Boxing’s Christmas Day
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What were the highlights of the boxing weekend in Tokyo, Vegas, and Wolverhampton?
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One weekend, three very different cities and three very different fights. Now, it felt like there was about a dozen world title belts at stake in Las Vegas and Tokyo and then, of course, in Wolverhampton. This was a very special weekend. And next weekend, it's Fabio Wardley against Daniel Dubois. Now, you know that's going to be a great heavyweight fight. What a time.
How did Eddie Hearn react to the boxing events?
You know the rest of the story. These weekends are relentless. I'm Steve Bunce, and this is 5 Live Boxing. As I say, it was that type of weekend. Fights all over the place, but not just fights. Super fights, supersonic fights, great fights, intriguing fights. And venues, Tokyo Dome, 55,000 people. The T-Mobile in Las Vegas, Cinco de Mayo. Did someone say Canelo? Forget it. It's not about him anymore. And then... one of the great forgotten venues in Great Britain, one of my favourites. I remember going there for the first time about 29 years ago, covering a British title fight and being petrified. The Civic Hall in Wolverhampton.
What makes the upcoming Wardley vs. Dubois fight significant?
I watched all three. Barry commentated on two. That's who I'm with today. I'm with Barry Jones. Barry, first of all... We've had some great weekends and people think I'm a hype in our business. But can you remember a 36-hour period like this last weekend?
No, I've been saying, if you're a boxing fan, this is your Christmas day. Because it was literally, you got the pound for pound suit. You got two people in the top 10 pound for pound fighting each other. To arguably maybe become the pound for pound number one. Arguably. in in the biggest fight in japanese boxing history yeah in front of 55 000 people indoors which is just crazy yeah and then you go then you got wolverhampton in a guaranteed bang up which it turned out to be we'll talk about that in a minute of course in a great in a great venue for a great atmosphere because it's like the york hall with an extra tier on top isn't it and a bit tighter and a bit more compact i know people don't fall off that third tier oh it's really do you see a load of lead
is up there yeah it's mad isn't it it was on people's thighs it was crazy and they're all dancing up there the atmosphere was fantastic and the fight lives up to the hype and then of course two Mexicans on a Mexican holiday in Las Vegas giving us We knew it was going to be a treat, but an unexpected treat, I would say.
How did the atmosphere contribute to the fights in Wolverhampton?
We didn't think it was going to play out the way it quite did.
We'll go through them in detail. So in Wolverhampton, it was Connor Walker, former British welterweight champion, against Sam Eggington, former British welterweight champion. And one was from Wolverhampton. He could walk to the venue. And the other one was from Birmingham. He could get a short drive in a taxi to the venue. Then in Las Vegas, it was Gilberto Ramirez. against David Benavides. Benavides coming up in weight world, and Ramirez had come up in weight. They both were super middleweight world champions 10 or 9 years ago. And then the big one, really the big one, was the Naoi Inui against Junto Nakatani. Is my pronouncing it correctly?
Junto Nakatani.
Nakatani, okay.
What were the key moments in the Connor Walker vs. Sam Eggington fight?
That was in Tokyo, and that was for all the belts at Super Bantam. In fact, what's interesting is that it didn't really become about the belts. Any of those three, even though there were loads of belts involved and loads of shenanigans and the pound for pound, all that type of stuff, it just became about three different fights. And in some ways, Barry, they were three very, very different fights. So I'm going to give you... As I was saying, three evenly matched fights. Oh, so on paper... That's unusual, that was called. Absolutely, on paper, you could take it... So there's six potential winners of the three fights.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the highlights of the boxing weekend in Tokyo, Vegas, and Wolverhampton?
0:00–1:21
2
How did Eddie Hearn react to the boxing events?
1:21–2:07
3
What makes the upcoming Wardley vs. Dubois fight significant?
2:07–3:22
4
How did the atmosphere contribute to the fights in Wolverhampton?
3:22–4:07
5
What were the key moments in the Connor Walker vs. Sam Eggington fight?
4:07–5:02
6
How did the boxing community respond to the results of the fights?
5:02–5:33
7
What insights did the hosts share about the future of boxing events?
5:33–6:09
8
What are the predictions for the upcoming heavyweight championship fight?
6:09–43:02