Shutouts, Knockouts and Breakouts
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did BBC TV’s return to boxing live up to the hype? Former British middleweight champion Neville Br...
Frazer Clarke v Jeamie TKV: Fight Preview
28 Nov 2025
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Boxing’s back on prime-time BBC TV this Saturday, so Buncey’s in Derby catching up with the figh...
The Surgeon
26 Nov 2025
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Is it time for Ben Whittaker to kick on? The Olympic silver medallist has signed with Matchroom Boxi...
Benavidez v Yarde: The Debrief
23 Nov 2025
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How deceptively good is David Benavidez? Sergio Mora joins Buncey to reflect on that after his win a...
Benavidez v Yarde: Eddie Hearn
21 Nov 2025
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Where does Bam Rodriguez sit on the current pound for pound list? And how the fight between Anthony ...
Benavidez v Yarde: The Fighters
21 Nov 2025
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Can Anthony Yarde do something special to win a world title at the third time of asking or is David ...
Eubank Jr v Benn 2: The Debrief
16 Nov 2025
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Will there be a trilogy? Richie Woodhall joins Buncey to reflect on Conor Benn's points win over Chr...
Eubank Jr v Benn 2: The Preview
14 Nov 2025
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Will it be repeat or revenge? Richie Woodhall joins Buncey to look at where the fight will be won an...
Eubank Jr v Benn 2: Eddie Hearn
13 Nov 2025
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Is AJ going to fight Jake Paul? Is Conor Benn going to beat Chris Eubank Jr. They are just some of t...
Eubank Jr v Benn 2: The Undercard
12 Nov 2025
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Could a fight from the undercard steal the show on Saturday night? Shane McGuigan joins Buncey for a...
Eubank Jr v Benn 2: The Watch-along
11 Nov 2025
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Will the boys see it differently second time around? Popcorn at the ready as Buncey and Barry Jones ...
Eubank Jr v Benn 2: Welcome to Fight Week
10 Nov 2025
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Repeat or revenge? Barry Jones joins Buncey as fight week begins for the long-awaited rematch betwee...
Parker’s Pain, Cameron’s Protest and AJ’s Next Move
03 Nov 2025
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Was Zach Parker robbed of victory against Joshua Buatsi? Barry Jones joins Buncey as the fallout fro...
Parker v Wardley: The Debrief
26 Oct 2025
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Will Fabio Wardley’s stunning stoppage of Joseph Parker set up a showdown with Oleksandr Usyk in 2...
Parker v Wardley: Fight Preview
23 Oct 2025
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Will Joseph Parker’s experience and composure prove decisive, or will Fabio Wardley’s raw power ...
Ben Shalom and the BBC
20 Oct 2025
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Ahead of his first promoted fight on the BBC, Boxxer CEO Ben Shalom joins Buncey for an in-depth con...
Everyone Loves Dave
13 Oct 2025
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Did defeat in Sheffield make Dave Allen even more popular? Barry Jones joins Buncey to reflect on a ...
Boxing’s back on the BBC
06 Oct 2025
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How big a moment is it to see live boxing back on BBC television on a Saturday night? Buncey speaks ...
Dave Allen: Looking Back and Fighting Forward
29 Sep 2025
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Is Dave Allen becoming one of Britain’s most popular boxers? Ahead of his Sheffield headliner, the...
Parker v Wardley: The Heavy Waiting Game.
22 Sep 2025
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Big-time boxing returns to the O2 in October. Former world champion Barry Jones joins Buncey to look...
Eubank v Benn II: The First Face-Off
17 Sep 2025
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Will it be repeat or revenge? Buncey speaks to Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn ahead of their Novembe...
Ricky Hatton: The Hitman’s Legacy
17 Sep 2025
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Will Ricky Hatton go down as one of Britain’s most beloved fighters? Mark Chapman is joined by Sta...
Remembering Hatton with Costello and Bunce
14 Sep 2025
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Buncey is joined by the former BBC Boxing correspondent Mike Costello to look back on the life and c...
Reaction to Ricky Hatton's Death
14 Sep 2025
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Steve Crossman is joined by Steve Bunce and Richie Woodhall to react to the sad news about Ricky Hat...
