THE pay-per-view broadcast for Tyson Fury’s fight with Francis Ngannou suffered an unexpected crash.
Viewers of TNT Box Office were given an apology for the break in transmission midway through the card.
One fan fumed: “Well that’s not good is it. – come on sort this out.”
Another raged: “£22 and it doesn’t even work, shambles.”
One demanded: “Absolute joke. I want a refund.”
Another hit out: “SORT IT OUT NOW.”
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The TV broadcast was down for 25 MINUTES before an advert for the night’s main-event played.
TNT Sports confirmed to SunSport that the issue was caused by a power outage on site in Saudi Arabia.
Laura Woods was joined by ex-boxing champion Carl Frampton and former UFC star Dan Hardy as she apologised for technical difficulties.
Presenter Woods said: “A big apology from us guys out here in Riyadh. We had technical issues so you lost pictures for a little while.
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“That must have been frustrating but the goods news is we are back, we think we know what it was all about so it won’t happen again.
“And even better news is you haven’t missed a minute of boxing so don’t worry about that.”
The stream returned in time for heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma’s first-round stoppage over Istvan Bernath.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
