Fury-Pianeta: Fight time, Live stream,ย full bill and more
When is Fury-Pianeta?
Tyson Furyย meetsย Francesco Pianetaย [below] tonight (Sat, August 18) at Windsor Park inย Belfast. An expected 25,000 fans will be there to see theย card headlined by Carl Frampton vs Luke Jackson. The show is promoted by Frank Warren’s Queensbury Promotions.
What time is Fury-Pianeta likely to start?
Tyson Fury is expected to make his way to the ring at around 8.45pm (3.45pm ET) for a possible 9pm start.
How to watchย Fury-Pianeta
Theย show will air on BT Sport 1 HD and in ultra-high definition onย BT Sport 4K UHDย from 7.45pm in the UK.ย The live stream will be available onย BTSport.com.
Showtimeย will stream live exclusively to USย audiences on theย SHOWTIME Boxing Facebookย page andย SHOWTIME Sports YouTubeย channel beginning atย 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT. SHOWTIME will air an encore presentation later that evening on SHOWTIME EXTREMEยฎย (10 p.m. ET/PT).
Studio coverage of Showtime’s coverage from New York begins at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT with host Brian Custer and analyst Steve Farhood providing pre-and post-fight analysis. Live coverage from Belfast, which will be provided by BT Sport, will begin with the Pianeta ring walk shortly after 3:30pm ET.
John Rawling will call the action with Barry Jones providing analysis, and Ronald McIntosh conducting post-fight interviews for Fury-Pianeta.
Tale of the tape
Tyson Fury
Ageย 30
Recordย 26-0 (19)
Stanceย Orthodox
Heightย 6′ 9″
Reachย 85″
Fromย Wilmslow, Cheshire
Francesco Pianeta
Ageย 33
Recordย 35-4-1 (21)
Stanceย Southpaw
Heightย 6′ 5″
Fromย Calabria, Italy via Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Who else is on the bill?
Featherweightย starย Carl Framptonย tops the show in his hometown against Australia’s unbeaten Luke Jackson over 12 rounds for Frampton’s interim WBO belt.
Popular Belfast flyweightย Paddy Barnesย challenges WBC championย Cristofer Rosalesย in just his sixth contest.
Steve Collins Jnrย โ son ofย Irish legendย Steve Collinsย โ meets undefeatedย Steven Wardย over eight rounds at crusierweight.
At welterweightย Lewis Crockerย meetsย William Warburton, super-featherweightsย Marco McCulloughย andย Jordan Ellisonย square off, talented scouserย Sam Maxwellย facesย Chris Trumanย at super-lightweight,ย Conrad Cummingsย andย Nicky Jenmanย are matched at middleweight, super-welterweightย Steven Donnellyย makes his pro debut against veteranย Kevin McCauleyย andย lightweightย Sean McCombย also makes his pro bow โ he meetsย Reynaldo Mora.
Luke Keelerย andย Isaac Loweย should also see action in separate bouts.
Fury on Pianeta
โSouthpaws are a lot more awkward because thereโs less of them in the division. You donโt get too much work with southpaws other than when youโre fighting with them. Itโs hard to get southpaws to spar in training because there arenโt many heavyweight southpaws around the world. But I do have one interesting fact, every southpaw amateur or professional Iโve ever faced Iโve knocked out. Thatโs not good for Francesco.”
Pianeta on Fury
“I have a high opinion onย Tyson. I was very impressed with his win over Klitschko, I rate him very highly. He says that heโs knocked out every southpaw heโs ever faced, but weโll see if he is able to do that Saturday night.โ