Former UFC fighter Darren Till makes his boxing debut against former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on 20 July.
Former UFC fighter Darren Till will make his boxing debut against former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr on 20 July."I’m very happy with my opponent," Till said.
"He is a great fighter who I respect, but make no mistake about it, I am coming to knock him out in the first round." Till lost his final three fights with the UFC and has been inactive since a defeat against middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis in December 2022.Till has followed a host of MMA fighters into boxing in recent times, including Tyron Woodley, Nate Diaz and Anderson Silva, who are all former opponents of Paul's.
Chavez Jr - the son of former three-division world boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez - has won 53 of his 61 fights but has not competed since 2021.Ireland's Katie Taylor and American Amanda Serrano will rematch in the co-main event. Taylor won by split decision when the pair fought at Madison Square Garden in 2022.
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