How to watch Florian Marku vs Miguel Parra Ramirez in the UK and rest of the world
Fans can watch ‘The Albanian King’ compete on the official Sky Sports Boxing YouTube and Facebook channels
Fight fans can stream Florian Marku’s huge homecoming tomorrow night for free on Sky Sports Boxing. Ringwalks for main event expected at 8:30pm UK time.
Still undefeated, ‘The Albanian King’ Florian Marku (11-0-1, 7KO) will fight in Tirana, the capital city of his native Albania, this Thursday, August 25, when he faces highly-rated Mexican rival ‘Maquina’ Miguel Parra Ramirez for the WBC Silver welterweight title at the Air Albania Stadium.
And the main event on the BOXXER show live from Albania will be beamed back to boxing fans in the UK for free via Sky Sports Boxing YouTube and Facebook channels.
The former kickboxer is a huge star in his homeland and has been steadily working his way up the welterweight ranks. In his last outing, Marku halted former British champion Chris Jenkins in just four rounds to pick up the IBF International strap, a ranking belt for that sanctioning body.
And on Thursday he plans to continue his rapid rise by adding another belt to his growing collection. The WBC Silver welterweight title has formerly been held by Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia and Amir Khan.
"I'm happy with my results,” said Marku, speaking to Sky Sports.
“I'm new in this game, you know I was a kickboxer and boxing is a little bit different, but I'm improving a lot and I have much more to show to the people.
“To fight in Albania was my dream from when I was a child. [There'll be] thousands of people there and I can't wait. It's unbelievable and all Albanians will be there."
Weights
Florian Marku: 145.5lbs
Michael Parra: 147lbs
Starting at 5pm, UK time, Sky Sports will showcase the following fights live on their digital platforms:
6×3 Light-Heavyweight
Aleksandar Petrovic vs Stiven Leonetti Dredhaj
8×3 Super-Welterweight – WBC Youth Intercontinental Title
Borislav Velev vs Amarildo Vraja
Main Event at 8:30pm
10×3 Welterweight – WBC Silver Interim Title
Miguel Parra Ramirez vs Florian Marku
Florian Marku’s homecoming will also been screened live by the following broadcasters across the world:
– Oversport – Albania & Kosovo (host broadcaster, innovative OTT platform)
– Sky – UK & Ireland (streaming on Sky Sports Boxing FB and YT)
– TV3 – Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
– Canal+ – Poland
– Mola TV – Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
– Nova – Bulgaria
– SportKlub – Ex-Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia)
– ESPN – Latin America & Caribbean (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)
– FITE – ROW
