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5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

Tyson Fury: Make Boxing Great Again

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports News, Sports

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Can Tyson Fury be the sport’s saviour after vowing to make boxing great again? The Gypsy King joins Buncey to reveal why he’s ended his retirement, why he’s convinced another world title is within reach, and why he’s decided to go without a trainer. We also hear from his promoter, Frank Warren, and his opponent, Arslanbek Makhmudov. Plus, Barry Jones breaks down the fight and explains what each man must do to get the win.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.

0:05.6

Oh, hello. You have chosen a BBC podcast, but before you listen to it, we thought you might like our podcast too.

0:12.1

You might. You might. It is called Sightraught with me, Nick Grimshaw.

0:15.2

And me, Annie Mack. And we talk about the week in music.

0:18.2

All the news, all the cultural happenings in the UK and beyond.

0:22.2

And great guests. And it's on BBC Sounds. Yes, where you can also enjoy lots of

0:27.1

playlists, music mixes and live radio. Everything from my six music breakfast show to Radio

0:33.2

3 Unwind. But obviously start with our podcast, sidetrack. Obviously. Obviously.

0:40.1

So if you like music, listen on BBC Sans.

0:44.7

This is Five Live Boxing. So another heavyweight showdown, another outdoor fight, the 12th in about seven years,

0:51.1

68,000 at Spurs for the return, the inevitable return of the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury,

0:58.1

against Arslanbeck MacMoodov, 840 11th, Tottenham Hotspurst Stadium. I'm Steve Bunce, and this is 5 Live

1:06.9

Boxing.

1:13.5

Seems like an awful long time ago since the first came to Spurs and sat out on that

1:17.9

balcony with Anthony Joshua, who was in great form.

1:21.0

A few weeks later, it was going to be fighting Alexander Ousick.

1:23.4

And then, of course, there was Connor Ben and Chris Eubank to us.

1:26.6

And of course, there was December the 3rd, 2022 in the freezing cold. No, it wasn't. It was tropical. Derek Del Boy Chisora in what we thought might be his last fight against Titan Fury. This place is not that old, but it's had some big, big nights. He's got another one, April 11 of two men, both over about six or eight, Tyson Fury, obviously, and Arslenbeck Mac Moodov. Now, they're two very different men, as you're going to hear very shortly, but before I hear from the boxes and also the promoter Frank Warren, obviously I've dragged along as an awful long way. Barry seems to have travelled at halfway across Siberia. Barry Jones is with me.

2:01.3

Barry, first of all,

2:02.2

you've been around the two fighters

2:03.6

today, you've seen them, you've got a bit of a buzz, a bit of a vibe. What's your gut feeling? That's the first part of the question. The second part is, did you always know Tyson Fueu to end his retirement and come back to boxing? Of course I did.

2:17.0

I mean, he was never going to stay retired.

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