TNT Sports were forced to apologise after getting off to the worst possible start to their Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou coverage. Following an excellent undercard opener between Carlos Takam and Martin Bakole the sports programming network ran into technical difficulties that left fans staring at a break in transmission message for over twenty minutes.
The blockbuster showdown takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia tonight to much fanfare. But punters were left outraged after their programme was interrupted almost immediately.
As Laura Woods, Carl Frampton and Dan Hardy dissected Bakole’s impressive fourth-round stoppage victory over Takam, screens went grey before crossing to a message from TNT Sports. “We apologise for the break in transmission and hope to correct the fault shortly,” an onscreen prompt read.
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