Darren Till vs Tommy Fury bare-knuckle fight hinges on Fury family issue, says Dave Feldman
BKFC president Dave Feldman says he will try to resolve objections from Tommy Fury's family within the next couple of weeks, or the grudge match with Darren Till will not happen.
Dave Feldman has given himself roughly two weeks to clear the one obstacle standing between Darren Till and Tommy Fury in a BKFC ring: Fury's family.
The BKFC president wants to revive a rivalry between the Englishman and Tyson Fury's younger brother that has been unresolved since their boxing match under the Misfits banner, set for January 2025, was called off. That bout fell through after a heated press conference at which Till, the former UFC fighter, threatened to kick Fury during the fight.
Feldman said of Fury: “We had a talk about him. Obviously, his family has some problems with Darren Till.” He added that this was the one thing that had to be overcome, that he would try to do so over the next couple of weeks, and that if he could not, the fight would not happen.
He has not ruled it out, however. Feldman said: “Maybe it will happen. Money talks in this business. Money erases a lot of bad feelings in this business.” Feldman first said he wanted to rebook the fight after Till outpointed Yoel Romero at BKFC 94, and last month revealed he was in talks with Fury about a bare-knuckle bout.
Till has one fight left on the three-bout deal he signed with BKFC earlier this year, and Feldman expects to announce what comes next for him before mid-November. Feldman said they were also negotiating further fights, and that the priority was finding opponents big enough to justify the money Till wants and to excite crowds.
If Fury turns the fight down, Feldman said he had other options. He said nothing was definite yet, but that he was working on big names he believed would excite not only the UK boxing world but fight fans globally.
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