BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds brings audiences live boxing commentary as unbeaten Moses Itauma takes on Dillian Whyte in an all-British Heavyweight contest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday 16 August.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coverage of Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte will begin on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds from 10pm,\u00a0presented by Steve Bunce live from Riyadh.\u00a0\u00a0Commentary will be led by Ronald McIntosh alongside former WBC super-middleweight champion Richie Woodhall. The BBC Sport website will also provide live text updates on the night and video clips will be available the next day.<\/p>\n
The event features a strong undercard, including Merseyside\u2019s Nick Ball defending his WBA featherweight world title against Sam Goodman and London\u2019s David Adeleye\u00a0taking\u00a0on Filip Hrgovic in another\u00a0much-anticipated\u00a0heavyweight clash. Fans can follow the undercard action on 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds from 7.30pm.<\/p>\n
Build-up coverage continues throughout the week on\u00a0the 5 Live Boxing Podcast\u00a0with Steve Bunce, including\u00a0a preview programme airing on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds tonight<\/a>\u00a0(Tuesday 12 August) at 9.30pm. Expect interviews, press conference highlights, weigh-ins, and post-fight reaction. New episodes drop daily\u00a0on BBC Sounds.<\/a><\/p>\n Heidi Dawson, Controller, BBC Radio 5 Live & 5 Sports Extra\u00a0says, “It\u2019s another fight night on 5 Live and we\u2019re bringing the action direct to boxing fans across the UK.\u00a0 \u00a0Audiences can expect world-class commentary on the night, as well as in depth previews and analysis throughout the week on 5 Live and BBC Sounds. It\u2019s shaping up to be an exciting night of boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n CF<\/p>\n Follow for more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds brings audiences live boxing commentary as unbeaten Moses Itauma takes on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-62758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}