Darren Till vs Anthony Taylor

MF & DAZN: X Series 20

Date	18 January 2025
Venue	Co-op Live, Manchester, England
Tale of the tape
Boxer Darren Till Anthony Taylor Nickname "The Gorilla" "PrettyBoy" Hometown Liverpool, England Berkeley, California, US Pre-fight record 0–0 (Boxing)[1] 18–5–1 (10 KOs) (MMA) 7–4 (3 KOs) (Boxing)[a] 7–5 (1 KO) (MMA) Weight 195.1 lb (88 kg) 192.5 lb (87 kg) Style Southpaw Orthodox Recognition MFB light heavyweight champion
Result
Till wins via 6th round TKO.[3]

MF & DAZN: X Series 20 featured Darren Till vs Anthony Taylor, a bridgerweight MF–professional crossover boxing match between English mixed martial artist Darren Till and American mixed martial artist Anthony Taylor. The bout took place on 18 January 2025 at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England.[4][5] Till defeated Taylor via technical knockout in the sixth round.[3]

Originally, Till was scheduled to face English professional boxer Tommy Fury, but the bout was cancelled after Fury withdrew on 6 December 2024.[6]

Background

Darren Till (left) and Anthony Taylor (right).

In July 2024, mixed martial artist Darren Till had an exhibition bout against Mohammad Mutie on Social Knockout 3 and proceeded to call out call out Mike Perry, Jake Paul, and Tommy Fury to a bout.[7] On 25 October, it was reported that Fury withdrew weeks prior from filming "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" in Australia after receiving an offer that was more lucrative, which was reported to be the KSI rematch from their bout on X Series 10 – The Prime Card.[8] On 12 November, Fury revealed he was eyeing a return to the ring for either February or March 2025.[9] On 17 November, Misfits Boxing announced that Fury would take on Till at the Co-op Live in Manchester on 18 January 2025.[4]

The launch press conference was held on 19 November in London. After back and forth arguments between Fury, Till, and KSI, Fury's father John Fury, threw water at Till and nearly causing a brawl.[10]

However on 6 December, Fury announced that he had withdrawn from the bout due to Till at the press conference stating he would resort to "MMA tactics" if he was losing the fight.[6] Till responded claiming that he would never break the rules of professional boxing, and that he only mentioned this resort as a mental tactic. Till confirmed that he would remain as the headliner for the bout, with an opponent to be announced shortly after.[11] On 29 December, Till's new opponent was announced to be American mixed martial artist Anthony Taylor.[5]

Originally, the co-feature bout was scheduled to be English influencer HSTikkyTokky vs American YouTuber and sports commentator Wade Plemons after the pair faced off at X Series 19 – Qatar: The Supercard.[12] However, HSTikkyTokky withdrew due to an ongoing court case in which an arrest warrant by the Surrey Police was issued while the influencer was in Qatar,[13] and was replaced by Kenyan reality television personality Masai Warrior (an opponent HSTikkyTokky was also originally scheduled to face on X Series 19).[14]

Card

Weight class		vs		Method	Round	Time	Notes
Main Card
Bridgerweight	Darren Till	def.	Anthony Taylor	TKO	6/8	1:05	^Note 1
Bridgerweight	Wade Plemons	def.	Masai Warrior	UD	4		^Note 2
Cruiserweight	Ty Mitchell	def.	Tommy Hench	KO	3/6	1:35	^Note 3
Lightweight	Carla Jade (c)	vs.	Melanie Shah	SD	5		^Note 4^, ^5
Welterweight	Little T	def.	Afghan Dan	TKO	2/3	1:14	^Note 6
Welterweight	Sami Hamed	def.	Ziggy Johnson	TKO	1/4	1:19
Misfits Kick-Offs
Cruiserweight	Adam Brooks	def.	Gavinio	KO	2/4	0:52	^Note 7
Heavyweight	BBCC Gareth	def.	Kak Hatt	TKO	1/4	1:33	^Note 8

^Note 1 Till's professional debut
^Note 2 Plemons and Warrior's professional debut
^Note 3 Hench's professional debut
^Note 4 Shah's professional debut
^Note 5 For women's MFB lightweight title
^Note 6 T and Dan's professional debut
^Note 7 Gavinio's professional debut
^Note 8 Gareth and Hatt's professional debut

Notes

1. On BoxRec, Taylor's professional record is 3–3 (2 KOs) and his MF-professional record is 4–1 (1 KO).[2]

See also

• KSI vs Tommy Fury
• 2025 in Misfits Boxing

References

1. "BoxRec: Darren Till". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
2. "BoxRec: Anthony Taylor". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
3. Tucker, Bryan (18 January 2025). "Misfits Boxing 20 Results: Till vs. Taylor". MMA Fighting.
4. "Tommy Fury to fight former UFC star Darren Till in January as he returns to ring for first time since October 2023". Sky News. 17 November 2024.
5. Meshew, Jed (29 December 2024). "Darren Till faces Anthony Taylor on Jan. 18 at Misfits X Series 20 in Manchester". MMA Fighting.
6. Baker, Luke (6 December 2024). "Tommy Fury cancels fight with Darren Till because of 'stupid' tactics". The Independent.
7. Fresen, Liam (July 7, 2024). "Darren Till seeks "real fight" against Nate Diaz to redeem boxing career following questionable stoppage in debut clash". Sportskeeda.
8. Stolworthy, Jacob (25 October 2024). "I'm a Celebrity 2024 rumoured star 'pulls out of show' with weeks to go". The Independent.
9. Loose Women (12 November 2024). "Tommy Fury: 'I Want To Keep Things With Molly-Mae Private' | Loose Women". YouTube.
10. "Tommy Fury vs. Darren Till press conference erupts into chaos after John Fury hurls water bottle". Yahoo Sports. 2024-11-19. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
11. Flood, George (6 December 2024). "Darren Till fumes at Tommy Fury in X-rated rant as fight cancelled for one reason". The Standard.
12. Mazique, Brian (28 November 2024). "Misfits Boxing 19 - Gib Vs. Slim Results: Winners And Highlights". Forbes.
13. Panons, Jacob (29 November 2024). "Police manhunt for TikTok influencer HSTikkyTokky". BBC.
14. Alexander, Brady (17 December 2024). "Wade Plemons Finds New Opponent For January Misfits Boxing Event". Body Slam.

External links

Preceded by vs Mohammad Mutie	Darren Till's bouts	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by vs Gaberil Silva	Anthony Taylor's bouts	Succeeded by TBD