All you need to know ahead of Johnny Fisher’s heavyweight clash with Michael Pirotton in London live on Sky Sports. Heavyweight hitter Johnny Fisher is looking to kickstart a surge up the ranks, while Belgium's Pirotton is determined to make a name for himself against the hugely popular "Romford Bull". Their fight headlines Zuffa Boxing 11 at the Copper Box Arena in London that sees a raft of 50-50 fights and unbeatens matched against one another.
Fisher and Pirotton will collide on Saturday September 26, live on Sky Sports. Live coverage of the action-packed bill in London starts at 7pm on Sky Sports. Preliminary bouts will be streamed on Sky's digital platforms from 5pm.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Zuffa Boxing 11 takes places at the Copper Box Arena in London. Fisher has 14 professional wins against one defeat. A hard puncher, he has taken 12 of those wins inside the distance, giving him a knockout ratio of over 85%.
Pirotton has been beaten twice and has 12 pro wins, six of them inside the distance. The Belgian's losses both came against opponents who were undefeated at the time. The Fisher vs Pirotto ringwalks are expected to take place between 9.45 and 10.15pm.
Fisher told Sky Sports: "It's a golden ticket for Michael Pirotton, but it's also my golden ticket because if I win, I get to go on to bigger and better things. I've got ambitions in this game. "You want to get the knockout, you want to get the stoppage, but I've always said from the beginning of my career, I've got to win by whatever cost - the win is the most important thing.
"But with my power, my strength, my explosivity, of course I can draw a knockout or draw a stoppage. "Once I get someone hurt, I know I can finish them. I can smell when someone's feeling it or in trouble." Pirotton told Sky Sports: "He's a tough guy, he's strong guy, he's a decent guy, but he can't knock me out.
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