Canelo v Crawford - The Preview
12 Sep 2025
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Can Terence Crawford cope with the leap in size, and is Canelo Álvarez still at his peak? Those are...
Crocker v Donovan - The Preview
11 Sep 2025
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Will we see a different Lewis Crocker in the rematch? Or will Paddy Donovan pick up where he left of...
Meatball & Chips
08 Sep 2025
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Can Molly McCann replicate her MMA success in the boxing ring? The Liverpudlian has swapped the cage...
Remembering Joe Bugner
01 Sep 2025
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Following the death of British heavyweight legend Joe Bugner, Buncey speaks to those who knew him be...
In Conversation with Hamzah Sheeraz
25 Aug 2025
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Is Hamzah Sheeraz on his way to becoming one of Britain’s most decorated fighters? Fresh from his ...
Itauma v White: The New Prince of Boxing
17 Aug 2025
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Are we one step closer to saying Moses Itauma is the future of heavyweight boxing? Barry Jones joins...
Itauma v Whyte: Fight Preview with Warren, Hearn and Lee
15 Aug 2025
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Will Dillian Whyte’s experience overcome the youthful speed and agility of Moses Itauma, or will t...
Itauma v Whyte: Meet the Fighters
14 Aug 2025
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Is Dillian Whyte being unfairly written off ahead of his fight with Moses Itauma? Buncey sits down w...
The Rise or the Return? Moses Itauma v Dillian Whyte Preview
11 Aug 2025
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Is Moses Itauma the future of the heavyweight division? Barry Jones joins Buncey to preview Saturday...
Inside GB Boxing with Rob McCracken
04 Aug 2025
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How does GB Boxing’s Rob McCracken reflect on the disappointment of Paris 2024? A year on, Buncey ...
Party to Blame? Dubois, Usyk & the Fallout
28 Jul 2025
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Did Daniel Dubois’ defeat to Oleksandr Usyk have more to do with what happened before the fight th...
Usyk v Dubois 2: Fight Review
20 Jul 2025
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Is Oleksandr Usyk one of the greatest boxers of all time? After witnessing another masterclass from ...
Usyk v Dubois 2: Fight Preview with Lennox Lewis and Richie Woodhall
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can Daniel Dubois do what no other fighter has done before him and beat Oleksandr Usyk? Richie Woodh...
Usyk v Dubois 2: Inside the Usyk camp
17 Jul 2025
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What is Oleksandr Usyk really like behind the scenes? Carl Frampton joins Buncey at the press confer...
Usyk v Dubois 2: Breaking Down the First Fight
16 Jul 2025
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What can we take from the first Usyk-Dubois fight? Barry Jones joins Buncey as they rewatch the 2023...
Usyk v Dubois 2: Frank Warren
15 Jul 2025
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Is Frank Warren right to believe Daniel Dubois can beat Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday? Buncey sits down...
Usyk v Dubois 2: Daniel Dubois, Don Charles and an Open-Top Bus
14 Jul 2025
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Repeat or revenge? Darren Barker hops aboard Daniel Dubois' open-top bus with Buncey to preview Satu...
Superb Sheeraz and Sublime Stevenson
13 Jul 2025
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Has Hamzah Sheeraz just announced himself as a new force at 168lbs? After a brutal knockout of Edgar...
Taylor v Serrano III: Katie wins again
12 Jul 2025
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Has Katie Taylor strengthened her claim as the greatest female boxer of all time? Barry Jones joins ...
Taylor v Serrano III: Big Fight Preview
11 Jul 2025
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Barry Jones joins Buncey for an in-depth preview of the trilogy fight between Katie Taylor and Amand...
Taylor v Serrano III: Jake Paul, Taylor's trainer and Serrano's Sister
10 Jul 2025
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Can Amanda Serrano turn the tide and beat Katie Taylor in their trilogy fight on Friday? Buncey head...
Taylor v Serrano III: Catching-up with Katie
09 Jul 2025
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Buncey takes the pod to the public workout, where he catches up with Katie Taylor and her promoter F...
Taylor v Serrano III: Touchdown in New York
08 Jul 2025
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Can Katie Taylor come out on top once again as she takes on Amanda Serrano in their highly anticipat...
Jack’s Back on Track
07 Jul 2025
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Richie Woodhall joins Buncey after Jack Catterall outpointed Harlem Eubank by technical decision in ...
