Where is it?
Fury will take on the former UFC heavyweight champion in a 10-round fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The exact venue is yet to be confirmed.
How can I watch it in the UK?
The fight will be screened live on TNT Sports in the UK. It looks likely to be on PPV and based on the recent Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford fight, that will cost UK viewers £19.95.
The radio coverage will be on Talksport.
What are the boxers saying?
Fury says he wants the world to laugh at him if he loses a boxing match to former UFC champion Ngannou.
“If I lose to an MMA guy I’ll never be able to show my face in public again,” said the 35-year-old Briton. “It’s going to ridicule me – people will chuck it at me forever.
“If I get knocked out, then I want you all to laugh at me. That’s what I want, because I deserve it.”
But Fury also said: “Francis Ngannou is stepping up to the plate. And I think he’s going to be a bit of a bigger, tougher challenge than these other guys. These other guys are just boxers; this guy’s more than that.”
Ngannou is being trained by Mike Tyson, a man Fury was named after. “Too bad for him, Mike Tyson loves me more than him,” said Ngannou.
“I have had these dreams since I was a kid to become a boxer,” he added. “It’s not just that I’m going to box, but I am going to box the guy on the mountain.
“Nobody knows exactly what’s going to happen. But what I do know for sure is I am going to be out there hunting for this guy’s head, to take it off.
“What will happen at the moment that guy hits the floor and doesn’t stand up?
“Will I be the best boxer in the world? If you take out the No 1, you are the No 1? I think so.”
Ngannou’s disclosed fees as the UFC champion were $600,000 (£463,000), but Fury said the Cameroonian-French fighter would pocket $10 million for this clash.
What are the latest odds?
Tyson Fury: 1/10Francis Ngannou: 6/1Draw: 12/1
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