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Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 16:20
by SeanBrennan
Coco wrote: ↑12 Oct 2023, 17:19
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑12 Oct 2023, 17:07
Monzon83 wrote: ↑11 Oct 2023, 22:03
I don’t know who is worse Bunce or that other nauseating half-wit Davies. My vision of hell is being stuck in a room with those 2.
Understood but Bunce has at least boxed as an am, and doesn't have stupid hair.
Davies is far worse.
While Bunce has let himself down sometimes, he has done a lot of great work
totally agree, his articles in Boxing News are excellent, genuine love for the sport.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 16:23
by SeanBrennan
Spud wrote: ↑13 Oct 2023, 07:28
Coco wrote: ↑12 Oct 2023, 17:19
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑12 Oct 2023, 17:07
Understood but Bunce has at least boxed as an am, and doesn't have stupid hair.
Davies is far worse.
While Bunce has let himself down sometimes, he has done a lot of great work
Whilst I tentatively agree with you, he is in my humble opinion, one of the most duplicitous characters I have ever had the misfortune of meeting.
as you started a thread with a thinly veined attempt to defend MTK, I think we can safely consign your opinions on the sport to the dustbin. Along with your begging bowl attempts on here previously.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 16:26
by margaret thatcher
annoying, hugely sensitive, and full of arse licking when he opens his mouth, should stick to writing
ffs he actually came on here to threaten people with a physical confrontation - big dave for life
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 17:41
by Coco
Big Dave is chinny
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 18:00
by leejonesjnr
I pick and choose which episodes I listen to these days rather than just blindly pressing play.
Occasionally I will turn it off, it’s certainly not as good as it was when Costello was there to balance the show a little.
I don’t have my major issues with Bunce, perhaps a little sycophantic and disingenuous now and then.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 18:18
by The Gratest
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 18:32
by margaret thatcher
any other commentator ever come on here and threaten to straight out the forum with an enforcer
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 Oct 2023, 14:10
by SeanBrennan
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑13 Oct 2023, 18:32
any other commentator ever come on here and threaten to straight out the forum with an enforcer
I don't think so but it would be mildly amusing.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 Nov 2023, 08:05
by CaptainSpacerod
This week there’s an hour long interview with Eubank Sr who as always is terrible to listen to when he’s offering more than brief sound bites. The last thing he needs is to be indulged for an hour like a king giving an audience to a lowly subject. It was the usual mix of self aggrandising nonsense, misused words and rambling incoherence.
It’s not Buncey’s fault, Eubank is an impossible interviewee for anybody, always has been. The fault lies with the producer who thought it’d be a good idea.
Anyhow, a few mins in Buncey mentions that his wife died last winter “after a bad couple of months”. Sad news and it’s a testament to his professionalism that he carried on with his podcasts and his tv work showing no signs of what he must’ve been going through.
He gets a fair amount of criticism from time to time but he deserves a big up here
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 Nov 2023, 09:23
by THEBUTCH
That interview must have been excruciating !
Thanks for taking one for the team...I definitely won't be listening to it.
Very sad to hear of Bunce's loss. I hope the boxing fraternity provided him with some support.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 Nov 2023, 14:42
by veriton
Because we only hear Bunce talk about boxing it was a real shock to hear him reveal that. All those columns and podcasts during what must have been a terrible time.
Maybe if it had still been Costello and Bunce, Mike would have mentioned it at the time because you get the feeling Bunce would have been OK with that. Either way, sad to hear what he's been through.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 Nov 2023, 17:16
by SeanBrennan
poor man, he's just carried on too. he's a tough cookie is Buncey.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 Nov 2023, 17:17
by SeanBrennan
CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑14 Nov 2023, 08:05
This week there’s an hour long interview with Eubank Sr who as always is terrible to listen to when he’s offering more than brief sound bites. The last thing he needs is to be indulged for an hour like a king giving an audience to a lowly subject. It was the usual mix of self aggrandising nonsense, misused words and rambling incoherence.
It’s not Buncey’s fault, Eubank is an impossible interviewee for anybody, always has been. The fault lies with the producer who thought it’d be a good idea.
Anyhow, a few mins in Buncey mentions that his wife died last winter “after a bad couple of months”. Sad news and it’s a testament to his professionalism that he carried on with his podcasts and his tv work showing no signs of what he must’ve been going through.
He gets a fair amount of criticism from time to time but he deserves a big up here
he definitely does mate
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 Nov 2023, 19:19
by NazNaci1
Not really a fan (I used to be) but as a journo, always tends to go with who is paying him and impartiality goes out of the window.
That said, been awhile since I read or listened to anything he has said so that might have changed?
All that said, a loss like that is devastating, so I hope he is coping as its never easy.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 11 May 2024, 18:09
by THEBUTCH
BBC 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
"The House of Don King"
Bunce is joined by Lennox Lewis in a 4 part series on Don King. I listened to the first podcast today and it's pretty good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hwnnd0
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 12 May 2024, 03:49
by SeanBrennan
THEBUTCH wrote: ↑11 May 2024, 18:09
BBC 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
"The House of Don King"
Bunce is joined by Lennox Lewis in a 4 part series on Don King. I listened to the first podcast today and it's pretty good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hwnnd0
Thanks Butch going to give this a listen
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 12 May 2024, 03:56
by Controversial
THEBUTCH wrote: ↑11 May 2024, 18:09
BBC 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
"The House of Don King"
Bunce is joined by Lennox Lewis in a 4 part series on Don King. I listened to the first podcast today and it's pretty good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hwnnd0
I started this, not bad at all. I knew he murdered one guy, didn’t know there was another one he got off with
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 13 May 2024, 17:57
by THEBUTCH
I'm hoping a whole episode is dedicated to the 80s heavyweight scene that King held a real stranglehold.
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 May 2024, 04:31
by Counter-puncher
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 May 2024, 05:54
by JamesPhilips
Yes but according to Paul Dempsey David Haye agreed there was no one better!
Watchingbhim say that live was a genuine pleasure lol
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 14 May 2024, 13:49
by WestEndRiot
THEBUTCH wrote: ↑11 May 2024, 18:09
BBC 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
"The House of Don King"
Bunce is joined by Lennox Lewis in a 4 part series on Don King. I listened to the first podcast today and it's pretty good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hwnnd0
Thanks, I'll be giving that a listen.
'The Darker Side of Boxing' also did a very good 2 part podcast about him a couple of years back
Re: 5 live boxing with Bunce
Posted: 02 Sep 2025, 14:47
by THEBUTCH
This was mentioned on the RIP Joe Bugner thread and it's a good Podcast from Buncey :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m08mqv