Know Your Subject
Confidence is more credible when it rests on years of observation, preparation and detail.
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER PROFILE
Steve Bunce.
Boxing Broadcaster | Journalist | Author | BBC Radio 5 Live | TNT Sports | Storyteller & Event Speaker
Four decades at ringside — from amateur boxing clubs and national newspapers to Las Vegas, seven Olympic Games, world-title nights, broadcasting and a lifetime of stories about pressure, ambition and human character.
Steve “Buncey” Bunce is one of the most recognisable voices in British boxing: a broadcaster, journalist, author, interviewer, commentator, podcast host and live-event storyteller whose professional career began in 1984.
Long before television studios and world-title fights, Steve experienced boxing from inside a gym.
He entered London's famous Fitzroy Lodge Amateur Boxing Club as a child, boxed there as a youngster and later returned to help around the gym.
That foundation matters because his career has never been built solely on observing boxing from a press seat.
Steve understands the gyms, fighters, trainers, journeymen, families, promoters and characters behind the spectacle.
His stories therefore reveal something deeper than results: what pressure does to people, how trust is built, why preparation matters, what ambition costs and why the smallest human detail is often the part audiences remember.
1984
Career Begins
7
Olympic Games
60+
Las Vegas Fights
40+ Years
Boxing Journalism
BEFORE THE PRESS SEAT
Boxing entered Steve's life long before journalism.
Born in December 1962
Companies House records Steve Bunce as born in December 1962.
A sufficiently authoritative primary record confirming the exact day of birth was not located during research for this profile, so no specific day has been invented here.
Boxing was already in the family
Steve has spoken about his father being an amateur boxer who trained around north London.
His father's stories included London gyms where fighters from African and Caribbean communities trained during the post-war period.
Those stories helped create Steve's fascination not only with fights but with boxing's people, communities and hidden history.
Fitzroy Lodge
Steve's current publisher biography records him first walking through the doors of the famous Fitzroy Lodge Amateur Boxing Club at approximately ten years old.
In another long-form interview he described boxing there from roughly age eleven until seventeen.
Under the railway arches
Fitzroy Lodge's historic home beneath railway arches in Lambeth exposed Steve to boxing in its most direct form: old coaches, young fighters, sweat, repetition, discipline and conversations that rarely reached newspapers.
Amateur boxer
Steve competed as an amateur middleweight.
Years later he returned to the gym environment and has described helping with training and roadwork, including young fighters who later developed their own careers.
Why that background matters
Steve's journalism did not begin with boxing as an exotic subject to study from outside.
He already understood the language and rhythm of the gym.
That perspective became central to the way he later reported on fighters: the person before the result.
1984 — LEARNING THE TRADE
The career began at amateur boxing shows, not championship arenas.
Finsbury Park
Steve has recalled living in Finsbury Park in London as a student in 1984 while starting to work for Boxing News and local papers.
This was a completely different media world.
International boxing journalism could not be searched in seconds.
Steve relied on newspapers, magazines, letters, libraries, telephone calls and personal relationships.
Studying other writers
He has described having American newspaper columns mailed to him by friends so he could read writers whose work was difficult to obtain in Britain.
One influence was New York boxing writer Phil Berger.
Steve wrote to Berger before eventually meeting him years later during a trip to the United States.
The first assignment he remembers
Steve dates his professional boxing-journalism career to 1984.
One of his earliest remembered assignments was covering the semi-finals of what were then called the Junior ABAs in Gloucester for Boxing News.
The regular reporter could not attend, so Steve travelled down with Tony Burns from Repton Boxing Club.
Robert McCracken was on the bill
Steve later remembered future professional fighter, trainer and GB coach Robert McCracken appearing on that amateur programme.
Five or six years of amateur boxing
Steve spent his early reporting years covering amateur shows.
That meant seeing fighters before fame arrived.
