Crolla to look ahead to a big weekend of boxing. We hear from Lawrence Okolie as he defends his WBO Cruiserweight title against David Light on Saturday. And Lyndon Arthur, who fights on Friday shares his remarkable story into professional boxing with the help of his trainer Pat Barrett. Plus, Boxxer CEO Ben Shalom joins the pod to chat about his show this weekend in Manchester.

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0:00.0	The Albert Park Circuit Longitude in Massachusetts, 144.9.
0:07.4	51035 degrees East 37.8.
0:12.8	5101 degrees Safe 3.2800 miles in length 14 turns
0:19.6	We'll get into the who's on the what-notts later on
0:22.6	Is a checkered flag podcast Get analysis, and reaction
0:25.7	With the checkered flag podcast
0:27.6	Listen on BBC Sounds
0:31.6	5 live boxing
0:38.0	What a weekend of boxing it will be three shows on television
0:41.0	Two World Tidelfites, the best and British talent
0:43.8	What a week it's been
0:45.6	What a year it's been
0:46.9	What a time it's been
0:48.4	I'm Steve Bunts and this is 5 live boxing
0:57.6	Now I'll sat at the night on 5 live at 10pm
1:04.0	There's live commentary of the WBO Cruiserweight Championship of the world
1:08.8	featuring Laurence Coley, Zumbietan, he was an Olympian back in Rio
1:13.8	He's actually in many ways he might just be the best cruiserweight in the world
1:18.6	He might be defending his title against the New Zealander called David Light
1:23.8	Now I'll be absolutely honest if you're a New Zealander called David Light
1:27.7	is not necessarily the scariest introduction to a man fighting for a title
1:33.6	But trust me the 6'1", Cruiserweight can fight a bit
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