Katie Taylor, Chris Billam-Smith and a bunch of world titles

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of two huge nights of boxing, Buncey catches up with Katie Taylor and Chris Billam-Smith. Katie is putting her super lightweight belts on the line against Amanda Serrano in Dallas on Friday, while CBS hopes to add the WBA cruiserweight belt to his WBO title when he faces Gilberto Ramirez in Riyadh the following night. Both fighters talk about the magnitude of their events and what they expect from their opponents. We also hear from CBS’s trainer Shane McGuigan.

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0:00.0	On BBC Sounds.
0:03.1	Listen to exclusive live commentaries from the Premier League, Champions League and more with the Five Live Sport team.
0:09.0	Oh, it's not a fabulous goal!
0:11.4	He's been on the pitch for 10 seconds.
0:13.5	Thank you very much.
0:14.7	Stay on top of everything football every day with the Football Daily podcast.
0:19.1	This is the best central defensive partnership in European football.
0:22.7	His confidence levels are through the roof.
0:25.5	Football from Five Live.
0:27.5	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:32.0	This is Five Live boxing.
0:34.7	Two locations, two world champions, loads of world championship belts.
0:40.8	Chris Bill and Smith in Saudi Arabia, defending his cruiserweight title, and Katie Taylor
0:46.7	in front of 80,000 people in Texas defending her belts against her nemesis Amanda Serrano.
0:56.0	What a boxing week. Well guess what?
0:57.0	I spoke to the pair of them.
0:58.0	I'm Steve Bunce and this is Five Live Boxing.
1:04.0	Chris, thanks very much for your time.
1:06.0	Last time I saw you, we had a lovely crowd down in Bournemouth and you were kind of keeping it
1:11.6	quiet that this fight might be happening against Ramirez, but you kind of could tell us but couldn't tell us, which is really awkward for you and awkward for me on the stage of you.
1:18.6	It's official. Before we talk about the fight and reminisce, tell me about business class travel, Los Angeles, Oscar de La Jolla, Jolla palm trees beaches you've gone all
1:31.2	exotic on me Chris that's Ellie Scotty stick to me up in it she uh no I uh I uh flew
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