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5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

Beterbiev v Bivol: Bakole replaces Dubois

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Barry Jones joins Buncey as Daniel Dubois pulls out of his world title fight against Joseph Parker through illness. They break down the chain of events that led to Martin Bakole stepping in as a last-minute replacement. Can Bakole be fully prepared on such short notice? What are the implications for Joseph Parker? Buncey also catches up with Josh Padley, who received the call to step in on Wednesday to fight Shakur Stevenson after doctors pulled out Floyd Schofield.

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0:00.0

Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, so I'd like to tell you where you'll find more just like it.

0:05.5

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0:33.4

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0:46.9

This is Five Live Boxing. It's all changing, Rehead. Daniel Dubois is ill and he is out of his fight on Saturday. His defense of the IBF Heavyweight Championship of the world against

0:51.2

Joseph Parker. Parker will now face the Glasgow-based and avoided heavyweight

0:57.7

Martin Bacolis, the second change to the card this week, a week that has been truly extraordinary.

1:05.9

I'm Steve Bunce and this is Five Live Boxing.

1:19.6

So after a truly memorable, ridiculous and crazy night, we've had to retire, take a break, pack away our microphones, pack away our kit, get in a car, vanish to the other side of Riyadh,

1:26.6

find a shisha bar, sit down,

1:29.4

Barry and I, happy as they come.

1:31.4

We've had our, we've had our pina collados and they were very fancy.

1:35.9

We've had a plate of Greek salad.

1:38.1

We've got some squid.

1:39.5

We've got some schnitzel on the table.

1:41.4

Barry's put his gloves on to eat his chicken wings. He's got his massive

1:45.4

shisha pipe. He's happy as Larry. I'm not sure where to start really, because we had the

1:52.0

greatest pod in the world done today. I swear, we recorded today an award, not that I've ever won an

1:57.1

award, an award winning pod. And then about three and a half hours ago,

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