IT’S DEFINTELY ON: FURY v JOSHUA
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

IT’S DEFINTELY ON: FURY v JOSHUA

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 30, 202653 min
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No more false starts. Fury v Joshua is finally on. Fresh from the press conference in London, Buncey and Barry Jones join Stacey Copeland to reflect on what we learned as the two British heavyweight rivals came face to face. Buncey also sits down with both Fury and Joshua, while Eddie Hearn explains why it’s taken so many twists and turns to finally get one of British boxing’s biggest fights over the line.

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. This is 5 Live Boxing. Well, good evening and welcome to 5 Live Boxing as we delve into what's being billed as the biggest fight in British boxing history.

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It's taken a decade to get here and in that time it's been on, it's been off again and again but now finally we have a date, we have the venue and tonight we've had the press conference and for the first time ever to face off. Yes we're one step closer to Tyson Fury against Anthony Joshua and over the next hour we'll look at just

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why it's taken so long to get this mega fight over the line. We'll hear from both men, look at where they are in their careers and assess how they match up ahead of this huge clashing Cardiff on December the 11th. I'm Stacey Copeland and this is Five Live Boxing.

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