Tommy Fury’s return to the boxing ring against Darren Till has been cancelled less than a month after being announced.
Fury, who has not fought since his victory over KSI in October 2023, was set to take on former UFC fighter Till on 18 January in Manchester.
In a fiery press conference last month, Till warned he would not hesitate to kick the former Love Island star in the head if he felt he was losing in their boxing contest.
Fury has now announced he is withdrawing from the fight, convinced Till will not ‘abide by professional boxing rules’ and promising to announce a ‘better opponent’ soon.
‘I can’t believe I’m writing this but I am now not fighting Darren Till on January 18th 2025. For the one simple reason being that Darren has stated over and over that he does not want to abide by professional boxing rules and that if he is losing the fight he will resort to kicking and other stupid MMA tactics.
‘I am a professional boxer, I have been out of the ring for over a year and I wanted this to be a great BOXING fight for the fans. I have wasted weeks in training camp. We are working hard to get a new opponent and date. I promise to get a better opponent and better fight for you guys. Good news around the corner.’
Till has responded furiously to the news, insisting his threats to land a head kick on Fury were ‘mental warfare’, labelling Fury and his family ‘s**thouses’.
‘I’ve just got to the gym now to do my sparring this morning and I’ve just been shown that Tommy Fury has put up a f***ing post saying that he’s not fighting because I threatened to kick him in the head.
‘I said I’d kick him in the head at the press conference as a mental warfare tactic and since then I haven’t said anything else. I’ve been hard at work in the gym preparing for this boxing match.
‘I said to everyone that Tommy was going to pull out regardless of anything. I f*****g knew it since the press conference.
‘Now it’s confirmed what I said. he’s a s**thouse, his family are s**thouses and now Tommy’s not fighting.
‘I’ve been hard at work boxing for two years, I haven’t thrown a kick in two years. I threw one kick on a video as a mental warfare tactic. Never in a million years would I throw a head kick in a fight that is only boxing rules, I stick to the rules, I’ve always abided by the rules throughout my whole career.
‘Now I’ve got to the gym to do my sparring and Tommy Fury has pulled out.
Tommy Fury, you are the biggest s**thouse I’ve ever come across. You are not a man.’
John Fury, Tommy’s father and trainer, threw a glass of water over Till during November’s press conference. Fury Snr has been a constant presence in Tommy’s fights and was also involved in ugly scenes ahead of Tyson Fury’s fight against Oleksandr Usyk in May, headbutting a member of the Ukrainian’s team during fight week.
Till continued: ‘For years the Furys have bullied people in press conferences. Fury’s butted people from Usyk’s team, he’s punched glass when he was fighting KSI, he’s tried to intimidate everyone and it’s worked up until now.
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‘But as I said, it was never going to work with me, I bullied them at the press conference. John was leaving the press conference saying they were going to pull out because of the tactics I was saying I was going to use.
‘It’s all mental warfare. I don’t need to kick Tommy Fury in the head to beat him. I’ll box his head off and knock him flat out.’
‘You’ve showed your true colours. Fighting family my arse!’
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