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🎙️ @audleyharrison breaks down the technical battle between Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley.
Dubois has improved, but Audley believes there are still more levels for him to reach. For Wardley, the key could be much simpler: establish the jab, frustrate Dubois and make the fight happen on his terms.
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🎙️ What would 54-year-old @audleyharrison say to the 28-year-old version of himself preparing to turn professional?
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It was pleasure sharing the ring on more than one occasion with the tough warrior Michael Sprott 🥊
🎙️ @audleyharrison relives the extraordinary night he defeated Michael Sprott despite effectively fighting with one arm.
In agony from the third round onwards and knowing he couldn't win on points, Harrison kept telling himself one thing: “Losing is not an option.”
Then, in the final round, he found the punch he needed.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: tinyurl.com/yc7rdv3x
#TheOpeningBell | @MattCBoxingNews
🎙️ @audleyharrison relives the extraordinary night he defeated Michael Sprott despite effectively fighting with one arm.
In agony from the third round onwards and knowing he couldn't win on points, Harrison kept telling himself one thing: “Losing is not an option.”
Then, in the final round, he found the punch he needed.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: tinyurl.com/yc7rdv3x
#TheOpeningBell | @MattCBoxingNews
🎙️ Does too much boxing media value access over asking difficult questions?
Tom Ivers and Matt Christie discuss the journalists willing to risk awkward reactions, lost interviews and damaged relationships in order to hold the sport’s most powerful figures to account.
Because without people prepared to ask those questions, who does?
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: tinyurl.com/y66xun8z
#TheOpeningBell | @MattCBoxingNews
🥊 Ben Whittaker’s toughest test yet? Was the criticism fair, and did referee Kieran McCann get it right?
Matt is joined by Tom Ivers to break it all down, plus Tom’s journey from the ring to journalism and the potential comebacks of Chisora & Mayweather.
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🎙️ Ben Whittaker’s public persona attracts plenty of criticism – but those who spend time with him away from the cameras often tell a very different story.
@tomosivers recalls Whittaker being humble, respectful and generous during a visit to his amateur gym, and explains why the man behind the scenes can be very different from the character fans see on fight night.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: tinyurl.com/y66xun8z
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Mike Costello – former BBC & DAZN commentator and one of boxing’s wisest voices – joins The Opening Bell to discuss his career, retirement, ringside memories and the Anthony Joshua–Tyson Fury saga.
When should it have happened? And can it still happen?
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🎙️ Mike Costello spent decades living on boxing’s clock – constantly on call, constantly chasing the next story.
But eventually the buzz disappeared.
Here, Costello explains why he knew it was time to walk away, why he has no regrets, and what it means now to wake up knowing that every day is his own.
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🎙️ A supercomputer has predicted a very specific outcome for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury: Joshua starts fast, Fury takes over – and stops him in the ninth round.
Whatever happens, will the fight finally live up to the years of hype?
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Mere days after Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury was seemingly confirmed, we're now being told the fight is already in jeopardy.
@MattCBoxingNews lets off some steam about the latest twist, the endless uncertainty surrounding boxing's biggest fights and the eternal circus that comes with following this sport.
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Recorded at the exact moment Anthony Joshua–Tyson Fury was confirmed for December 11 in Cardiff, The Opening Bell brings some bittersweet news.
Alex Steedman is leaving the podcast. It’s heartbreaking.
But The Opening Bell will continue. @MattCBoxingNews pays tribute to Steed and explains what comes next.
Stay with us. ❤️
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Garcia demolished Benn in under 5 – but did the scales beat him first? @TrisDixon joins The Opening Bell to discuss the stoppage, the weigh-in debate, and what's next for both fighters. 🥊
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🎙️ Canelo Alvarez has carried the “face of boxing” label for years, following in the footsteps of Floyd Mayweather. But after another huge night for Ryan Garcia, has that mantle now passed to him?
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: tinyurl.com/33kn3apk
#TheOpeningBell | @MattCBoxingNews | @TrisDixon
🎙️ Has boxing become too obsessed with making fighters smaller? Too often, weight cutting is treated as part of the sport by default – even when a fighter may be stronger, fitter and safer competing closer to their natural weight.
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#GarciaBenn – Does it feel like a BIG fight week? Why is Benn No. 1 at welterweight with the WBC despite not making 147lbs in four years? Is he really weight-drained – or playing mind games?
Plus: what does each man need to do to win, and who takes it?
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🎙️ Conor Benn has spent years saying he belongs at the very top of boxing. Now, on one of the sport’s biggest stages in Las Vegas, he has the opportunity to prove it. Whatever anyone thinks about how he got the shot, the WBC welterweight title is on the line.
Is Benn genuinely good enough to become a bona fide world champion?
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: tinyurl.com/mw2u2yzb
#TheOpeningBell | @MattCBoxingNews | @cmckennasport | #GarciaBenn