He has recalled covering or watching future names including Nigel Benn, Michael Watson, Naseem Hamed, Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Hatton during early stages of their development.
Relationships built before headlines
When somebody remembers the reporter who watched them as a teenager in a small hall, the relationship is very different from meeting for the first time after they become a world champion.
That accumulated trust became one of Steve's greatest professional assets.
NEWSPAPERS, DEADLINES & RINGSIDE COPY
Steve learned boxing journalism when filing a story could mean two telephones at ringside.
The pre-digital fight reporter
Steve's early professional life developed before laptops, broadband and social media transformed ringside reporting.
He has described nights where national newspapers installed landlines and copy had to be dictated during or immediately after rounds.
Multiple newspapers on one night
In recollections from the early 1990s, Steve describes working with more than one telephone while filing copy for different papers around the same fight.
Speed mattered.
Accuracy mattered.
And there was no opportunity to polish the story several hours later after watching replays.
Daily Telegraph boxing correspondent
During the 1990s Steve became boxing correspondent at the Daily Telegraph.
His current publisher biography notes his belief that he was the last person hired by a British national newspaper specifically into that type of traditional boxing correspondent role.
The Independent
Steve began writing for The Independent in 1999 and remains represented there with a current boxing author page and ongoing columns.
Boxing News
The publication that gave Steve some of his earliest work continued to remain part of his career decades later.
His distinctive columns mix current boxing with forgotten fighters, old gyms, strange journeys and characters who rarely appear in conventional sporting histories.
Boxing Monthly & ESPN
His print and digital writing has also included long associations with Boxing Monthly and contributions to ESPN.
Reporting versus access
Spending decades around the same sport creates a difficult professional balance.
Relationships create access, but journalism still requires the ability to ask uncomfortable questions and describe what actually happened.
That tension is one of the reasons Steve's stories are especially useful for conversations about trust, credibility and professional judgement.
FROM BYLINE TO VOICE
Radio turned decades of information into conversation.
BBC Radio 5 Live
Steve became closely associated with BBC Radio 5 Live and its boxing coverage.
Publisher biographies record a regular 5 Live boxing show relationship dating back to the 2000s.
5 Live Boxing
The programme evolved into the current 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast and radio brand.
The format combines fight previews, post-fight analysis, long-form interviews and discussions with fighters, trainers, promoters and fellow broadcasters.
Mike Costello era
For years Steve worked alongside legendary BBC boxing commentator Mike Costello.
Their different broadcasting styles became a central part of BBC boxing coverage.
Greatest Fights
The pair also created the BBC's Greatest Fights series, bringing major fighters back into detailed conversations about historically important bouts.
Fighting Talk
Steve has also been a regular presence on BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk, where his personality and ability to think quickly extended his profile beyond boxing-only audiences.
Why radio suits Buncey
Radio rewards the thing Steve has collected for decades: stories.
A statistic can be read from a screen.
Steve's advantage is remembering the room, the conversation, the hotel, the trainer, the mood and the strange detail surrounding the statistic.
BUNCEY'S BOXING HOUR
Television made the personality as visible as the knowledge.
Setanta Sports
Steve became one of the most recognisable faces of Setanta's boxing coverage.
Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour built a cult audience through interviews, opinions, arguments, fan interaction and the feeling that boxing people were talking directly to boxing people.
Before social video became normal
Clips from the programme were shared online, discussed on forums and circulated among fans at a time when television content did not naturally spread through social media the way it does today.
June 2009
Setanta ceased broadcasting in Britain.
Steve suddenly lost the programme that had become heavily associated with his public identity.
The audience wanted it back
Fans created a Bring Back Bunce campaign and the show retained a loyal following after the channel disappeared.
Taking the show on the road
Steve attempted to convert the format into live shows around Britain and Ireland.
He has since written candidly about the road tour's logistical disasters, bad planning, difficult venues and memorable nights.
BoxNation
When dedicated boxing channel BoxNation launched, Bunce's Boxing Hour returned in 2011.
