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5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

Pod on Tour - Billam-Smith in Bournemouth

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Buncey travels to the south coast for an evening with WBO World Champion Chris Billam-Smith. Surrounded by his fans at AFC Bournemouth, they discuss his journey from delivering Chinese food to becoming a cruiserweight world champion. We also hear from his wife, Mia, who shares her experience of being ringside when he won his world title. Chris also answers questions from the audience, including a particularly embarrassing one from his friend and trainer, Shane McGuigan.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to tell you why I love

0:03.7

podcasting. I'm Natasha Aronson I'm an assistant commissioner for the BBC and I work on

0:09.4

making podcasts my real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest

0:16.9

stars who can really bring those stories to life.

0:20.1

I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final edit.

0:26.4

There's nothing like it. What makes BBC Podcast special is that we're working for you.

0:31.0

So whatever we commission has to reflect the things that you care about and love wherever you are in the

0:36.0

UK. So if you like this BBC podcast there's so much more to discover have a listen on

0:41.1

BBC sounds. This is five-life boxing.

0:47.0

On the road again, the Hometown Heroes series continues.

0:51.0

Carl Frampton in Belfast, what a night.

0:53.6

Joe Kowzaki in a comedy club in Cardiff was unbelievable.

0:57.3

Tassa Jonas outdoors in Liverpool at the start of the summer.

1:01.3

This time it's Borma, a world champion, a gentleman and a man with a plan

1:07.2

and a dream for a massive unification fight in Saudi Arabia. I'm Steve Bunce. This is Five Live Boxing on tour once again. So let's give if we can a very special and warm welcome to the gentleman that's not

1:29.6

enough to Chris Bill and Smith that's not enough to the hero of all Borm of the world cruiserweight champion Chris

1:37.0

Billham Smith. Thank you. Hello when we when we arranged this one I said of all the ones we've done, this will be the

2:06.3

gig where all Chris has got to do is come on and do a crossword and after 30

2:12.1

minutes have a break and then come on and do another crossword.

2:15.0

I just got that feeling because I mean I don't want to embarrass him and embarrass you guys but

2:19.0

it really feels like... I'm not that not great crosswords okay.

2:25.0

I get that feeling listen Chris you might have heard some of the stuff I was saying

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