Fury vs Ngannou: How and When To Watch Battle of the Baddest

Fury vs Ngannou aka The Battle Of The Baddest is nearly here. Tyson Fury, the WBC and lineal heavyweight boxing titan meets fellow lineal (MMA) heavyweight world champion Francis Ngannou on Saturday, Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The behemoths–the 37 year old Ngannou goes 6-4, 260 pounds, to 6-9, 290-ish for the 35 year old Fury–kicks off Riyadh Season, which is one of the world’s leading entertainment festivals, and runs throughout the winter months in the Kingdom’s largest city.

The scraps are promoted by Queensberry, Top Rank and GIMIK Fight Promotions.

How Do I Watch Fury vs Ngannou?

The Fury-Ngannou card will stream live on Bob Arum Top Rank on ESPN+ PPV in the United States.

It starts at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.

The fights card is priced at $79.99 across all distributors, it also will be available via cable and satellite pay-per-view providers, for the record.

It remains to be seen how hard hardcores will bite on Fury vs Ngannou–more so it’s being marketed to less heavy-duty fans. And the production people have done a heckuva job in that department. Some will tune in to make sure nothing happens to Fury to put Fury vs Usyk off any more.

The long tall talent is poised to take bragging rights on Oct. 28…then, a test versus Usyk.

The pay-per-view undercard is loaded with heavyweights and features a 12-round showdown between undefeated Brits Fabio Wardley (16-0, 15 KOs) and David Adeleye (12-0, 11 KOs).

Wardley is a Frank Warren talent who is being handled carefully, and smartly. Wardley is 28 so there’s no rush, it’s wise to let attrition do its things.

Joseph Parker (32-3, 22 KOs), a New Zealand-born veteran who trains with Fury, meets Canadian Simon Kean (23-1, 22 KOs) in a 10-rounder. Parker is seeking to revitalize his career under the gaze of trainer Andy Lee.

Undercard Packed With Heavyweights Of Varying Talent and Upside

Arslanbek Makhmudov (17-0, 16 KOs), fighting out of Montreal, Canada, faces Junior Anthony Wright (20-4-1, 17 KOs) in a 10-rounder on the Fury vs Ngannou undercard. We’ve known Junior for a spell, so we won’t pretend we’d like to see him win in Saudi.

Moses Itauma (5-0, 3 KOs), Great Britain’s 18-year-old heavyweight hope, opens the Fury vs Nagannou pay-per-view broadcast in a six-rounder against Istvan Bernath (10-1, 8 KOs).

Before Saturday’s full night of action, the full suite of fight week events will stream live on Top Rank’s YouTube, Twitter and Facebook pages.

New episodes of Top Rank Real Time, a behind-the-scenes look at the fighters and their camps, will premier every day throughout fight week on Top Rank’s YouTube channel, leading in to Fury vs Ngannou.

Tuesday, October 24 : Fury vs. Ngannou Grand Arrivals
1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Streaming live on Top Rank’s YouTube, X (Twitter) & Facebook pages

Wednesday, October 25: Fury vs. Ngannou Public Workouts
1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Streaming live on Top Rank’s YouTube, X (Twitter) & Facebook pages

Thursday, October 26: Fury vs. Ngannou Main Event & Undercard Press Conferences
1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Streaming live on Top Rank’s YouTube, X (Twitter) & Facebook pages

Some high level folks have stated they think Ngannou could give Fury a bit of trouble…

Friday, October 27: Fury vs. Ngannou Weigh-In
11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT
Streaming live on Top Rank’s YouTube, X (Twitter) & Facebook pages

Saturday, October 28: Fury vs. Ngannou Fight Day
PPV Broadcast
2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT
PPV broadcast includes: Fury-Ngannou, Wardley-Adeleye, Parker-Kean, Makhmudov-Wright and Itauma-Bernath.

Post-Fight Press Conference (After Main Event)
Streaming live on Top Rank’s YouTube, X (Twitter) & Facebook pages