Steve remained closely associated with the channel for several years.
Reinvention after disruption
Setanta disappearing is an especially useful career lesson.
Steve did not control the company.
He could only control what he did after the platform disappeared: write more, create new formats, stay visible and keep serving the audience.
A CAREER WITHOUT ONE RINGSIDE
Olympic halls, Las Vegas casinos and boxing clubs far from the spotlight.
Seven Olympic Games
Steve's current publisher biography records coverage of seven Olympic Games.
The Olympics gave him repeated access to fighters before professional fame changed their lives.
60+ Las Vegas fights
The same current biography records Steve reporting on more than sixty fights in Las Vegas.
Vegas became an important part of the boxing world he documented through heavyweight eras, British invasions and global championship nights.
More than thirty countries
Interviews surrounding Around the World in 80 Fights describe Steve reporting from ringsides in more than thirty countries.
New York
Steve has written extensively about his relationship with New York boxing, including early trips around the old gyms and major Madison Square Garden nights.
Ghana, Mexico, Germany, Italy and beyond
His latest memoir moves deliberately beyond the predictable world-title venues.
It includes boxing from makeshift rings, old clubs, forgotten arenas and places where fighters competed far from major television money.
Why the small hall matters
Steve's career repeatedly makes the same point:
elite sport only makes sense when you understand the long journey that existed before the big night.
THE HUMAN SIDE OF BOXING
Glory is only half the story.
The headline is rarely the whole truth
Boxing naturally creates dramatic headlines: champions, knockouts, rivalries, millions of pounds and giant arenas.
Steve's work consistently returns to the quieter details around those headlines.
A fighter waiting in a dressing room.
A trainer deciding what to say between rounds.
A boxer who has lost an opportunity nobody outside the team knew existed.
The cost of ambition
Steve has covered careers that ended in celebration and others that ended with injury, financial difficulty, regret or tragedy.
That gives his speaking a useful balance.
He understands ambition without romanticising every part of what ambition demands.
Character under pressure
Boxing makes private qualities visible very quickly.
Courage, fear, judgement, ego, loyalty and preparation can all become obvious in a few minutes.
The corner team
Championship boxing also destroys the myth that high performance is purely individual.
The athlete may stand alone under the lights, but their performance rests on coaches, sparring partners, medical teams, managers and people capable of delivering the right information under pressure.
Trust
Steve's access over four decades has depended heavily on relationships.
Those relationships also demonstrate a wider professional truth:
trust takes years to build and can disappear in a single careless moment.
AUTHOR
Millions of spoken and reported words eventually became books.
Boxing Greats
Steve's early book work includes Boxing Greats, an illustrated history of major fighters.
Michael Watson's Story
Steve worked with former Commonwealth middleweight champion Michael Watson on the deeply personal account of Watson's career, catastrophic injury against Chris Eubank and extraordinary recovery.
The Fixer
Steve also moved into fiction with The Fixer, a boxing thriller built around the darker and stranger corners of the professional fight business.
Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing
Published in 2017 and subsequently updated, Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing draws heavily on decades of first-hand reporting.
Rather than beginning in distant boxing history Steve begins around 1970, a period he personally remembers from gyms, television and live events.
Research like a reporter
Steve has explained that even when writing history he wanted urgency in the prose.
He watched old fights, checked specialist boxing annuals and respected writers, then wrote as if filing live copy.
Around the World in 80 Fights
His most autobiographical work, Around the World in 80 Fights, was first published in 2024, with its paperback edition following in 2025.
It uses individual fights and journeys to tell the story of more than four decades inside boxing.
2025 Sports Book Awards
Around the World in 80 Fights was shortlisted for Sports Entertainment Book of the Year at the 2025 Sports Book Awards.
WATCH STEVE BUNCE
Boxing, Olympics, journalism and the story behind Buncey.
