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Steve Bunce
@bigdaddybunce
BBC 5 Live Boxing Pod; The Big Fat Short History of British Boxing; Independent since 1998, C5, Boxing News, Heavyweight History at Yahoo.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Nov 19, 2020
    Amateur boxing gets zero from government but professional horse racing & its millionaire owners get 40 million quid. Wow. Thousands of boxers denied, hundreds of gyms left struggling. Alternative view: gambling revenue from amateur boxing zero... do I need to continue? Horseshit.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Dec 14, 2022
    You been in hospital lately? Watched from behind a curtain overnight in A&E? Listened to the exhaustion in their voices? Seen their dedication and brilliance up close at 4am? Back them? Why are you even having to think about it? @SocialistNHS
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Feb 25, 2025
    This is why I bang on about “Soviet-era methods”. A bit of Artur, a bit of Bivol, a bit of Golovkin, a bit of Loma. Thousands of ‘em!
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    Chris Ryan
    @rushcuttersbox
    Feb 24, 2025
    Inside the Soviet-era gym of Nikolai Petrovich Isaev, who would later train a young Dmitry Bivol.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Jan 13, 2021
    You talk to real people and it is hell. Friends in ICU with Covid, taxman chasing people like a devil, bailiffs still breaking down doors, disgraceful food parcels, hypocrites galore. Where the fuck is the humanity and sense? We have to be better than this.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Feb 26, 2022
    The scorecards will be mad. Get ready.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Sep 27, 2018
    In 2009 when Setanta died I had a massive family holiday to America planned. Skint, I had to scrap it - Then Enzo Calzaghe called: “StevethisisshityoucanhavvamyhouseinSardiniafornothingnotafuckingpenny.Justtellmewhen.” Great man. It will be an honour to be at his funeral.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Jul 20, 2019
    When Dillian Whyte’s ban was over he fought on back-to-back Friday nights at the Camden Centre. I was there, I had to be. Deano, his brother, was next to me. A small crowd. He lost money on the fights. He was fat and slow - but he had that belief. He’s a real fighter. A good man.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Mar 5, 2020
    This is special.
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    ITV
    @ITV
    Mar 5, 2020
    "It was the best I've ever seen in my life" - @Tyson_Fury and his dad share a touching moment after becoming World Champion 🥊 👑 Don’t miss the final episode of #TysonFury The Gypsy King, tonight at 9pm on @ITV and @ITVHub
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Feb 23, 2020
    Just to let you all know that the Costello & Bunce Boxing Podcast from @5liveSport is up for an award at the @SportSJA ceremony in London on Monday. Thanks for all the support over the years and especially this week. Costello is also up for an award on his own. Class.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Oct 29, 2023
    Still in hotel lobbies in Saudi Arabia - it turns out I was the only person who thought Fury would win… everybody knew that Big Francis would drop him, bash him and then get jobbed. They all knew Fury had not trained. I feel like a fool!!!
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Jun 30, 2022
    Has any former heavyweight world champion ever been accused of lacking so many vital fighting ingredients? It’s a miracle AJ can walk and talk: He’s got no heart, guts, desire, backbone, legs, chin, stamina, punch, boxing brain. The man must be a medical miracle!
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Dec 12, 2021
    Let me get this right … on TV they had NO clue what had happened. It was chaos. Hamilton was about 16 seconds in front & then a car crashes, some cars zig zag. Nobody can explain it & then the pair start the last lap tyre-to-tyre! If that was boxing, it would be called crooked!
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Jul 23, 2023
    Stop Press: Maxi Hughes robbed in USA in fight of his life. A f@@@@@@ disgrace. Last week there was real/fake outrage when a clown ripped her top off - this is a genuine crime and there will be silence. Everybody in the boxing media needs to look in that mirror this morning.
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    Steve Bunce
    @bigdaddybunce
    Aug 23, 2020
    Saying you “knew Whyte would get chinned” is the most feeble of Sunday boasts. Sad. Did you also know Whyte would drop Povetkin twice in the fourth? The same people said: “Povetkin is too old.” It’s after-timers fairy land. Give both some respect. Report soon from @Independent.