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This is Five Live Boxing.

Boxing is back. We've been away for two weeks. Have you missed us? We've missed you.

Saudi Arabia, Saturday night, Moses Itama. We find out if he is going to be the future of heavyweight boxing.

And Britain's only Mao world champion,

Nick Ball, returns to the ring in Saudi Arabia.

I'm Steve Bunth, and this is Five Live Boxing.

So, heavyweight boxing, Saudi Arabia, seems like a long, long time ago since we were there.

But my next guest, in fact, he's my first guest, but I like to say my next guest,

because that's what they do on American slick TV shows.

My next guest is former WBO Super Feversweight Champion of the world, Barry Jones. Barry, when were we last in Saudi Arabia? I don't know. Next guest is practically my show. I mean, I don't know what you're talking about. Next guest. I mean, I'm trying to think, who's like I got bunt on this week? Who's I go next week? Do you remember that one time I told you this story. If you've heard this story before, I apologize, make a cup of tea for the next 30 seconds. Do you remember that time at Box Nation when we changed all of the graphics to Bunce Nation? So there was no Box Nation. The whole thing was Bunce Nation. And then when we did the graphics at the end, all the different people, everybody was called Bunce. Don't you remember? Everyone's name was Bunce. I remember. I didn't let me go to my head. We were all thinking, p. It wasn't my idea. It was Jim Belly. The eagle on this fellout. And it was February the 22nd. Yes. And it was a brilliant rematch against Betterbeer versus Bivel. And we nearly had a great heavyweight fight. We nearly had a great heavyweight fight. In fact, until about the Thursday morning at 10, 10 a.m., we did have a great heavyweight fight. Joseph Parker in a world title fight against Daniel Dubois. Now, don't worry, you've not been sleeping. It never happened. Parker still hasn't got his shot.

Dubois obviously lost to Ousek.

It's sometimes a bit of a time warp the boxing.

So we're back on Saturday.

Moses Itama, Dillian White, top of the bill.

Nick Bull against Sam Goodman is a WBA featherweight title defence

and then David Adelaire against Philip Hergovich

A lot of eyes obviously on Itama he's the top of the bill

but you're out there when you're flying today later this afternoon or something

yeah yeah I'm out there early as always we do the fight week, but also on the Wednesday,

which I'm really happy about, I would disappoint because it's not an extra pay day. Extra pay day? Not an extra pay week, I should say. It's that WBC Grand Prix tournament, which is all the fighters... What stage are we at now? We're in the... I guess it would be technically the quarterfinals

in our cornering that.

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