Catterall v Eubank: Who’s Got More to Lose?
03 Jul 2025
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Will Jack Catterall look to make a statement in his fight against Harlem Eubank in Manchester on Sat...
The Girls in the Garden
30 Jun 2025
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Will there ever be a bigger night of boxing than what’s coming to Madison Square Garden on July 11...
The Countdown to Canelo-Crawford begins
23 Jun 2025
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Former world champion Barry Jones joins Buncey to unpack a busy weekend in boxing. They chat Canelo ...
Ellie Scotney - The Queen of Catford
16 Jun 2025
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Buncey sits down with WBO, IBF and Ring Magazine world champion Ellie Scotney as she prepares to hea...
Rain, Sunshine and Hometown Heroes
09 Jun 2025
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Barry Jones joins Buncey to unpack a dramatic weekend of action, as Fabio Wardley delivered a one-pu...
Remembering Ali: Gene Kilroy on the man behind the legend
02 Jun 2025
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Nine years on from Muhammad Ali’s death, Buncey sits down with his close friend and longtime busin...
Taylor falls, Itauma rises
26 May 2025
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Carl Frampton joins Buncey to look back at a busy night of boxing from Glasgow. Will we see Josh Tay...
When a Rhino attacks a Bull
18 May 2025
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Barry Jones joins Buncey to dissect Dave Allen’s TKO win over Johnny Fisher. Along the way they he...
Bosh! Fisher and Allen go again at the Copper Box
16 May 2025
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Buncey is at the weigh-in to chat to Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen ahead of their rematch this Saturd...
Eubank v Benn: Fight Review
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richie Woodhall joins Buncey to reflect on an extraordinary night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium w...
Michael's Mile
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Buncey joins Michael Watson as he walks a mile through the streets of London to raise money for char...
Remembering George Foreman: The Rumble in the Jungle
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we pay tribute to George Foreman after his death at the age of 76, Mike Costello and Steve Bunce ...
2024 5 Live Boxing Awards
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Barker and Barry Jones join Buncey look back at the year in boxing. They highlight their mome...
Usyk v Fury 2: Fight week begins
16 Dec 2024
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Buncey is joined by Darren Barker as fight week kicks off in Riyadh. They hear from Oleksandr Usyk a...
Inside Dale Youth Boxing Club
09 Dec 2024
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Buncey travels to West London to visit one of the city's oldest boxing clubs. He’s joined by three...
Edwards v Yafai - The Preview
29 Nov 2024
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Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn joins Buncey to look ahead to the domestic flyweight clash in Birmingham....
Who will be Lord of the Flies?
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Sunny Edwards and Galal Yafai prepare to face each other this weekend, Buncey looks ahead to the ...
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
18 Nov 2024
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Richie Woodhall joins Buncey to pick through the bones of a busy weekend. They get stuck into the ma...
Wales’ first female world champion
12 May 2024
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Stacey Copeland sits in for Buncey as Lauren Price becomes a world champion. She is joined by Barry ...
Introducing... Powerplay: The House of Don King
09 May 2024
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Veteran fight aficionado Steve Bunce is alongside Heavyweight Champion of the World Lennox Lewis to ...
Pod on tour - The Walsh Brothers in Cromer
10 Feb 2024
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Buncey takes the pod to Cromer for the third stop on its UK tour. He’s joined on stage by the Wals...
2023 5 Live Boxing Awards
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former world champions Barry Jones and Richie Woodhall join Steve Bunce as the 5 Live Boxing awards ...
Simply the Best - A Chris Eubank special
14 Nov 2023
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Buncey travels to Brighton to sit down with former two-weight world champion Chris Eubank. In an emo...
Taylor v Cameron: Meet the fighters
17 May 2023
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Carl Frampton joins Steve at the public workout to look ahead to the mega-fight in Dublin this weeke...
Haringey Box Cup special
20 Jun 2022
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Steve is back on the road this week as he spends the day at the Haringey Box Cup - Europe's largest ...
Wood v Conlan: Who wins?
10 Mar 2022
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Steve takes the pod to Nottingham ahead of the big showdown between Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan on...
Khan vs Brook: Finally Fighting
14 Feb 2022
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Amir Khan and Kell Brook, two names that have been put together for years. The former boxing world c...
