Frank Warren reacts to Fury-Usyk drama
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Buncey is joined by Queensberry boss Frank Warren to discuss an eventful 36 hours for the Fury-Usyk fight. He tells us how he found out about the cut to Tyson Fury and reacts to some of the conspiracy theories doing the rounds. Barry Jones is also on the pod and gives his reaction to the news and the rescheduled date. And we hear from Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez after their 12 rounds at Wembley at the weekend.
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| 0:44.4 | This is five-life boxing. |
| 0:49.4 | We love a soap opera in boxing, it's on, it's off. |
| 0:52.4 | Did he, didn't he, he did she didn't she well guess |
| 0:55.2 | what the fight was on oh look Zandu whosy was fighting Tyson Fury and then there |
| 1:01.0 | was a wayward elbow and then it was off and then 24 hours later it was on. |
| 1:05.8 | I know it's hard to keep up. |
| 1:07.4 | Do your best. |
| 1:08.3 | I'm Steve Bunce. |
| 1:09.3 | This is five live boxing. And I'm with Barry Jones and Barry there is only one place to start this week. |
| 1:22.0 | It's that utter sense of dread that we fear as |
| 1:27.0 | the days and hours before a big fight start to diminish they start it's the big fight starts to get closer. |
| 1:34.8 | Friday afternoon, rumors spread, then it was established. |
| 1:39.0 | Tyson Fury cut on his right eyelid out of the fight on February 17th with Alexander Usick. |
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