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A super middleweight title of press conferences just concluded here in one of the arrivals holes the 2 men have stepped down from the stage and we ll be hearing from them shortly Steve what do you make of this as a as an attraction as a showpiece fight Well it s a homecoming for Cal and me you know you went to Saudi Arabia in the thought that time forgot and bashed up George Groves ruined destroyed what was left of George Groves in ash not a slight on George grows because Callum devastated in a night dropped him nationally finished it in the 7th round 13 months ago 14 months ago then he had that strange outing on the on the card of Joshua over reason the Madison Square Garden Winny obliterated end than Dick n g can and then we ve crept into this fight and when this fight was announced I said height differences aside this is a terrific the mess the world title fight and I stand by that now and I stood by as I did 2 months ago when it was 1st announced and I know John Reuter and his coa
So coming up in an hour on 5 Live it s breakfast with Ellen Oldroyd and Chris Warburton 1st though a look ahead to Callum Smith s world title fight against John Ryder which you can hear tonight on 5 life 5 Live boxing is a pre recorded program so please don t take still Colt 45 bucks. And thanks for joining us once again for the 2nd time this week on 5 Live focusing with Castellan buns of the moment wearing the magnificent building down by the waterside in Liverpool the head of the world title fight between Callum Smith and John Ryder at the weekend for Smith s super middleweight title the press conferences just concluded here in one of the arrivals holes the 2 men have stepped down from the stage and we ll be hearing from them shortly Steve what do you make of this as an attraction as a showpiece fight Well it s a homecoming for Calum you know you went to Saudi Arabia in a thought that time forgot and bashed up George Groves ruing destroyed what was left of George Groves a national a
And I stand by that now and I stood by as I did 2 months ago when it was 1st announced and I know John Reuter and his coach Tony Sims believe that they can turn the so-called disadvantages into advantages he s 5 or 6 inches shorter in height very similar disadvantage in reach but I get the sense with Callum Smith s The even though this is his 2nd fight of the year and the top line fighters tend to fight only twice a year that there has been a lack of momentum you spoke about the fight against George Groves That was September of last year that should have really catapulted him to the forefront of British boxing and although within the sport there is great respect for him and many people would have him as the number one pound for pound British boxer right now I still think that it is lacking that momentum and just needs to get back out on Saturday night to win on Saturday night and then move on to the fights that everybody s been talking about in the build up including him against possi
League action today starting with Joe was a Marine 1st game as Tottenham boss at West Ham hear all the action in 5 live Sport from midday this is b.b.c. Radio 5 Live on digital b.b.c. Sound it s small speak of the weather now much of the u.k. Will get some rain today as it continues to move north and dry a spells in the south later on but it will remain cloudy average of 9 degrees Celsius. We can see the system else Chris I guess is Chris Kamara experiment. 3 years they re losing your job right away and based on a genre I m sure her. Series was. The only girl you see child come if you never tell me the way to school mills and Chris stock Saturday morning from 900 lower with my Sunday morning from say welcome to our little sessions looking back on the weeks and today some live music and most of all the space to talk about some things that you might have missed He sees where he is still a slice. So coming up in an hour on 5 Live it s breakfast with Elena Oldroyd and Chris Warburton 1st