In this long-form interview Steve discusses his route into boxing journalism, the Olympic beat and a lifetime around the fight game.
Watch “Steve Bunce Tells His Story – Boxing, Olympics, Journalism” on YouTube ↗
STEVE BUNCE IN 2026
Still reporting, still travelling and still asking questions.
5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
The BBC Radio 5 Live programme remains active in 2026 with Steve continuing to interview major fighters and analyse the sport's biggest stories.
Anthony Joshua
During June 2026 Steve sat down with Anthony Joshua around the former heavyweight champion's return to the ring.
Heavyweight division
Throughout summer 2026 the podcast continued examining the rapidly changing heavyweight landscape, involving names such as Tyson Fury, Joshua, Moses Itauma, Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois.
Katie Taylor
On 3 September 2026 Steve presented a special programme from Dublin around Katie Taylor's farewell event at Croke Park.
The episode included another Immersion Project speaker, Stacey Copeland, alongside interviews with Taylor's team.
Las Vegas — September 2026
On 13 September the BBC programme analysed Ryan Garcia's victory over Conor Benn in Las Vegas, showing that more than forty years after his first reporting assignment Steve remains connected to current major fight nights.
Independent
Steve's current Independent author page continues to carry his analysis of heavyweight boxing, women's boxing and the sport's changing commercial landscape.
Boxing News
He remains closely associated with Boxing News and the distinctive historical and ringside storytelling that has characterised his writing for decades.
TNT Sports
His current publisher biography also lists Steve as part of TNT's boxing coverage.
The remarkable part
The platforms have changed completely since 1984.
Landline filing became laptops. Newspapers became websites. Television became streaming. Radio became podcasts.
Steve's core product has remained remarkably consistent: know the subject, know the people and tell the story properly.
FROM RINGSIDE TO THE BOARDROOM
Forty years of boxing creates lessons far beyond boxing.
Build Relationships Early
Steve met many future champions before they were famous. Trust built before success can survive pressure that transactional relationships cannot.
Notice the Human Detail
Audiences remember people and moments more easily than another list of statistics.
Perform on Deadline
Ringside journalism teaches the discipline of making clear decisions when there is little time and no perfect information.
Adapt the Platform
Newspapers, radio, television, podcasts and books all changed the delivery mechanism without changing the need for strong storytelling.
Stay Curious
Four decades inside one industry can create complacency. Steve's work continues to depend on asking another question.
Understand the Cost
High performance can create extraordinary rewards while simultaneously demanding sacrifice that should not be ignored.
Tell the Truth Well
Information earns attention when it is accurate, human, relevant and memorable.
KEY SPEAKING TOPICS
What Steve Bunce brings to the room.
Stories From Ringside
Memorable encounters with fighters, trainers, promoters and characters from more than four decades inside boxing.
Pressure & Performance
What champions, coaches and teams reveal when scrutiny, expectation and consequence arrive simultaneously.
The Art of Storytelling
How observation, detail, timing and empathy turn information into a story people remember.
Trust
Lessons from relationships built over decades in an industry where access and reputation matter enormously.
Communication Under Pressure
Filing live copy, broadcasting after major fights and interviewing emotional people without unlimited preparation time.
Resilience
What fighters, teams and Steve's own changing media career reveal about rebuilding after disruption.
Adaptability
Remaining relevant as the media world moves from newspapers to television, radio, streaming, podcasts and digital.
High Performance
Patterns observed across world champions, Olympic fighters, legendary coaches and teams under extreme pressure.
Leadership & The Corner
What great trainers understand about trust, timing, instruction and saying the right thing when seconds matter.
Ambition & Its Cost
A balanced look at what extraordinary goals can give people and what they can demand in return.
Media & Reputation
How public stories are built, why credibility matters and how one bad moment can alter a reputation.
Hosting & Moderation
Steve's broadcasting experience makes him particularly suited to interviews, panels, firesides, sporting dinners and live audience conversations.
