Beterbiev v Bivol: Fight Week Begins
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Buncey is back in Riyadh as fight week kicks off for what many consider the greatest card ever. Joined by former world champion Darren Barker, they start with Daniel Dubois, who defends his IBF world heavyweight title against Joseph Parker. Dubois shares his thoughts ahead of the fight. Also on the pod are Artur Beterbiev and Dmitri Bivol, as they prepare to face off once again, with Beterbiev aiming to defend his undisputed light heavyweight crown. They also take a quick look at the rest of the stacked card, agreeing that every fight is a true 50-50 contest. Plus, following Jack Catterall’s defeat over the weekend, they ask what went wrong for the Chorley fighter.
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| 0:31.9 | This is Five Live Boxing. |
| 0:34.7 | It started in October 2023. Since then, we've been back in Saudi Arabia for great fight after great fight after |
| 0:41.8 | great fight. |
| 0:42.6 | This bill on Saturday might just be the greatest bill ever. |
| 0:47.6 | Hey, it looks that way on paper. |
| 0:50.3 | I'm Steve Bunce and I'm back in the Middle East, back in Saudi Arabia, back looking at roads that are 15 lanes wide, knowing the desert's out there somewhere. |
| 1:00.0 | It's cold but don't worry, it's Saudi Arabia, it's boxing and this is 5 live boxing. |
| 1:10.0 | Now I'm not quite sure that we could find another five-star hotel in Riyadh. |
| 1:16.6 | We seem to have done pods from just about every single five-star hotel in Riyadh, but we found a new one. |
| 1:23.6 | Barry Jones, he's still up in the sky, so I'm with Darren Barker once again to set the scene, |
| 1:31.3 | to paint the picture, to talk about the week. |
| 1:34.5 | But first of all, before I introduced Darren and let him speak, I've got to tell you that today was the open day for the media |
| 1:41.9 | where we get to speak to all 14 of the boxes seven fights |
| 1:45.9 | 14 boxes and darren and i have both done a serious session i got here at quarter to 12 and it's |
| 1:54.1 | now about half past seven or 20 to eight so that's a big session i think darren barker has done even |
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