Greatest Fights - The Thrilla in Manila (Ali v Frazier 3) with Gene Kilroy
09 Jul 2020
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Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought to a standstill in their final contest back in 1975, in what has...
Greatest Fights: Corrales v Castillo with Joe Goossen
02 Jul 2020
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Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo produced a contest for the ages back in 2005, featuring one of...
Greatest Fights: Benn v Eubank with Richie Woodhall
25 Jun 2020
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The night that "changed British boxing", according to Steve Bunce: Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank's tor...
The man who shot Muhammad Ali
22 Jun 2020
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Legendary photographer Neil Leifer, who captured some of the most iconic images of Muhammad Ali in a...
Greatest Fights - Hagler v Hearns with Andy Lee
18 Jun 2020
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Tommy ‘The Hitman’ Hearns met in April 1985 for two and a half of th...
Greatest Fights - Gatti v Ward I with Paulie Malignaggi
11 Jun 2020
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Reliving the ten round classic between Arturo 'Thunder' Gatti and 'Irish' Micky Ward, in the company...
Greatest Fights - Evander Holyfield on Tyson v Holyfield 1
04 Jun 2020
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Former heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield revisits the night he dismantled Mike Tyson in 1...
Greatest Fights - Carl Froch on Hamed v Barrera
28 May 2020
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Former world super middleweight champion Carl Froch joins Mike and Steve to revisit the night in Las...
Greatest Fights - Ricky Hatton on Hatton v Tszyu
21 May 2020
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Reliving the night in 2005 when Ricky Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu to win his first world title, in fron...
Boxing in Eddie Hearn's back garden; and Adam Booth on training and getting destroyed by Don King
18 May 2020
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After Eddie Hearn revealed he's planning to put on fights in his back garden, are we a step closer t...
Greatest Fights - Tyson v Spinks with David Haye
14 May 2020
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Former heavyweight world champion David Haye joins Mike Costello and Steve Bunce to rewatch the nigh...
Greatest Fights - Sugar Ray Leonard on Leonard v Hearns
07 May 2020
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In the first of a new mini-series, one of the greatest boxers of all time, Sugar Ray Leonard, relive...
Buatsi on training in lockdown, Olympic what-ifs, and the Yorkshireman who fought Ali
30 Mar 2020
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2016 Olympic bronze medallist Joshua Buatsi explains how he's staying in shape during the lockdown, ...
How long until Joshua fights Fury or Wilder?
16 Dec 2019
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How long will boxing fans have to wait to see Anthony Joshua against the other two big names in the ...
Joshua beaten: The rumours, the fallout, and what comes next?
04 Jun 2019
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As the dust settles on Anthony Joshua's stunning upset defeat to Andy Ruiz jr., Mike and Steve debat...
Joshua stunned in New York
02 Jun 2019
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Mike and Steve are ringside in New York's Madison Square Garden where Andy Ruiz Jr. produced one of ...
Joshua v Ruiz: Final fight breakdown
31 May 2019
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Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz jr weigh in ahead of the heavyweight world title fight at Madison Squar...
Joshua vs Ruiz: AJ wants Fury next
30 May 2019
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Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. faced the media for the final time before their world heavyweight t...
Joshua vs Ruiz: Wilder's spanner in the works
29 May 2019
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Deontay Wilder hijacked the fight week news cycle overnight in New York by announcing his next bout ...
Wilder produces an all-time knockout
20 May 2019
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Deontay Wilder once again proved his punching power by knocking out Dominic Breazeale in their WBC h...
BONUS POD: Groves on retirement, Froch and taking control
14 May 2019
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Former super middleweight world champion George Groves reflects on the end of his career, his two ma...
Billy Joe's back, Deontay's underrated and Josh Taylor: world champion?
13 May 2019
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Former super middleweight champion George Groves joins the podcast to talk about the upcoming fights...
Who is boxing's Tiger?
16 Apr 2019
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As Mike and Steve arrive in a chilly New York ahead of Terence Crawford v Amir Khan for the WBO welt...
AJ & Josh Warrington look to America
11 Feb 2019
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With confirmation that Anthony Joshua will fight Jarrell Miller in the States not far away, Eddie He...