In Conversation with Andy Lee

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Andy Lee has become one of the most sought-after trainers in boxing. The former Olympian and world champion joins Buncey to reflect on his journey from the early days as a talented amateur to reaching the pinnacle of the sport, and now earning a reputation as one of the game’s top trainers. They trace his path from the storied Repton Boxing Club in Bethnal Green, to training under the legendary Emmanuel Steward at Detroit’s iconic Kronk Gym, capturing a world title, and now guiding the careers of fighters like Joseph Parker, Ben Whittaker, and Paddy Donovan.

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0:00.0	No, you keep that private.
0:04.1	Find out what made Lily Allen and Mickey to Oliver say this.
0:08.0	It's just so next level what we're talking about.
0:10.9	But you know what I mean?
0:12.4	And this.
0:13.3	I think we should put our phones down and go to the park
0:15.9	and try and remember what was good about the world
0:18.3	and let's try and get back to there.
0:20.2	Sounds good. Join them as they's try and get back to there. Sounds good.
0:21.3	Join them as they talk about pretty much everything. Yes, we do go to all sorts of places,
0:27.1	happy, sad and everything in between. Miss me with Lily Allen and McKita Oliver. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.1	This is Five Live Boxing.
0:39.9	There are weeks, and then there are weeks in boxing.
0:43.0	This has been one of those extraordinary weeks.
0:46.1	I'm Steve Bunce, and this is Five Live Boxing.
0:57.9	It was going to be an ordinary week in the boxing world.
1:03.7	A lovely interview with a lovely man, a quick look back at a fight and a quick look forward to another fight.
1:04.2	Simple.
1:07.3	But it's boxing and it's never simple.
1:08.8	So here we go.
1:12.5	A change of pace for this edition. That was meant to be the plan.
1:17.8	I went to Ireland to sit and talk to Andy Lee, one of the sports good guys. He was an Olympian,
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