CAREER TIMELINE
From Fitzroy Lodge to a global boxing archive.
Birth month recorded
Companies House records Steve Bunce as born in December 1962.
Fitzroy Lodge
First enters the famous south London amateur boxing club.
Amateur boxer
Boxes at Fitzroy Lodge during his youth.
Lives inside boxing culture
Learns the sport through gyms, live fights and Boxing News long before becoming a professional reporter.
Professional journalism begins
Starts writing for Boxing News and local newspapers.
Junior ABA assignment
Covers the semi-finals in Gloucester in one of his earliest remembered professional assignments.
Amateur beat
Spends approximately five or six years covering amateur boxing and future professional stars.
New York connections
Makes important early reporting trips to the United States and meets writers he had studied from Britain.
Daily Telegraph
Becomes boxing correspondent for the national newspaper.
Major British boxing era
Covers fighters including Benn, Eubank, Watson, Hamed and Lewis during a transformative era of British boxing.
Boxing Greats
Publishes early book work celebrating major figures from boxing history.
The Independent
Begins a long-running association with the newspaper.
BBC 5 Live era develops
Becomes increasingly associated with BBC national radio boxing coverage.
Michael Watson's Story
Works with Michael Watson on the story of his career, injury and recovery.
Fighting Talk
Becomes a familiar contributor to the BBC sports discussion programme.
Setanta Boxing Hour
The television programme develops a cult following among boxing fans.
Setanta closes
The channel disappears and Bunce's Boxing Hour ends suddenly.
Bunce live tour
Takes boxing stories and the Boxing Hour spirit to live venues.
The Fixer
Publishes his boxing thriller.
BoxNation
Bunce's Boxing Hour returns on Britain's dedicated boxing channel.
BBC podcasting grows
Steve's radio work evolves increasingly into on-demand boxing podcasting.
Big Fat Short History
Publishes his major history of modern British boxing.
Greatest Fights
BBC series revisits historic fights with major champions and participants.
Updated British boxing history
Expanded editions keep the story moving into a newer generation.
Seven Olympic Games
Current publisher material records Steve's career total at seven Olympics.
Around the World in 80 Fights
Publishes the most autobiographical account of his global life in boxing.
Sports Book Awards shortlist
Around the World in 80 Fights is shortlisted for Sports Entertainment Book of the Year.
Paperback edition
The memoir reaches a wider paperback audience.
BBC Radio 5 Live
Continues presenting and contributing to major current boxing coverage.
TNT Sports
Current publisher biography continues to list Steve as part of TNT boxing coverage.
Katie Taylor farewell coverage
Presents BBC coverage from Dublin around Taylor's final fight week.
Las Vegas analysis
Continues analysing major international fight nights for the BBC.
The archive keeps growing
More than forty years after his first professional assignment, Steve continues writing, broadcasting, interviewing and speaking about boxing.
AT A GLANCE
Steve Bunce profile.
- Name
- Steve Bunce
- Known as
- Buncey / Big Daddy Bunce
- Born
- December 1962 — exact day not stated here because a sufficiently authoritative primary source was not verified
- Nationality
- British
- Childhood boxing club
- Fitzroy Lodge Amateur Boxing Club, London
- Youth boxing
- Amateur boxer from approximately age eleven to seventeen
- Professional career start
- 1984
- First reporting foundation
- Boxing News and amateur boxing
- National newspaper career
- Daily Telegraph boxing correspondent; long-running Independent contributor
- Specialist publication
- Boxing News and formerly Boxing Monthly
- Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live
- Current podcast
- 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
- Current TV profile
- TNT boxing coverage listed by current publisher biography
- Historic TV
- Setanta Sports, BoxNation and other boxing broadcasters
- Signature show
- Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour
- Olympic Games covered
- Seven
- Las Vegas fights
- More than sixty
- International coverage
- More than thirty countries referenced in recent interviews
- Major books
- Boxing Greats; Michael Watson's Story; The Fixer; Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing; Around the World in 80 Fights
- Latest major book
- Around the World in 80 Fights
- 2025 recognition
- Sports Entertainment Book of the Year shortlist
- Core topics
- Storytelling, pressure, high performance, trust, resilience, communication, boxing culture and leadership
- Event roles
- Keynote speaker, after-dinner speaker, host, moderator, interviewer and fireside guest
- Speaking style
- Energetic, funny, candid, knowledgeable, spontaneous and highly story-led
BUNCEY IN THE ROOM
This is not a presentation built around generic motivational slides.
