Parting the Heavyweight Division - Moses Itauma
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Want to know more about Moses Itauma? How good is he, and how good can he become? Buncey sits down with boxing’s hottest prospect to find out what makes him tick and learn more about his path to this point. We also hear from his promoter, Frank Warren and his opponent this weekend, Jermaine Franklin. Plus, there’s analysis from former world champion Barry Jones.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | An early start here. It's time to kick off. |
| 0:10.0 | Your day. Morning! |
| 0:11.9 | What a line-up. |
| 0:13.3 | Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show. |
| 0:16.1 | The crowd is loving this. |
| 0:18.3 | Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind. |
| 0:20.2 | From morning chaos to match day commentary. |
| 0:23.6 | And everything in between. |
| 0:25.0 | BBC sounds packed with personality. |
| 0:30.7 | This is Five Live Boxing. |
| 0:33.5 | The heavyweight season is here. |
| 0:35.7 | Over the next eight weeks, the very best heavyweights, the best known heavy weights, the most feared heavyweights, the most seasoned heavyweights will all be in fights. |
| 0:45.3 | Alexander Usik, Tyson Fury, Fabio Wardley, Daniel Dubois, Derek Del Boy Chisora and Deonti Wilder and the new kid. |
| 0:57.2 | And that's what this show is all about. |
| 0:59.5 | Moses Atama is just 21. |
| 1:02.8 | He might just be the best heavyweight prospect in the world. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Steve Bunce and this is Five Life Boxing. |
| 1:21.2 | Now if Moses Atama was an American, we would be saying he's the second coming of something I'm not sure. Just to fill you in, he's 21 years of age, he's British. He's unbeaten in 13 fights. |
| 1:29.1 | He's stopped or knocked out or bludgeoned 11 of his opponents. |
| 1:33.3 | He's rarely put a foot wrong or thrown a punch wayward. |
| 1:37.9 | Everything so far has been perfect in the Moses Itama life. |
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