Guide
Watching live, without the panic at 1 am
Five things to sort out before the night, from who has the rights where you live to what your TV needs.
1. Find out who has it where you are
Rights are sold country by country. Canelo vs Mbilli is a $79.99 pay-per-view in the US and free on Azteca 7 in Mexico. Fury vs Joshua comes with a normal Netflix membership. Every event page here lists the official broadcaster for each country, with the price when it is a pay-per-view.
2. Check the screen
Most services have apps for Samsung and LG TVs, Fire TV, Android TV and Google TV, Apple TV, Roku, phones and laptops. An older TV with an HDMI port can do all of it with a streaming stick.
3. Sign in the day before
Big nights bring queues for sign-ups and password resets. Open the app and play something the day before.
4. Look after the connection
A cable to the router, or 5 GHz Wi-Fi close to it, does more than any setting. Pause the downloads in the house when the main event walks out.
5. Know the real start
A main event set for prime time in Las Vegas lands at 4 am in London. Our pages show the time on your own clock, with a countdown.
Quick answers
- Do I need a smart TV?
- No. A Fire TV Stick, an Android TV box, a Chromecast with Google TV or an Apple TV turns any TV with an HDMI port into one.
- How fast does the internet need to be?
- HD works well on a steady 10 Mbps or so. 4K needs more. Steady matters more than fast, so a cable to the router helps most.