Stories first
Steve has spent his professional life making complicated sporting situations understandable to an audience.
On stage that translates into a highly conversational style built around real people and real moments.
Humour without losing substance
The stories can be funny, absurd and unpredictable.
They can also move quickly into serious territory: fear, injury, loyalty, grief, ambition and the price of elite performance.
Interviewer & moderator
Decades of live broadcasting make Steve particularly useful where an event needs more than a conventional keynote.
He can host panels, interview athletes, moderate conversations, conduct firesides and respond naturally when a live discussion moves away from the original script.
Specialist and general audiences
Boxing fans appreciate the depth.
Non-boxing audiences can connect with the universal themes: pressure, trust, preparation, leadership, risk and human character.
Four decades of material
The greatest challenge is not finding a story.
It is deciding which story to tell.
EVENT FIT
Where Steve's experience works particularly well.
Corporate Conferences
Human stories about pressure, credibility, adaptation and
decision-making drawn from elite sport.
Sports & High-Performance
More than four decades observing fighters and coaches at the
highest levels.
After-Dinner Events
Boxing stories, characters, humour and behind-the-scenes
moments from an extraordinary career.
Hosting & Moderation
Natural live interviewing and panel moderation supported by
decades of broadcasting.
Leadership Events
Lessons about corner teams, trust, preparation and
communication when consequences are immediate.
Media & Communications
Storytelling, live interviewing, reputation, deadlines and
communicating under pressure.
Sales & Client Events
A highly engaging speaker who can turn specialist sporting
experience into universally recognisable stories.
Inspirational Events
Real stories rather than generic motivation, with humour and
humanity throughout.
Multi-Speaker Programmes
Pair Steve with a boxer or coach for contrasting perspectives
from inside and outside the ring.
RELATED SPEAKERS
Build a wider conversation around boxing and performance.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Steve Bunce speaker questions.
Who is Steve Bunce?
Steve Bunce is a British boxing journalist, broadcaster, author, BBC Radio 5 Live presenter and event speaker whose professional career covering boxing began in 1984.
Why is Steve Bunce called Buncey?
“Buncey” is the nickname by which Steve has become widely known throughout British boxing and broadcasting.
When was Steve Bunce born?
Companies House records Steve Bunce's birth month as December 1962. This profile does not state an exact day because a sufficiently authoritative primary record for it was not verified during research.
Did Steve Bunce box himself?
Yes. Steve has described boxing as an amateur at Fitzroy Lodge in south London from approximately age eleven to seventeen.
Which boxing club did Steve Bunce belong to?
Steve's formative boxing club was Fitzroy Lodge Amateur Boxing Club in London.
When did Steve Bunce become a boxing journalist?
Steve dates his professional journalism career to 1984, when he began working around Boxing News, local newspapers and amateur boxing.
What was one of Steve Bunce's first reporting assignments?
He has recalled covering Junior ABA semi-finals in Gloucester for Boxing News in 1984, with future fighter and trainer Robert McCracken among the young boxers on the bill.
Which newspapers has Steve Bunce written for?
His career has included the Daily Telegraph, The Independent and numerous other newspapers and specialist boxing publications.
Does Steve Bunce work for BBC Radio 5 Live?
Yes. He remains closely associated with BBC Radio 5 Live and the current 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce programme.
