Steve Bunce

Yeah, yeah, I tried.

Rick, I've got to start with what happened after the fight.

We'll go back to the fight and the week in a second.

With Karim, your manager, and you all agreeing to file a complaint.

Who was that filed with and why have you done that?

And that's it.

By the referee, Mark Lyson, because the bell had sounded and that's when the stoppage happened.

Rico, in that last round, could you sense yourself tiring?

Because it was a draining fight for both fighters, but in the last, say, 30, 40 seconds before the knockdown, could you sense that the fight was in danger of going because you were so tired?

Did you get that sense?

Because you'd seen the scorecards after four rounds and after eight rounds, and you were surprised that you were not clearly leading.

Yes, sir.

Did that make you want to increase your pace, knowing that it was still tied?

Because he needed you to take risks in that last round, to catch you with the punch he caught you with.

Exactly, because just attacking me randomly, he would have never caught me.

This is a really strange thing to ask you.

Was he slightly easier to fight than you expected him to be?

Because we've talked about him being a master, a throwback, a genius.

You showed him things he'd never seen before.

Rico, could I take you back a few days before the fight, on about the Tuesday, the Wednesday, when you were everywhere doing massive sessions, three hours on the red carpet, doing interviews constantly.