The Boxing Board Ep.4 | Who is Boxing’s Greatest Welterweight?
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The Boxing Board Ep.4 | Who is Boxing’s Greatest Welterweight?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 16, 202638 min

Welterweight has produced some of the most complete and celebrated fighters in boxing history, but who is the best of the best? Chairman Ade Oladipo is joined by comedian and boxing podcaster Travis Jay, alongside trainer and online sensation Frank Gilfeather, who reveals how he once trained with one of the greatest fighters ever to enter a ring. Across four categories, the board considers the finest 147lb operators from every era. Can anyone displace Sugar Ray Robinson at the top of the division? Was Sugar Ray Leonard the most adaptable fighter boxing has ever seen...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Welcome to the Boxing Board. I'm Adi Oribo and I'm here to settle once and for all some of the biggest debate in boxing. This is the Boxing Board.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Boxing Board. And I am your host, Mr. Adeol Adipo. I am your chairman. And today, today's a special one

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because we are going to talk about the best division I think in boxing. Best because of ability, best because of power, best because of financial power,

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