LIVE ON: 06 October 2023
WHO IS BOXING?
The headliner for the TNT Sports Friday Fight Night event on Friday 06 October 2023 will see Ellis Zorro defend his WBO European Cruiserweight belt against Luca D’Ortenzi. Willy Hutchinson was supposed to co-headline the boxing against an opponent TBA, but this has been scrapped. Karol Itauma vs Dmytro Fedas was one of two originally announced bouts, alongside Masood Abdulah vs Marc Leach.
The last TNT Sports Friday Fight Night took place on Friday 18 August 2023, which saw Dennis McCann and Ionut Baluta reach a controversial draw. The fight was stopped in the 8th round as a result of an accidental headbutt by Baluta, and went to the scorecards. It was scored a majority draw, but two judges scored the final, incomplete round 10/10, when Baluta dominated the round. Expect McCann and Baluta to rematch in 2024.
WHERE IS THE EVENT?
The event is being held at the spiritual home of boxing, in York Hall, London, England. Tickets for the boxing are available through Ticketmaster, from £55.00, via the link below:
WHEN DOES THE EVENT START?
The event begins at 7:00 p.m.
HOW CAN I WATCH?
This event is available to subscribers of TNT Sports. TNT Sports Friday Fight Night cards are included in their subscription.
TNT Sports, formally known as BT Sport, is a sports channel package available to customers in the United Kingdom. Prices and packages vary depending on whether you purchase through BT, Sky, or Virgin Media, but it is typically cheaper if you have BT Broadband or purchase through BT.
For streaming, TNT Sports can currently be purchased for £29.99 per calendar month. This is sometimes bundled as Discovery+ Premium, but includes the TNT Sports package.
https://www.bt.com/sport/monthly-pass
WHO ELSE IS FIGHTING ON THE UNDERCARD?
Karol Itauma vs Dmytro Fedas
Masood Abdulah vs Marc Leach
Ellis Zorro vs Luca D’Ortenzi – WBO European Cruiserweight Championship
Chris Bourke vs Adam Mbega
Carl Fail vs Angel Emilov
Joshua Frankham vs George Davey
Sam King vs Dwain Grant
The following fights have been removed from the card:
Natty Ngwenya vs TBA
Willy Hutchinson vs TBA – WBC International Light Heavyweight Championship
Sean Noakes vs TBA. Sean Noakes will now fight on 23 September 2023 on the undercard of Zhilei Zhang vs Joe Joyce. You can preview the card here
ANYTHING ELSE?
Boxrec for the TNT Sports Friday Fight Night event: boxrec.com/en/event/878219
The event was originally due to be held on 15/09/23, but was delayed. The reason for the delay is apparently issues in finding opponents, which Carl Fail had alluded to on X.com previously.