What was Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour?
Steve Bunce's Boxing Hour was his cult boxing television discussion show, first strongly associated with Setanta Sports and later revived on BoxNation.
How many Olympic Games has Steve Bunce covered?
His current publisher biography records seven Olympic Games.
How many fights has Steve Bunce covered in Las Vegas?
Current publisher material states that Steve has reported on more than sixty fights in Las Vegas.
What books has Steve Bunce written?
His books include Boxing Greats, Michael Watson's Story, The Fixer, Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing and Around the World in 80 Fights.
What is Around the World in 80 Fights?
It is Steve's autobiographical journey through more than four decades of global boxing, told through fights, people, places and experiences from famous and obscure corners of the sport.
Was Around the World in 80 Fights nominated for an award?
It was shortlisted for Sports Entertainment Book of the Year at the 2025 Sports Book Awards.
What does Steve Bunce speak about?
Steve speaks about boxing, storytelling, pressure, high performance, communication, trust, resilience, leadership, media, reputation and the human reality behind elite sporting moments.
Can Steve Bunce host or moderate an event?
His decades of live radio and television interviewing make him particularly suitable for panels, fireside discussions, live interviews, sporting dinners and moderated conversations as well as keynote speaking.
What kind of event is Steve Bunce suitable for?
Steve is suited to corporate conferences, sporting events, leadership programmes, after-dinner events, media and communication sessions, client entertainment, awards evenings and fireside conversations.
How can I book Steve Bunce?
Contact The Immersion Project through the contact page or email sue@theimmersionproject.co.uk .
VERIFIED SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Explore Steve Bunce's career in greater depth.
This profile uses current publisher information, Steve's own interviews and writing, BBC material, book records and specialist boxing sources rather than relying on a single biography.
Hachette — Steve Bunce
Current career biography, seven Olympics, 60+ Las Vegas
fights, BBC and TNT coverage ↗
Headline Publishing — Steve Bunce
Author profile and current professional biography ↗
Around the World in 80 Fights
Publisher page for Steve's global boxing memoir ↗
Sports Book Awards 2025
Official Sports Entertainment Book of the Year shortlist ↗
Penguin — Bunce's Big Fat Short History
Book details and Steve's journalism biography ↗
Penguin — The Fixer
Steve's boxing novel and author biography ↗
Michael Watson's Story
Michael Watson and Steve Bunce's account of the fighter's
life and recovery ↗
BoxingScene — The Early Days
Steve's first Boxing News assignment, amateur beat and
Setanta story ↗
Hannibal Boxing — Steve Bunce Interview
Finsbury Park, journalism research, New York and writing
history ↗
The MALESTROM — Steve Bunce Interview
Fitzroy Lodge amateur boxing and Steve's own route into the
sport ↗
The Independent — Steve Bunce
Current boxing columns and analysis ↗
BBC Sport — Greatest Fights
BBC archive of Costello and Bunce revisiting classic boxing
nights ↗
BBC 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce
Current weekly boxing podcast and programme ↗
Boxing News — When Bunce Went on the Road
Steve's own account of life after the Setanta Boxing Hour ↗
Boxing News — Living the Dream in New York
Steve's first-person stories from old New York boxing ↗
Talking Sports Books
Long-form discussion of Steve's worldwide boxing career ↗
The Rocky Road — Calling the Shots
Forty years of boxing, media change and global ringside
stories ↗
Steve Bunce Career Interview
Boxing, Olympics and journalism in Steve's own words ↗
Companies House
Official public company record confirming December 1962
birth month ↗
BOOK STEVE BUNCE
Bring four decades of ringside stories, humour and human insight to your event.
Steve does not need to manufacture a business parable and then force boxing into it.
He has spent more than forty years watching real people make decisions under extreme pressure.
His stories naturally lead into questions about leadership, trust, communication, resilience, reputation, preparation and the price of ambition.
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