Michael's Mile
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
BBC
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Buncey joins Michael Watson as he walks a mile through the streets of London to raise money for charity. Back in 1991, during his fight with Chris Eubank, Watson was caught by a brutal uppercut and collapsed soon after the bout. He spent 40 days in a coma. Surrounded by friends and family as he made his way up The Mall, Buncey chats to Watson himself, as well as Chris Eubank, who reflects on that fateful night and shares his concerns about his son’s upcoming bout with Conor Benn. We also hear from Watson’s neurosurgeon, Peter Hamlyn, his lawyer, Michael Toohig, and the many supporters who turned out to walk alongside their friend.
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| 0:41.3 | This is Five Live Boxing. |
| 0:45.3 | On September 21, 1991, in the 12th and last round, |
| 0:49.3 | Michael Watson was rescued by the referee, Roy Francis, |
| 0:52.3 | in his WBO Super middleweight title fight with Chris |
| 0:56.2 | Eubank. It was a rematch. It was a brilliant fight, but it had a terrible ending. Michael |
| 1:01.4 | ended up on the operating table, saved by neurosurgeon Peter Hamlin. And those pair, they've |
| 1:07.7 | become firm friends. They consider each other family, it works out. |
| 1:12.7 | Well, fast forward all these years to a glorious sunny day in central London. |
| 1:18.6 | And Michael's Mile, something set up by I Neuro, the charity that Hamlin is heavily involved with. |
| 1:24.9 | Chris Eubank was there, and we'll hear from Chris Eubank a little bit later on. Michael Watson |
| 1:29.7 | walking a mile for a charity at 60 years of age, all those years after that fight. That in itself |
| 1:36.1 | is a miracle and that's why I call Hamlin and Watson the miracle team. This is a special podcast. |
| 1:43.2 | I mean a very special podcast. |
| 1:46.3 | I'm Steve Bunce and this is Five Live Boxing. |
| 1:55.2 | What do you think of Peter Hamlin, Mike? |
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