About this episode

Alex Steedman and Matt Christie discuss recent boxing events including Naoya Inoue's victory and the upcoming fight between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois.

With breath just about regained Alex Steedman and Matt Christie reflect on a whizzbang weekend that included a majestic victory for Naoya Inoue, a stunning demolition from David Benavidez, and a hellfire slugfest between Conah Walker and Sam Eggington. There’s also the not-so-small matter of Fabio Wardley-Daniel Dubois to discuss. That WBO heavyweight title fight is laced with intrigue and is all but guaranteed to deliver another rock ‘em, sock ‘em affair in the land of the giants. But who wins? Benavidez, though, is the current man of the moment after he took Gilberto Ramirez apart with astonishing savagery to leave fans – and now Team Benavidez – considering the prospect of a move to heavyweight and a challenge to Oleksandr Usyk. In Japan, there was mastery of a different kind on display as Inoue boxed beautifully to outpoint closest rival Junto Nakatani over 12 rounds. It was a contest of high quality but triggered the question: Did Nakatani give it absolutely everything? On the same day, Sam Eggington was yet again left bleeding and bruised after a two-way brawl with the irrepressible Conah Walker. We wonder if that might spell the end for Eggington and what comes next for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Steedman, Matt Christie

Topics covered

• boxing
• heavyweight title fight
• Naoya Inoue victory
• David Benavidez performance
• Conah Walker vs. Sam Eggington
• historical boxing match

Keywords

• boxing
• Naoya Inoue
• David Benavidez
• Fabio Wardley
• Daniel Dubois
• Conah Walker
• Sam Eggington
• heavyweight
• WBO title
• historical boxing

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Organizations: BBC, Team Benavidez

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