Darren Till says BKFC talks over an Anfield show were 'way more serious' than he considered
Till, who has one fight left on his BKFC deal, thinks a show at Liverpool's stadium could come next year, though nothing has been announced. He says David Feldman is keen to re-sign him.
Darren Till says BKFC president David Feldman is "really hell-bent" on staging a show at Anfield, and he thinks it could happen next year. Nothing has been announced.
Till told The Ariel Helwani Show that the talks were "way more serious than I considered", and said the idea did not come from him. "As I said, I did not bring that up to him," he said.
He has one fight left on the three-bout deal he signed with BKFC this year, but said Feldman is "massively keen" to re-sign him. "So yeah, I can see me having a real longevity with Bare Knuckle," he said. He described Feldman as "my type of guy".
Till said it may not be him who gets the fight. He named Paddy Pimblett, saying "Paddy the Baddy always wants to do Anfield", and Callum Smith. "But whichever gets that fight there at Anfield, it'll just be great for the city no matter what," he said.
If he does get it, Till said: "I'll be a happy man. Probably be able to retire there and then because that's, you know, the dream's done then, innit?" He wanted a UFC fight at the stadium in 2018, saying: "To me, I want a stadium on a pay-per-view at Anfield."
Asked whether BKFC's Lorenzo Hunt would be a big enough opponent for the stadium, Till said no. "Will we fight one day? 100%," he said. "The fight doesn't do numbers or money. So no, he's not big enough for Anfield." He also said of Hunt: "I would not like to cross that man in a dark alley at night."
Till beat Yoel Romero at BKFC 94 on 26 September. In the same interview he said he had been in camp for two weeks to fight Jake Paul in Dubai on 24 December when Cedric Doumbe was announced as Paul's opponent.
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