'Rocky Fielding just hit me up': BKFC's David Feldman says Darren Till is 'a target now'

Feldman says BKFC is also "in talks with Tommy Fury", and that Derek Brunson could come into the picture for Till if he does well on his debut this month.

Rocky Fielding has been in touch with BKFC president David Feldman as fighters queue up for Darren Till, who Feldman calls "a target now". Nothing has been announced.

"Every fighter's hitting me up," Feldman told Bloody Elbow. "For instance, you know, I'm not saying that we're doing him, but Rocky Fielding just hit me up. There's a lot of guys that want to fight Darren Till. He's a target now."

Bloody Elbow reported that Fielding reached out in an attempt to secure the fight. Feldman said BKFC had "skyrocketed him a little bit" and that everybody "wants to knock the top guy off the block". He added: "I can promise you whoever we pick for Darren Till, the crowd's going to be, you know, the fans and everybody's going to be very, very excited about it."

Fielding, also from Liverpool, held the WBA (Regular) super middleweight title in 2018 and lost it to Canelo Alvarez in the third round at Madison Square Garden that December. He last fought in November 2025, stopping Simion Tchetha in the third round in Dubai. Bloody Elbow said he and Till have gone back and forth online since Till left the UFC, with Fielding asking for a boxing fight that never came off.

Feldman also said "we are in talks with Tommy Fury", and that BKFC has "definitely been talking to Team Fury a lot". Till said on The Ariel Helwani Show that he would not apologise to John Fury even for $10 million to make that fight. "I don't think Darren did us any good yesterday blasting John Fury and Tommy Fury on the podcast, but at the end of the day is, look, this is a business," Feldman said.

Derek Brunson is another option. Feldman said that if Brunson does well on his BKFC debut this month, "we certainly can talk about" him against Till.

Till has one fight left on his BKFC deal and missed out on Jake Paul, who chose Cedric Doumbe. Feldman said he had told Till's team that if the money was right and it was "Jake Paul only", then "Let's do it." Asked why Paul did not pick Till, he said he was not sure, but that "it probably had a little combination to do with, can I get an easier opponent, and do I not have to pay as much money to him?"

Feldman said he expects to make an announcement "in about 2 weeks probably", and that "people are going to be a little surprised". He said he thinks talks over a BKFC show at Anfield "are going to move forward next week".

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