Summary

  • WBO interim featherweight champion Carl Frampton stop Luke Jackson in the ninth round

  • Tyson Fury wins every round to beat Francesco Pianeta 100-90

  • Fury v Deontay Wilder is confirmed after the British fighter's victory

  • WBC flyweight champion Cristofer Rosales retains title - stopping Paddy Barnes in fourth round

  • Taking place at Windsor Park in Belfast

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  1. Too early for title tilt?published at 20:09 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    Dave McAuley
    Former flyweight world champion on BBC Radio Ulster

    Paddy is getting dragged into a war here. Rosales is experienced while Paddy is relatively inexperienced at professional level despite his distinguished amateur career. I believe it may have been premature to put Paddy in for a world title fight so early in his career.

  2. Round threepublished at 20:08 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    Both men happy to fight on the inside, their heads almost touching. It's all hooks and uppercuts, not a jab in sight. Brutal stuff with the home fighter landing a couple of hooks but eating a straight right when he's made to miss. A left to the body from Barnes who seems happier to send punches in to the torso rather than the head. That entire round was played out in the middle of the ring, no one is running.

  3. Listen nowpublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    You can listen to BBC Radio 5 live commentary of this bout right now. Mike Costello is on the microphone and for my money, he's mustard. Just click play at the top of this page.

  4. Tale of the tape...published at 20:05 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    Barnes v RosalesImage source, .
  5. Round twopublished at 20:04 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    If you're just joining us I can tell you Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder, Carl Frampton and Josh Warrington are in the building. Paddy Barnes is in the middle of the chaos right now though and his second round with Cristofer Rosales is a tad vicious.

    Left hooks land from Barnes but Rosales looks harder than a brick on a frosty day and taps his chest with both hands as if to summon his rival on and let it be known he wants to make this rough.

    This looks heavy, more of this and we'd struggle to see the distance.

  6. Rosales will be tough to conquerpublished at 20:02 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    Mike Costello
    BBC Sport boxing correspondent on Radio 5 live

    Cristofer RosalesImage source, Getty Images

    Paddy Barnes has a stellar amateur pedigree and left it late to turn pro. If you look at Cristofer Rosales, he has been beaten by Andrew Selby and Khalid Yafai but I do sense he has improved since then, so it's a huge ask for Paddy Barnes and he knows it.

  7. Round onepublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    Paddy Barnes briefly backed up in the opening three minutes with Rosales looking to ping a few shots off at close range. A couple graze through but Barnes, of course a decorated amateur boxer, has the footwork to get out of there. Not a lot in that opening round but make no mistake, Rosales is here to do some damage.

  8. A son of Northern Irelandpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    Steve Bunce
    BBC Radio 5 live boxing pundit at Windsor Park

    Paddy BarnesImage source, Reuters

    The king of this city is Paddy Barnes. He's one of the most recognisable human beings here in Northern Ireland. He is brutally honest and he knows he is against it here against the best young flyweight in the world. This is a tough, tough task. A monstrous ask.

  9. Time for a big one...published at 19:59 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Barnes v Rosales

    Just entering the ring we have our first big bout of the night as Northern Ireland's Paddy Barnes seeks a world title against Cristofer Rosales - who starts a favourite.

    Barnes in the green colours of his nation, Nicaragua's Rosales in white shorts and confident as he walks in the WBC flyweight champion.

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Tweet us on #bbcboxing

    Wilder and FuryImage source, Getty Images

    So after that last uplifting entry, I'll hand over to you to take us higher. Your challenge is to bombard us with tweets on the Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder saga.

    Wilder told us yesterday that the fight is "done" if Fury wins tonight, so who wins? We want to know your views and tell us if you think either man is a real threat to IBF, WBA and WBO world champion Anthony Joshua.

    Just tweet #bbcboxing. Let's do this.

  11. A bold start...published at 19:48 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Saturday night boxing...

    Before we start rolling with the fluidity of a Tyson Fury feint, I'll mark your card to say we have already seen these sights tonight.

    Scream maskImage source, Getty Images

    Dwain Grant was having a scream with his outfit when walking to the ring for his middleweight bout defeat. While below, Sean McComb didn't hold back after his own win.

    Follow that lads...

    McCombImage source, Get
  12. We rumble...published at 19:36 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Welcome to Saturday night boxing

    Windsor ParkImage source, Getty Images

    Good evening one and all. Welcome to a night Carl Frampton could be forgiven for thinking was never going to happen and a night where seemingly anything could happen given the characters involved.

    We are going to bring you live-text commentary of three big bouts, with Paddy Barnes shooting for a world title in just his sixth professional fight, Tyson Fury fighting to seemingly secure a heavyweight super-fight against Deontay Wilder and Carl Frampton walking out to compete in front of the Windsor Park crowd he has longed for.

    We will bring you all the best punditry, we'll want your tweets and you will not miss a second of it. If that's not enough you can listen to BBC Radio 5 live commentary at the top of this page.

    We rumble.

  13. Welcome one and allpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 18 August 2018

    Saturday night boxing...

    Barnes, Fury and FramptonImage source, .

    Windsor Park, outdoor boxing, vocal fans, two home-town heroes, a world title, the circus of Tyson Fury, a pumped up Deontay Wilder ringside, an intrigued Josh Warrington ringside, Mike Costello on the microphone for BBC Radio 5 live....

    Yep, not a bad night in store.