The Celtic Warrior
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
He beat Nigel Benn twice. He beat Chris Eubank twice. Former two-weight world champion Steve Collins joins Buncey to reflect on his career, including training in the same gym as Marvin Hagler. He also looks ahead the world title fight between Anthony Cacace and Jazza Dickens in Dublin this weekend.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | Hello, I've just nipped in before your BBC podcast starts to tell you all about |
| 0:09.4 | You're Dead to Me. We're the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Also from the BBC |
| 0:13.9 | and presented by me, Greg Jenner. I should have told you that at the beginning. Sorry. |
| 0:17.9 | Anyway, like many other BBC podcasts, such as Desert Island Discs, Evil Genius, or In Our Time, your dead to me is available first on BBC Sounds, |
| 0:26.3 | a whole month earlier than anywhere else, in fact. So if you can't wait another day to hear |
| 0:31.2 | the very latest in history and loads of other good stuff, then listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.3 | This is Five Live Boxing. |
| 0:41.0 | Now, Steve Collins is a giant of British and Irish boxing. |
| 0:44.3 | World titles at two weights. |
| 0:45.8 | He was involved in some unbelievable fights. |
| 0:48.5 | He beat Chris Eubank twice, and he beat Nigel Ben twice. |
| 0:52.3 | Now, he started boxing as a professional in America, just outside Boston. |
| 0:57.0 | In fact, he started under Marvin Hagler's glare, and that's a bit of a glare if you don't mind me saying. |
| 1:03.0 | So, now this Saturday in Steve's beloved Dublin where he was born and raised, |
| 1:08.0 | Antony Kukachi, known as the Apache, will challenge Jazza Dickens for |
| 1:12.1 | the WBA Super Featherweight title. I sat down with Steve at a venue in the infamous, the famous |
| 1:18.9 | knock that's Canuck to you and I, and had a chat with him about his life, his boxing, and that |
| 1:24.3 | particular fight. Also, just to mention, I've got to mention it, this ongoing battle |
| 1:30.3 | between Dana White and, well, the rest of boxing. On Sunday night, Jayopataya, possibly, arguably, |
| 1:37.3 | the best cruiserweight in the world, defended well, not quite sure what he defended, but it wasn't his |
| 1:42.3 | IBF title at Cruzeweight. |
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